Despite its name, the paste is dark brown, not yellow, in color; the name comes from the fact that it is made from yellow soybeans, called "huángdòu" (pinyin: huáng) in Chinese.
Despite its name, the paste is not yellow in color; it ranges from light to dark brown, or even black. The name comes from the fact that it is made from yellow soybeans, called "huángdòu" (pinyin: huáng) in Chinese.