Cadmium Yellow Pale Hue
- Opacity
- Semi-transparent
- Lightfastness
- Excellent
- Series
- 1
- Maker's rating
- A · permanent
Hue or substitute.
Labeled as a hue: a substitute mixture for the named color. The name promises cadmium.
Cadmium colors are opaque, warm and strong, but cost more and are toxic if swallowed or breathed in as dust. Hues are cheaper and safer, and usually more transparent, so they cover less well.
Compared with Cadmium Yellow Light (W&N Artisan, the same line):
- Price: this hue is series 1; Cadmium Yellow Light from the same line is series 2.
- Opacity: semi-transparent here, opaque in the genuine.
- Safety: this hue has no cadmium; the genuine does.
What's in the tube: 2 pigments
Bar widths are estimates: makers list pigments roughly in order of amount but don't publish proportions.
Same color from other brands
Permanent Yellow DeepHolbein PY14 PY53 PY139Looks alike, made with three yellows (PY14, PY53, PY139)
Same pigments is the closest match. Similar mix shares the main pigment. Similar color looks alike but is made differently.
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Data source: Artisan Water Mixable Oil composition & permanence table (as published by Bromleys Art Supplies) (open). Send a correction
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