What is the colour of Australian bank notes?
The colour of Australian bank notes varies by denomination. $5 Australian bank notes are pink. Then it’s blue for $10, red for $20 and yellow for $50. The Australian $100 note, meanwhile, is green.
Australian bank notes are about as user-friendly as it is possible to get, and other countries could learn from the Aussie example. We’re looking at you, in particular, the United States.
For a start, Australian bank notes are made out of polymer rather than paper, which makes them both waterproof and almost impossible to rip. Secondly, they are strongly colour-coded, so it is easy to tell which note is which with a quick glance.
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Australian bank notes: Colours
The Australian $5 dollar note is a pinkish-purple colour, while the Australian $10 note is blue.
The other two you’re likely to find in your wallet on a regular basis are the $20 and $50 notes.
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What colour is the Australian $20 note?
The Australian $20 note is a slightly orange-y red colour, while the Australian $50 note is yellow.
The other, less common Australian bank note, is worth $100. The Australian $100 note is rarely dispensed by cash machines, although if you do get one, it will be green.
The designs, emblems and famous Australians depicted on the notes change from time to time. But the colours are consistent irrespective of which generation of notes you get – which makes going by colour the easiest way to tell the notes apart.
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