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Lead Tin Yellow Lemon - Michael Harding
Oil ColourPY41
PY41

Lead Tin Yellow Lemon

No. 514 · Series 5 · 40ml · 60ml · 225ml, 1L, 2.5L, 5L

Inorganic - Lead Tin Yellow Lemon is a vivid, sulphury yellow. Like its lighter version, it’s indispensable to artists mixing flesh tones, which can be achieved with the unlikely choice of brilliant pink and rendering the challenge much easier.

Technical Summary

Lead Tin Yellow Lemon is a single-pigment Michael Harding oil colour made with PY41 (Inorganic).

It is opaque, excellent lightfastness, fast drying time, average tinting strength.

It is ground in linseed oil with very low oil content.

Code
No. 514
Series
Series 5
Pigment Index
PY41
Pigment Type
Inorganic
Oil / Vehicle
Linseed Oil
Sizes
40ml · 60ml · 225ml, 1L, 2.5L, 5L
Lightfastness
Excellent
Opacity
Opaque
Drying
Fast
Oil Content
Very Low
Tint Power
Average
Toxicity
Toxic
Colour Science

Measured colour data

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Pigment Behaviour

Tint · Tone · Shade · Glaze

Preview how Lead Tin Yellow Lemon behaves when mixed, toned, shaded and glazed. Each swatch is computed from the masstone using a perceptual subtractive model - an approximation for guidance, not a formulation guarantee.

Masstone swatch
Masstone
L 89.08 · a -1.32 · b 46.53
5.29Y 8.8/6.3

Lead Tin Yellow Lemon straight from the tube.

Undertone
#fefbee

A thin wash over white.

Tint
#f8eeb7

Mixed with Titanium White.

Tone
#b9b085

Mixed with a mid neutral grey.

Shade
#92885c

Darkened with a chromatic black.

Glaze
#fdf8e0

A thin transparent film over white.

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Lead Tin Yellow Lemon: Questions & Answers

What pigment is used in Lead Tin Yellow Lemon?

Lead Tin Yellow Lemon is made with PY41.

Is Lead Tin Yellow Lemon a single-pigment colour?

Yes. Lead Tin Yellow Lemon uses a single pigment (PY41), so its behaviour stays consistent and predictable on the palette.

Is Lead Tin Yellow Lemon transparent or opaque?

Lead Tin Yellow Lemon is opaque.

Is Lead Tin Yellow Lemon lightfast?

Lead Tin Yellow Lemon has excellent lightfastness.

Is Lead Tin Yellow Lemon vegan?

Yes. Lead Tin Yellow Lemon contains no animal-derived ingredients and is suitable for vegan artists.

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