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Pigment PY74 is one of the most commercially essential pigments of the Hansa Yellow group, considered superior to many others in its class based on both tinting strength and lightfastness. Pigment PY74 ranges from reddish yellow to greenish-yellow, shifting temperature from cool to warm hues. It has high tinting strength and average to slow drying time.

COMPOSITION AND PERMANENCE

Pigment Combination: PY74-Hansa Yellow

PIGMENT NAME: PY74-HANSA YELLOW

Pigment Type: Monoazo

Properties

Pigment PY74 is one of the most commercially essential pigments of the Hansa Yellow group, considered superior to many others in its class based on both tinting strength and lightfastness. Several PY74 grades with different particle sizes are available. Grades with finer particle sizes are more brilliant and transparent. Pigment PY74 ranges from reddish yellow to greenish-yellow, shifting temperature from cool to warm hues. It has high tinting strength and average to slow drying time.

Permanence

This Hansa Yellow has better lightfastness than other yellow monoazo pigments, notably darker 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.