To avoid instant mud in your watercolours, select lightfast Mars Yellow. This brownish yellow is low-staining, an ideal substitute for more transparent, higher staining pigments such as New Gamboge or Yellow Ochre.
A wash of Mars Yellow adds gentle granulation to passages. colour-coordinate paintings using Mars Yellow with a Violet for subtle, muted warm grays.
Pigment: PY 42 | Series: 1
Lightfastness: I – Excellent
Transparency: Semi-Transparent
Staining: 1-Non-Staining
Granulation: Granulating
