Mineral Yellows
Cadmium Chartreuse (PY35, PG36) OPAQUE
Cadmium Lemon (PY35) OPAQUE
Cadmium Yellow Light (PY35) OPAQUE
Cadmium Yellow Medium (PY37) OPAQUE
Cadmium Yellow Deep (PY37) OPAQUE
Gold Ochre (PY43, PY83) TRANSPARENT
Naples Yellow (PW6, PY75, PY43) OPAQUE
Nickle Titanate Yellow (PY53) OPAQUE
Titanium Buff (PW6) OPAQUE
Transparent Earth Yellow (PY42) TRANSPARENT
Yellow Ochre (PY43) SEMI-TRANSPARENT
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Modern Yellows
Hansa Yellow Light (PY3) SEMI-TRANSPARENT
Hansa Yellow Medium (PY74) SEMI-TRANSPARENT
Hansa Yellow Deep (PY75) SEMI-TRANSPARENT
Indian Yellow (PY83) TRANSPARENT
Radiant Lemon (PW6, PY3) OPAQUE
Radiant Yellow (PW6, PY83) OPAQUE
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Evolution of Yellow
Yellow Ochre (natural hydrated iron oxide) is one of earth’s oldest pigments. It is dependable, inexpensive and prized for its neutralizing mixing properties in all painting genres. Yellow ochre was likely on your palette when you first started painting and there’s good chance that it’s still there. The same can be said for the world’s use of this pigment in painting.
Painters of the Classical Era found brighter yellow pigments in Naples Yellow, orpiment, chrome yellow, and traditional Indian yellow. These pigments have been largely replaced by mixtures of safer pigments (in the case of Naples Yellow), brighter pigments (cadmium replacing chrome) and pigments with more humane sourcing (modern organic pigment for Indian Yellow).
Cadmium yellows were first developed in the mid-nineteenth century. Their bright masstones and unparalleled opacity make them invaluable for the direct painting techniques that dominated twentieth century painting up to today.
Hansa yellows are modern organic pigments that were developed in Germany in the early twentieth century. Their masstones resemble cadmium colors, but the similarity ends there. Hansa yellows are semi-transparent and have a softer texture compared to cadmium yellows. Their heightened transparency makes them useful glazing colors.
Indian Yellow (made from the modern diarylide pigment) is the most transparent yellow in the Gamblin palette. A muted orange from the tube, it has a glowing yellow transparency. This is a quality that it beautifully imparts to other transparent colors.
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Indian Yellow in Mixtures
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The transparency of Indian Yellow broadens the range compared to the opaque Cadmiums and semi-transparent Hansa yellows. As transparent colors invite light into paint layers – rather than reflect light off the surface like opaque colors – they are invaluable for glazing techniques and mixing dark values.
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Transparent Earth Yellow is part of the family of transparent iron oxide pigments developed in the twentieth century. It is the deepest value yellow in the Gamblin palette. It is beautiful as a glaze and valuable for reducing the value and chroma of other yellows.This quality is especially useful in preventing cool yellows like Cadmium Yellow Light from going green when mixing shades.
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Helena Wurzel, Water Babe, 16” x 20”, oil.
“I love painting reflections and how light moves through water. This painting captures that feeling of daydreaming while sitting in water. My use of yellows conveys the feeling of warmth.”
helenawurzel.com
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Ilana Zweschi, YELLOWHAMMER, 60” x 48”, oil/canvas.
“Yellow tends to be an undervalued color. I have had a different small yellow painting hanging in my apartment for several years. The presence of such an optimistic and warm color in my living space is significant, especially in rainy Seattle. This realization lead me to make the large YELLOWHAMMER painting.
I used Cadmium Yellow Medium for the bulk of the painting but allowed it to swing warmer with an addition of Cadmium Red, cooler with Pthalo Green, and desaturated with Dioxazine Purple. The medium is a 50/50 mixture of Gamblin Solvent-free Gel and Cold Wax to make it spreadable but keep its impasto feel.”
ilanazweschi.com
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