Yashi mai launin halitta ana samo shi kai tsaye daga Duniya. Yana samo asali ne daga duwatsu da ma'adanai waɗanda ke ɗauke da launuka daban-daban. Iron oxide yana ɗaya daga cikin launukan halitta da aka fi sani, wanda ke da alhakin launukan ja, lemu, da launin ruwan kasa da ake gani a cikin yashi masu launin halitta da yawa. Misali, launukan ja-ja-launin ruwan kasa na wasu yashi na hamada sakamakon sinadarin iron oxide ne. Manganese na iya gabatar da launukan baƙi ko shunayya, yayin da mahaɗan jan ƙarfe na iya ba da gudummawa ga launuka kore da shuɗi. Cire yashi mai launin halitta yana farawa da ayyukan haƙar ma'adinai a wuraren haƙa ko kuma wuraren koguna inda waɗannan ma'adanai masu launin suke. Da zarar an haƙa, kayan suna ɗaukar matakai na sarrafawa. Murkushe manyan duwatsu zuwa ƙananan guntu, sannan a cire su don raba yashi zuwa girman hatsi daban-daban. Sannan ana wankewa don cire ƙazanta kamar yumbu, ƙura, da sauran barbashi da ba a so, don tabbatar da cewa yashi yana da tsarki mai yawa da kuma ƙarfin launin da ake so.

Yashi mai launi na wucin gadi, akasin haka, ana ƙera shi ta hanyar tsarin da ɗan adam ya ƙera. Yawanci, kayan tushe, galibi yashi mai siffar quartz saboda yawansa, taurinsa, da launinsa tsaka tsaki, suna aiki a matsayin tushe. Ana amfani da dabarun fenti na zamani don shafa ko rina barbashin yashi mai siffar quartz. Masu kera suna amfani da launuka masu inganci da kuma takamaiman abubuwan haɗin kai don tabbatar da cewa launin yana manne da ƙwayoyin yashi. Hanyoyin shafa na musamman na iya ƙirƙirar launi iri ɗaya kuma mai ɗorewa, wanda ke ba da damar samun launuka iri-iri waɗanda za su iya zama da wahala a samu ta halitta. Ta hanyar sarrafa tsarin kera, yashi mai launi na wucin gadi zai iya cimma daidaiton ingancin launi da rarraba girman barbashi, yana biyan buƙatun masana'antu daban-daban.