Canon GI-490 Yellow Ink Bottle

Colour brings documents to life. A spreadsheet with yellow highlighting suddenly becomes scannable. A marketing brochure with yellow backgrounds and accents suddenly commands attention. A photograph with vibrant yellows — golden sunsets, ripe lemons, sun-drenched landscapes — suddenly becomes something worth printing. The Canon GI-490 Yellow Ink Bottle is the component that enables that transformation, delivering up to 7,000 pages of bright, vivid yellow colour output from a single 70-millilitre dye-based ink bottle. When paired with the cyan, magenta, and black GI-490 bottles, the yellow ink completes Canon’s full-colour printing system, enabling your PIXMA G-series printer to produce colour documents, marketing materials, and photographs with accuracy, depth, and vibrancy that cheap cartridge systems simply cannot match.

Why the Canon GI-490 Yellow Is Essential For Genuine Colour Printing

Colour printing is not all or nothing — the quality and affordability of colour output determines whether you print in colour or stick with black and white for budget reasons. Most cartridge-based systems force this choice because colour cartridges are expensive and yield disappointingly few pages. The GI-490 Yellow Ink Bottle eliminates that pressure. At 70 millilitres, the bottle yields up to 7,000 colour pages when used as part of a full colour set — an extraordinary volume that makes colour printing genuinely economical.

The yellow ink in the GI-490 is dye-based, engineered specifically for vibrant, saturated colour output. Unlike pigment-based inks which prioritise permanence and sharpness, dye-based inks deliver the vivid, brilliant colours that make colour documents pop. Your marketing materials, brochures, presentations, and colour photographs emerge with colour saturation and brightness that command attention. This is colour printing that looks professional, not faded or washed-out.

Dye-Based Formula For Vivid, Saturated Colour

The GI-490 Yellow uses dye-based ink, which means colour ink molecules dissolve fully into the liquid medium, delivering maximum colour vibrancy and saturation. This differs from the black GI-490’s pigment-based formula — pigment black prioritises sharp text and permanence, whilst dye-based colour prioritises vibrancy and brilliance. Together, they create a complementary system: sharp, permanent black text paired with vivid, brilliant colour graphics and backgrounds.

This hybrid approach means whether you are printing business documents with colour highlighting, marketing materials with colour photographs, or photo-realistic images, the GI-490 yellow delivers the saturation and brightness required for professional results.

Higher Page Yield Than Black — The Yellow Advantage

Here is a counterintuitive reality: you use less yellow ink per page than black ink. This is why the GI-490 Yellow bottle is 70 millilitres — not the 135 millilitres of the black bottle — yet delivers up to 7,000 pages instead of 6,000. Less ink per page means the smaller bottle stretches further. This is not a cost-cutting measure; it is an engineering optimisation that reflects how colour printing actually works. Your yellow ink will last longer between refills than your black ink, making colour printing even more economical than the already-impressive numbers suggest.

Complete Colour System With Cyan, Magenta, And Black

The GI-490 Yellow is one component of a complete four-colour printing system. Paired with cyan and magenta, the three colour inks combine to produce the full spectrum of colours. When all three colour inks are used together with black, your printer can reproduce any colour in the visible spectrum — from vivid yellows to deep oranges, from sky blues to forest greens, from vibrant magentas to subtle pinks. This versatility means colour is not a single-use luxury; it is a practical option for nearly any printing task.

Spill-Resistant Design For Safe, Mess-Free Refilling

Refilling colour ink should be easy and mess-free. The GI-490 Yellow features Canon’s smart bottle design with a spill-resistant nozzle that fits securely into the printer’s colour ink tank opening. The bottle’s ergonomic shape and controlled pour design mean the ink flows cleanly into the tank without spills onto your hands, desk, or printer exterior. Refilling takes minutes and requires no special tools or technical knowledge.

Perfect For

The Canon GI-490 Yellow Ink Bottle is essential for anyone wanting to harness the full colour printing capability of their Canon PIXMA G-series MegaTank printer:

• Marketing and design professionals: create brochures, flyers, and promotional materials with vivid, professional colour
• Educators and trainers: produce colour presentations, posters, and educational materials that engage students
• Small business owners: print colour invoices, proposals, and client materials that elevate your professional image
• Photographers and artists: print vibrant colour photographs and artwork without the expense of photo lab printing
• Content creators: produce portfolio pieces, colour infographics, and branded materials in-house
• Non-profits and charities: print fundraising materials, event posters, and colour reports affordably
• Home office workers: add colour to documents, presentations, and creative projects without breaking the budget
• Anyone wanting to print colour documents affordably: the GI-490 system makes colour economically viable

Standout Features at a Glance

• Genuine Canon GI-490 Yellow Ink Bottle
• High-yield 70ml capacity
• 7,000+ page yield (when used as part of full colour set)
• Dye-based yellow ink for vibrant, saturated colour
• Bright, vivid colour output
• Compatible with PIXMA G1400, G1410, G1411, G2400, G2410, G2411, G3400, G3410, G3411, G4400, G4410, G4411
• Works with Canon’s MegaTank refillable ink system
• Part of complete four-colour system (cyan, magenta, yellow, black)
• Spill-resistant nozzle design for mess-free refilling
• Direct pour into ink tank — no cartridge extraction required
• Delivers professional-quality colour prints
• Cost per colour page dramatically lower than cartridge-based printing
• Environmental friendly — reduces disposable cartridge waste
• Consistent colour accuracy across thousands of pages
• Smart bottle design fits only in correct orientation
• Engineered specifically for Canon PIXMA G-series printers
• Part number: 0666C001
• Used in combination with GI-490 Cyan, Magenta, and Black for full-colour printing

The Colour That Makes Cost-Effective Colour Printing Real

The Canon GI-490 Yellow Ink Bottle is where colour printing becomes affordable. Without the yellow, you are limited to black and white. With it — paired with cyan and magenta — you unlock the full colour spectrum at a cost per page that makes colour a practical option rather than a luxury reserved for special occasions. Seven thousand pages of vivid, professional-quality colour from a single small bottle makes the economics of colour printing unrecognisable compared to cartridge-based systems.

Recommended Action: If you own a Canon PIXMA G-series MegaTank printer and want to unlock genuine colour printing, invest in a complete set of GI-490 colour bottles — cyan, magenta, and yellow — along with the black GI-490, and experience what affordable colour printing truly means.

Stop limiting yourself to black and white because colour is too expensive, stop accepting faded or washed-out colour from cheap cartridges, stop paying for the cartridge housing rather than the ink — choose the Canon GI-490 Yellow and join the complete four-colour system that transforms colour printing into a genuinely affordable, economical option for any printing need.