I didn't realize that this design went back as far as '54. Yes, our '56 has the black pointers on the dials. You should take a look at the thread we posted a few months ago about our range dillemma! The yellow is fabulous.. "Sunny Yellow" It's a very warm color, and not at all close to being harvest gold. It's quite a lovely pastel shade of yellow, and from what I understand -- yellow is the rarest of all of the GE range colors.

For now, we decided to live with the Pink range -- especially after all of the work that we put into it. We're both warming up to the pink, but it's a much cooler color; gives the kitchen a completely different feel.  The yellow range is being stored in the gargage.

Phil:  Now that the range is pink, we're going to paint the KitchenAid yellow! 

Ken:  Not realizing that this style of range went back to '54 -- I suppose I should qualify my statement about the yellow being rare, perhaps only for the 1956 model year.  I've never seen GE ranges in Cadet Blue or Woodtone Brown.. I don't doubt their existance.  Robert said that he's seen earlier ranges in brown.   

There was a 1955 or so GE Combination Refrigerator in Cadet Blue listed on the Craigslist locally oh, a year and a half ago, give or take.  I set up a time to go look at it, then when I called to confirm the appointment the next day, the guy had sold to someone who was able to get out there sooner than we were.  We were going to put in in the garage as our second fridge, but it didn't work out.  I may have saved a photo from the listing, I'd have to dig for it.

In a 1956 GE Product Man, all of the color codes that would have been on the model number tag are listed as follows (I assume this is a retroactive list):

WH - White

YE - Yellow

PK - Pink

SS - Stainless Steel

BL - Blue (Cadet)

GR - Turquoise

BR - Brown (Woodtone)

BC - Brushed Chrome