| Code | Definition | Number of Accessions |
| 1 | yellow - seen in some of the older cultivars of G. hirsutum | 1677 |
| 2 | cream - common in cultivars of G. hirsutum | 2248 |
| 4 | dark yellow - typically seen in G. barbadense, G. arboreum and G. herbaceum | 2023 |
| 5 | orange - extreme color, seen in some accessions of G. barbadense, considered a mutant | 7 |
| 9 | plot is segregating for this trait and a single score is not an accurate description or the variation is outside of the rating scale | 169 |