With the opening of electrified tracks on the Kansai Main Line between Minatomachi (currently JR Nanba) and Nara, the trains were painted yellow (yellow number five) (sometimes there was no banner).
関西本線湊町（現JR難波）-奈良電化開業時には黄色（黄5号）に塗られていた（帯なしの時もあった）。