Yellow soda-lime-silica glass

A glass container comprising:

• a body of soda-lime-silica glass that provides a shape of the glass container about a central longitudinal axis and defines an internal containment space, the body of soda-lime-silica glass including a base, a mouth that defines an opening to the internal containment space, and a wall that extends from a perimeter of the base along the longitudinal axis of the container to the mouth;
• the body of soda-lime-silica glass having a composition comprising 60-80 wt % SiO2;
• 8-18 wt % Na2O;
• 5-15 wt % CaO;
• 0-3 wt % Al2O3;
• 0.0010-0.050 wt % silver expressed as Ag2O;
• and 0.005-0.30 wt % bismuth expressed as Bi2O3;
• and wherein light-scattering silver colloids are dispersed throughout the body of soda-lime-silica glass to provide the glass with a yellow coloration.

A method of making a glass container, the method comprising the steps of:

• producing a melt of soda-lime-silica glass having a composition comprising 60-80 wt % SiO2;
• 8-18 wt % Na2O;
• 5-15 wt % CaO;
• 0-3 wt % Al2O3;
• 0.0010-0.050 wt % silver expressed as Ag2O;
• and 0.005-0.30 wt % bismuth expressed as Bi2O3;
• forming a glass container from the melt of soda-lime-silica glass, the glass container including a body that provides a shape of the glass container and which is comprised of the soda-lime-silica glass, wherein light-scattering silver colloids are dispersed throughout the body to provide the glass with a yellow coloration, and wherein the body defines an internal containment space and includes a base, a mouth that defines an opening to the internal containment space, and a wall that extends from a perimeter of the base to the mouth;
• annealing the glass container by heating the body of soda-lime-silica glass to a temperature above an annealing point of the soda-lime-silica glass followed by cooling the glass container to a temperature below the strain point of the soda-lime-silica glass.