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00347-4940 — Gamboge Hue

For professionals. Work with pure free-flowing color, no hard edges. Finest pigments, milled up to 9 times retains purity. Checked for tint and texture, then tested to ensure color stability in any environment.

Gamboge Hue

This color contains the following pigments:

PY3—Hansa Yellow 10G
PY153—Nickel Dioxine Yellow

PY3—Hansa Yellow 10G

Pigment Type

organic, monoazo

Chemical Name

n/a

Chemical Formula

C₁₆H₁₂CL₂N₄O₂

Properties

This Hansa yellow is a transparent yellow. It has great 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 colors like Phthalo Blue and Green. Because they are more transparent, they have great value as glazing colors.

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.

Alternate Names

Arylamide Yellow, Arylide, Arylide Yellow, Azo, Brilliant Yellow, Monoazo, Monolite Yellow, Permanent Yellow.

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PY153—Nickel Dioxine Yellow

Pigment Type

organic synthetic

Chemical Name

n/a

Chemical Formula

C₂₈H₁₂N₂O₂

Properties

Nickel dioxine yellow is a semi-transparent, lightly staining yellow pigment with high tinting strength, although less than that of the diarylides. It is considered a good color match for Indian Yellow, a historic pigment that is no longer available. Drying time is average.