That sounds pretty close to me....but found this on a farm site; <<<How to know when a fig is ripe</B> Color - Figs come in all colors from yellow, brown, red to purple, black and others! So you need to know what color the ripe fig is. The most commonly grown figs, Brown Turkey and Celeste are a golden yellow as shown at left when ripe.>>> hope that helps wendi (http://www.pickyourown.org/figs.htm was the website)