Gamblin 1980 Oils - Hansa Yellow Light, 150 ml (5.07oz)

Gamblin 1980 Oils - PY3-Hansa Yellow 10G

Hansa Yellow Light: Hansa Yellows are not Cadmium wannabes! Coolest transparent yellow. Cleaner in masstone, brighter in tint, more transparent; try using Hansa Yellow Light instead of Cad Yellow Light where transparency is desired. Also valuable for intensifying the tint of Cadmium Yellows.

It has excellent brightness and tinting strength, and its drying time ranges from average to slow. Because they are more transparent, they have great value as glazing colours.

Pigment Composition and Permanence:

Pigment Name: PY3-Hansa Yellow 10G

Pigment Type: organic, monoazo

Properties

This Hansa yellow is transparent. It has excellent brightness and tinting strength, and its drying time ranges from average to slow. Hansa Yellow makes more intense tints and cleaner secondaries than Cadmium Yellows, especially when mixed with other organic or modern colours like Phthalo Blue and Green. Because they are more transparent, they have great value as glazing colours.

Permanence

This Hansa Yellow has fair to good permanence, particularly in the lighter shades.

Toxicity

Hansa Yellow has no significant acute hazards, though its chronic hazards have not been well studied.

History

Hansa Yellows were first made in Germany just before WW1 from a series of synthetic dyestuffs called Pigment Yellow. They were intended to be a synthetic replacement for Cadmium Yellow.