Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor - Indian Yellow, 15 ml Tube
Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor - Indian Yellow, 15 ml Tube
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Pigment Information
This color contains the following pigments:
PY97-Permanent Yellow
PY150-Nickel Azo Yellow
Pigment Name
PY97-Permanent Yellow
Pigment Type
organic, monoazo
Chemical Formula
C26H27ClN4O8
Properties
Permanent Yellow PY97 ranges from reddish yellow to greenish yellow with temperature shifts from cool to warm hues. It has good tinting strength and average to slow drying time. Similar in shade to Hansa Yellow 1, it offers much better fastness properties and good heat stability.
Permanence
Pigment PY97 has excellent lightfastness, particularly in the darker shades.
Toxicity
No significant acute hazards of PY97 are known, though 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. Permanent Yellow (PY97) represents a further development of this line, with the aim of producing a yellow pigment that is suitable for exterior use.
Pigment Name
PY150-Nickel Azo Yellow
Pigment Type
inorganic
Chemical Name
nickel azomethine yellow
Chemical Formula
C30H18Cl2N6NiO4
Properties
Nickel Azo Yellow is a transparent, moderately staining yellow pigment with high tinting strength. It is considered a good color match in botanical and landscape painting for natural gamboge (NY24), a historic yellow pigment with fair to poor lightfastness.
Permanence
Nickel azomethine yellow has excellent lightfastness.
Toxicity
Nickel azo yellow pigment is mildly toxic, and is often labeled as hazardous. Avoid respiratory and skin exposure to pigment dust. It should be disposed of properly with other hazardous wastes, not washed down the sink.
History
Nickel azomethine yellow has been developed as an artist's pigment becasue it is a close match for gamboge, a historic yellow.
DJ284600045
TU
1
Watercolors
0.06
DS W/C 15ML INDIAN YELLOW