Description
A yellow ochre from Northern Italy, this is my favourite Rublev yellow earth.
It has body and stands up firm on the palette, in masstone it is the classic yellow ochre colour, slightly mustardy, yellow-brown. When applied thinly to maximize the transparent qualities it produces luminous, rich, mid-value yellows, almost the hue of a dark Naples yellow.
More transparent than the Blue Ridge yellow ochre, due to its larger pigment particle size.
In reality the swatch image on the tube picture is more accurate than the main swatch.
It is a medium tinter and it tints are gentle yellow/biege hues with just a touch of leaning to green, but not so much as to cool it. Indeed its tints are a range of earthy lemon yellows (hence the name).
Really good paint, authentic and a pleasure to use particularly the way it handles.
Technical Overview
Pigment - PY43
Opacity - Semi-Transparent
Tint Strength - Low
Binder - Linseed Oil
Drying Rate - Medium
Munsell - Hue 7.5 YR - Value 5 - Chroma 8
