Indian Yellow

Description

Artists like Turner have used Indian Yellow, a bright yellow pigment. This colour was originally made in India by using the urine of cows that only ate mango leaves. Winsor & Newton developed a similar alternative to the original pigment.

Additional information

Level

Artist

Colour Number

217

Pigment Codes

PY139

Lightfastness(+++,++,+)

+++

Opacity (Transparence, Semi-Transparence, Semi-Opaque, Opaque)

Transparence

size

8ml/21ml