Turners Yellow
Turner’s Yellow is a real gem of a colour, reminiscent of the original but much more stable.
Turners Yellow is a single-pigment Michael Harding watercolour made with PY216.
It is semi-opaque, excellent lightfastness, granulating, medium staining power, tinting strength 3.
- Code
- W216
- Series
- Series 2
- Pigment Index
- PY216
- Contents
- 15ml tube
- Lightfastness
- Excellent
- Transparency
- Semi-Opaque
- Tint Power
- 3
- Granulation
- YES
- Staining Power
- Medium
Measured colour data
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Tint · Tone · Shade · Glaze
Preview how Turners Yellow 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.
Turners Yellow straight from the tube.
A thin wash over white.
Mixed with Titanium White.
Mixed with a mid neutral grey.
Darkened with a chromatic black.
A thin transparent film over white.
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What pigment is used in Turners Yellow?
Turners Yellow is made with PY216.
Is Turners Yellow a single-pigment colour?
Yes. Turners Yellow uses a single pigment (PY216), so its behaviour stays consistent and predictable on the palette.
Is Turners Yellow transparent or opaque?
Turners Yellow is semi-opaque.
Is Turners Yellow lightfast?
Turners Yellow has excellent lightfastness.
Does Turners Yellow granulate?
In watercolour, Turners Yellow is granulating.
Does Turners Yellow stain the paper?
Turners Yellow has medium staining power.
Is Turners Yellow vegan?
No. Michael Harding watercolours contain a small amount of honey, so the finished paint is not vegan.
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