{"product_id":"zinc-ferrite-yellow-pigment-425137808","title":"Zinc Ferrite Yellow Pigment","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZinc Ferrite Yellow (PY119) is a handmade single-pigment Zinc Iron Yellow, a mixed-oxide ceramic pigment based on zinc and iron oxides. It produces a warm, earthy yellow that sits between yellow ochre and raw sienna, with a subtle amber\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003egold undertone and a gently subdued masstone. Compared to high-chroma organic yellows, this color is calmer and more mineral; compared to traditional earth yellows, it is slightly clearer and more consistent, offering a natural, stone-like yellow with excellent reliability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn use, Zinc Ferrite Yellow gives a controlled, versatile yellow ideal for sunlit stone, architecture, dried grasses, earth, foliage highlights, portraits, and atmospheric landscape work. It has low to moderate tinting strength with a semi-opaque to semi-transparent character, making it excellent for quiet tints, glazing over earth reds and browns, and gently warming mixtures without overwhelming them. It mixes beautifully with blues and green-leaning colors for soft, natural greens, with reds and earths for a wide range of ochres, siennas, and honeyed browns, and with neutrals and blacks for subtle, golden grays that stay clear rather than muddy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis mixed-oxide pigment is chemically inert, heat-resistant, and highly resistant to acids and alkalis, which makes it suitable across a wide range of binders and mediums. In artist\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es colors it offers a dependable, low-chroma yellow earth that can function as a primary warm yellow-brown on the palette, a subtle alternative to stronger ochres, or a key mixer for palettes that favor nuance, atmosphere, and mineral character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZinc\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003eiron mixed-oxide pigments like Zinc Ferrite Yellow (PY119) were developed in the 20th century for the coatings and ceramics industries as highly durable, weather-resistant colors. By co-precipitating or calcining zinc and iron compounds together, chemists produced stable yellow\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003ebrown tones with excellent lightfastness and chemical resistance, intended for use in industrial primers, architectural finishes, and ceramic applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese pigments were prized for their combination of earthlike hue, controlled chroma, and technical reliability\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003equalities that made them attractive as modern analogs or complements to natural yellow earths. As paintmakers and artists began seeking more permanent, consistent alternatives to variable natural ores, Zinc Iron Yellow found its way into artist ranges as a transparent-to-semi-opaque yellow earth with a distinct mineral identity. Today PY119 is appreciated by painters who want a warm, natural yellow suitable for subtle glazing, landscape, and figurative work, with the added confidence of modern mixed-oxide permanence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePigment Information\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePigment Type: Synthetic (Inorganic) zinc\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003eiron mixed-oxide yellow (zinc ferrite)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuitable Mediums: Watercolor, Oil, Tempera, Acrylic, Encaustic, Cold Wax, Casein, Milk, Swedish Flour, Lime \/ Fresco, Ceramics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLightfastness: Best\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpacity: Semi-opaque to semi-transparent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther Names: Zinc Ferrite Yellow, Zinc Iron Yellow, Zinc Iron Oxide Yellow (PY119)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColor Index Code: PY119\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morrow Archival","offers":[{"title":"2 Grams","offer_id":47875253076190,"sku":"PS-719-0000-0002g","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 Grams","offer_id":47875253108958,"sku":"PS-719-0000-0010g","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 Grams","offer_id":47875253141726,"sku":"PS-719-0000-0020g","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50 Grams","offer_id":47875253174494,"sku":"PS-719-0000-0050g","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Grams","offer_id":47875253207262,"sku":"PS-719-0000-0100g","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500 Grams","offer_id":47875253240030,"sku":"PS-719-0000-0500g","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/2821\/2702\/files\/8563addf-2923-42b2-9739-b409cc3313e0-copy.jpg?v=1769982693","url":"https:\/\/morrowarchival.com\/products\/zinc-ferrite-yellow-pigment-425137808","provider":"Morrow Archival","version":"1.0","type":"link"}