Apparently Michael Harding is going to release a new yellow oil colour after testing. The pigment yellow 216 or PY216, used in plastics and car paints. It contains titanium, tin, and zinc, but perhaps because that doesn't roll off the tongue so well it's going to be called Turner's Yellow instead.
Schmincke already have this released in their Norma range with three variations under the names of Chrome yellow hue. Both are historically redundant pigments, but the names are still used, in this case with PY216 as the replacement.
I don't use watercolour so the name Turners yellow is fairly meaningless to me, but Chrome yellow hue (or extra) bugs me somewhat. Its not that lead yellow from my extreme youth so please stop calling it that. Anyway dear readers; are there paint names that you'd like to see got rid of?
PS; wonder if we need a "Materials and" added to the "studio tips" sub forum. If it was there, this is where the question would go, but as it's not a studio tip question in any sense of the word here it is in the Art Talk.
Schmincke already have this released in their Norma range with three variations under the names of Chrome yellow hue. Both are historically redundant pigments, but the names are still used, in this case with PY216 as the replacement.
I don't use watercolour so the name Turners yellow is fairly meaningless to me, but Chrome yellow hue (or extra) bugs me somewhat. Its not that lead yellow from my extreme youth so please stop calling it that. Anyway dear readers; are there paint names that you'd like to see got rid of?
PS; wonder if we need a "Materials and" added to the "studio tips" sub forum. If it was there, this is where the question would go, but as it's not a studio tip question in any sense of the word here it is in the Art Talk.