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Types of Urine

Amber or Honey
Amber or Honey

Amber or honey. Possibly dehydrated. Note: A lot of popular sites recommend drinking water to address some of the colors above, but Dena Rifkin MD, a staff nephrologist at UC San Diego Health and assistant professor of medicine, suggests prudence.

Dark Orange or Brown
Dark Orange or Brown

When it’s highly concentrated, your urine can vary from dark yellow to orange. The solution is to drink more fluids, especially water. In a matter of hours, your urine should return to a hue between light yellow and clear.

Dark Yellow
Dark Yellow

Dark urine is deeper in color than urine that is usually straw to yellow in color. Darker urine can be different colors, but is usually brown, deep yellow, or maroon. Urine is produced in the kidneys.

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Light Orange
Light Orange

The most common cause of orange urine is not getting enough water. When your urine becomes highly concentrated due to insufficient water intake, your urine can deepen in color, varying in hue from dark yellow to orange. The solution is to drink more fluids, especially water. In a matter of hours, your urine should change back to a light yellow.

Orange
Orange

Perhaps the most common cause of orange urine is simply not getting enough water. When it’s highly concentrated, your urine can vary from dark yellow to orange. The solution is to drink more fluids, especially water. In a matter of hours, your urine should return to a hue between light yellow and clear.

Pale Straw Color Normal, Healthy, Well-Hydrated
Pale Straw Color Normal, Healthy, Well-Hydrated

Colorless urine may indicate over-hydration. While not as dangerous as dehydration, over-hydration can dilute essential salts, such as electrolytes, creating a problematic chemical imbalance in the blood. 2. Pale straw color. Normal, healthy, well-hydrated. 3. Transparent yellow. Normal. 4. Dark yellow. Normal, but suggestive of mild dehydration. 5.

Transparent Colorless Urine may Indicate Over-Hydration
Transparent Colorless Urine may Indicate Over-Hydration

Transparent. Colorless urine may indicate over-hydration. While not as dangerous as dehydration, over-hydration can dilute essential salts, such as electrolytes, creating a problematic chemical imbalance in the blood. 2. Pale straw color. Normal, healthy, well-hydrated. 3. Transparent yellow. Normal. 4. Dark yellow.

Transparent Yellow Normal
Transparent Yellow Normal

Straw-Colored To Transparent-Yellow Pee: This is the normal urine color of a healthy, well-hydrated body. This is what it should look like. Transparent Or Clear Pee: You should always be properly hydrated, but you can actually drink too much water, which will make your urine virtually colorless.

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