Blick Artists' Acrylic - Yellow Medium Azo, 4.65 oz tube
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Product Details
- Color:
- Yellow Medium Azo
- Description:
- Artists' Acrylic
- Size:
- 4.65 oz (138 ml)
- Format:
- Tube
Pigment Information
This color contains the following pigments:
PY74LF-Hansa Yellow
Pigment Name
PY74LF-Hansa Yellow
Pigment Type
organic, monoazo
Chemical Formula
C18H18N4O6
Properties
This Hansa Yellow 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.
Permanence
Hansa Yellow PY74 has excellent lightfastness, particularly in the darker shades. Pigment PY74LF is a proprietary preparation of PY74 for which the manufacturer claims better lightfastness.
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.