Gamblin 1980 Oils -andnbsp;PY74-Hansa Yellow

Hansa Yellow Medium: Its masstone is similar to Cadmium Yellow Medium but semi-transparent. Clean, bright tint. Use in place of Cadmium Yellow, where a higher key tint is desired. Also, Hansa Yellows’ transparencies make them helpful in mixing cleaner, brighter secondaries.

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.

Pigmentandnbsp;Composition and Permanence:

Pigment Name:andnbsp;PY74-Hansa Yellow

Pigment Type: 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.