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Lead Tin Yellow Light - Michael Harding
Oil ColourPY41
PY41

Lead Tin Yellow Light

No. 512 · Series 5 · 40ml · 60ml · 225ml, 1L, 2.5L, 5L

Inorganic - This soft, subtle, lemony hue dates back centuries. Artists such as Vermeer used Lead Tin Yellows to paint draperies and fur trim. Known for their incredibly high covering power, Lead Tin Yellows blend beautifully with blues to create subtle greens. “Girl Reading an Open Letter by the Window”, painted by Vermeer, is a wonderful example of Lead Tin Yellow blended to create the green trompe l’oeil curtain. In our time, a well-known American artist mixes Lead Tin Yellow with brilliant pink to create fantastic flesh tones.

Technical Summary

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

It is opaque, not tested lightfastness, fast drying time, average tinting strength.

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

Code
No. 512
Series
Series 5
Pigment Index
PY41
Pigment Type
Inorganic
Oil / Vehicle
Linseed Oil
Sizes
40ml · 60ml · 225ml, 1L, 2.5L, 5L
Lightfastness
Not tested
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 Light 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 90.84 · a -1.85 · b 32.91
5.61Y 9.0/4.4

Lead Tin Yellow Light straight from the tube.

Undertone
#fefcf4

A thin wash over white.

Tint
#f8f1cc

Mixed with Titanium White.

Tone
#b9b295

Mixed with a mid neutral grey.

Shade
#928b6d

Darkened with a chromatic black.

Glaze
#fdfaea

A thin transparent film over white.

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Lead Tin Yellow Light: Questions & Answers

What pigment is used in Lead Tin Yellow Light?

Lead Tin Yellow Light is made with PY41.

Is Lead Tin Yellow Light a single-pigment colour?

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

Is Lead Tin Yellow Light transparent or opaque?

Lead Tin Yellow Light is opaque.

Is Lead Tin Yellow Light lightfast?

Lead Tin Yellow Light has not tested lightfastness.

Is Lead Tin Yellow Light vegan?

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

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