Kakuna
Kakuna folds yellow plates around a narrow cocoon shape. Dark eyes sit beneath a pointed brow, with the body tapering toward the bottom. It is the Bug/Poison stage between Weedle and Beedrill.
Sandshrew
Sandshrew’s sandy-yellow back is divided into brick-like plates. Cream covers the muzzle and belly, while pale claws extend from its short limbs. The familiar form is Ground-type; Alolan Sandshrew has pale blue armor and is Ice/Steel.
Jolteon
A white neck ruff cuts across Jolteon’s spiky yellow coat. Dark ear interiors frame its narrow face. Jolteon is an Electric-type evolution of Eevee.
Cyndaquil
Cyndaquil keeps its yellow-cream underside below a dark blue-green back. A long snout points downward, and its eyes form narrow lines. When the back flames flare, orange and yellow rise above the dark coat.
Quilava
Quilava stretches the same dark-back, pale-belly arrangement into a longer body. Flames emerge around the head and rear. It is a Fire-type Pokémon between Cyndaquil and Typhlosion.
Zapdos
Jagged yellow feathers extend beyond black wing feathers, making Zapdos look almost cut from lightning bolts. The long beak and feet are orange-brown.
This familiar Legendary bird is Electric/Flying. Galarian Zapdos has an orange-and-black design and is Fighting/Flying.
Ampharos
Black rings cross Ampharos’s yellow neck, ears and tail. A white belly opens up the front, and red orbs mark the forehead and tail tip.
Girafarig
Girafarig divides its body into two clear areas: yellow at the front and brown at the rear. Brown spots cross the yellow neck. Its tail ends in a small dark head. This Normal/Psychic Pokémon evolves into Farigiraf.
Exeggutor
Three pale yellow faces sit below Exeggutor’s green palm leaves. The segmented trunk is brown-gray, so yellow belongs mainly to the heads.
It evolves from Exeggcute. The familiar form is Grass/Psychic; the much taller Alolan form is Grass/Dragon.
Shuckle
Shuckle’s long yellow neck and limbs emerge from a red shell with pale-rimmed holes. The shell takes up more of the design than the yellow sections.
Elekid
Elekid’s plug-shaped head rises above black bands on a yellow body. A black lightning mark sits on its chest. Its evolution family follows this order:
- Elekid — the small, plug-headed stage.
- Electabuzz — longer limbs and a striped tail.
- Electivire — the evolution reached by trading Electabuzz with an Electirizer.
Pichu
Pichu has large, black-tipped ears above a tiny pale yellow body. Pink cheeks sit beside dark eyes, and a black neck marking separates the head from the torso. Its small tail is black.
Dunsparce
Blue stripes and circular markings cross Dunsparce’s yellow body. A pointed tail extends behind small white wings, while two tiny fangs sit below its mouth. It evolves into Dudunsparce.
Persian
Persian is pale cream rather than bright yellow. A red forehead gem adds a small saturated point between the ears. Dark ear interiors and long whiskers frame its narrow face. These colors describe the familiar Persian, which evolves from Meowth.
Sunflora
Yellow petals surround Sunflora’s round face, with green across the stem-like body, arms and feet. A narrow dark ring outlines the face. Sunkern evolves into Sunflora with a Sun Stone.
Psyduck
Psyduck’s yellow body is interrupted by a broad pale bill and webbed feet. Three dark hair strands rise above its head. It often holds its head in its hands, which makes that bewildered face even more memorable. Psyduck evolves into Golduck.
Moltres
Moltres spreads orange-red flames along its wings and tail. Yellow feathers remain visible between the orange-red flames.
Moltres is Fire/Flying. Its dark, pink-flamed Galarian form is Dark/Flying.
Typhlosion
The familiar Typhlosion stands with a broad yellow-cream front below a dark back. Its flames flare around the neck. It completes the Cyndaquil–Quilava–Typhlosion family. Hisuian Typhlosion has a different design and is Fire/Ghost.
Drowzee
Drowzee’s yellow upper half meets a dark brown lower body along an uneven line. A short trunk hangs above the mouth. Its small eyes sit high above the brown lower half.
Rapidash
Rapidash has a pale cream coat, a horn and orange-red flame hair. Yellow sits within the flames rather than covering the entire horse. The familiar Fire-type evolves from Ponyta. Galarian Rapidash has pastel hair and is Psychic/Fairy.
Electabuzz
Black stripes break across Electabuzz’s yellow body and long tail. Two short antenna-like projections rise from its head. Its pale claws add smaller light details.
Sandslash
Large brown spines cover Sandslash’s sandy-yellow back. The pale muzzle and belly remain smoother, with long claws at the hands and feet. Compared with Sandshrew’s tiled armor, the back is much more sharply outlined.
Sunkern
Sunkern looks like a small yellow seed with dark vertical stripes and two green leaves. The leaves occupy nearly as much width as the body. In Sunflora, the yellow seed shape gives way to an open flower.
Ninetales
Nine cream-gold tails spread behind Ninetales. The tips are slightly warmer, and red eyes give the pale face a sharper accent. The familiar form is Fire-type. Alolan Ninetales is pale blue-white and Ice/Fairy.
Ponyta
Ponyta’s cream body leaves plenty of pale space between the flame mane and tail. Orange edges surround brighter yellow areas in the fire. Its compact proportions differ from Rapidash’s longer legs and horn. Galarian Ponyta uses a pastel design instead.
Beedrill
Black bands cross Beedrill’s yellow abdomen, with red eyes above its pale pointed forelimbs. Translucent wings spread behind the body. The familiar form is Bug/Poison and follows Kakuna in Weedle’s evolution family.
Raichu
Raichu leans orange, with yellow cheeks and a lightning-shaped tail tip. Dark brown marks the feet and parts of the ears. Its thin tail is a single long curve, unlike Pikachu’s broad zigzag. The familiar form is Electric-type; Alolan Raichu is Electric/Psychic.
Pikachu
Pikachu’s yellow coat leaves room for a few high-contrast marks: red cheeks, black ear tips and brown stripes on the back. The wide lightning-shaped tail repeats the body color above a brown base. Our Pikachu palette collects those familiar colors.
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