Camel Yellow vs Blue: Strength, Flavour and Format Compared
By Cigarro |
Yellow is the original full-flavour Camel, Blue the smoother lighter take. Tar, nicotine, taste and who-should-buy-what side by side.
Camel sells two king size cigarettes that look nearly identical and smoke noticeably differently. Camel Yellow is the original full-flavour blend; Camel Blue is the same Turkish-American character with the edges rounded off. Here is how they differ.
Specifications side by side
Yellow: 10 mg tar, 0.8 mg nicotine, full and aromatic. Blue: 8 mg tar, 0.6 mg nicotine, smooth and easy. Same 84 mm king size, same cellulose acetate filter, same maker (JTI, which owns the brand outside the US) and the same American heritage dating to 1913. The gap is intensity, not quality - and not filter technology, which is identical on both.
How they smoke
Yellow leads with the classic Camel spice - woody, slightly sweet Turkish notes over a full American base. It announces itself. Blue keeps the same flavour DNA but at lower volume: the spice becomes background warmth, the finish shorter and cleaner. Smokers who find Yellow harsh after a few sticks almost always prefer Blue; smokers who find Blue thin should never have left Yellow.
Formats and availability
Both come 20 sticks to a packet with 10-packet cartons for regulars. Undecided smokers commonly buy one packet of each before committing to a carton. For context on what those tar numbers mean across brands, read our strength guide.
Further reading
For the full-flavour three-way, read Marlboro Red vs Camel Yellow vs Dunhill Red; for the British two-strength equivalent, Dunhill Red vs Silver. And our filter types guide explains the acetate filter both sticks share.