COLOR OF URINE

• Normal urine color

  Pale yellow, yellow, dark yellow, and amber
• Dark yellow and amber can be normal and abnormal urine color
• Abnormal urine color

  1. Dark yellow or amber
  2. Yellow-orange
  3. Red
  4. Brown with blood
  5. Brown or black
  6. Blue/green
• Dark yellow or Amber


  presence of abnormal pigment bilirubin
• Yellow-orange


  administration of phenazopyridine (pyridium) or azogantrisin compounds to persons with urinary tract infections
• Red


  presence of blood
• Brown with blood


  glomerular bleeding
• Brown or black


  melanin or homogentisic acid, levodopa, methyldopa, phenol derivatives, and metronidazole (Flagyl)
• Blue or Green


  bacterial infections, including urinary tract infection by Pseudomonas species and intestinal tract infections resulting in increased urinary indican