Lead-Tin Yellow Light (Artisan Select) 50ml

Rublev Colours Lead-Tin Light Yellow (Artisan Select) Oil Paint is from a special batch of our lead-tin yellow with a deeper color than our normal batches. In the drawdown above, we compare four different batches of lead-tin yellow over the years. The earliest batch had a similar color to Artisan Select (Batch 12116). This is a limited batch of only 70 examples.

Rublev Colours Lead-Tin Yellow Light (Type I) is an opaque, fine-grained pale yellow with medium tinting strength. Our lead-tin yellow is made according to historical recipes. Although lead-tin yellow frequently occurs in European painting before the eighteenth century, it is not mentioned in older literature on painting techniques. It has been identified in Rembrandt's works, such as Belshazzar's Feast (1636/1638). It is called massicot in northern European manuscripts but identified as giallolino or giallorino in Italian manuscripts, as noted by Merrifield.

Lead-tin yellow has not been rated for lightfastness by the ASTM, but independent studies have shown that it is permanent in most vehicles and can be used with all other pigments without alteration.

Note: Some separation of pigment and oil may occur in Rublev Colours Artists Oils and is a natural process when no wax or stabilizers are added to paint to prevent this from occurring.

Note: Colors swatches are shown in mass tone, straight from the tube, on the left, and mixed with an equal amount of white on the right. All pictures of color swatches on this web site are only approximations of the actual color of the oil paint. We have carefully matched the color in these pictures on calibrated color monitors to the actual color. However, because of the wide variance in color monitors, the results you get may vary.