Warm Yellow
Pigment HistorySynthetic mineral - titanium dioxide, first produced as a pigment in the early 20th century. Titanium white arrived too late for the Old Masters, who worked in lead. It became the dominant white from the mid-20th century - think of the crisp, opaque highlights in Lucian Freud’s flesh, or the brilliant whites of modern abstraction. The modern painter’s workhorse - the brightest, most opaque white available, and non-toxic. It overtook lead white through the 20th century and now anchors nearly every palette, prized for covering power and clean tints.
Warm Yellow is a multi-pigment Michael Harding watercolour made with PW6, PW4, PY83.
It is semi-opaque, very good lightfastness, non-granulating, low staining power, tinting strength 2.
- Code
- W105
- Series
- Series 1
- Pigment Index
- PW6, PW4, PY83
- Contents
- 15ml tube
- Lightfastness
- Very Good
- Tint Power
- 2
- Granulation
- NO
- Staining Power
- Low
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Tint · Tone · Shade · Glaze
Preview how Warm 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.
Warm 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 Warm Yellow?
Warm Yellow is made with PW6, PW4, PY83.
Is Warm Yellow a single-pigment colour?
No. Warm Yellow is a blend of 3 pigments (PW6, PW4, PY83), formulated to give a specific hue.
Is Warm Yellow transparent or opaque?
Warm Yellow is semi-opaque.
Is Warm Yellow lightfast?
Warm Yellow has very good lightfastness.
Does Warm Yellow granulate?
In watercolour, Warm Yellow is non-granulating.
Does Warm Yellow stain the paper?
Warm Yellow has low staining power.
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