Sennelier is pleased to introduce the newest evolution of its
watercolor line. Continuing its traditional color palette used
by French Impressionist painters, Sennelier has now expanded the
Sennelier Artists' Watercolor line to 98 colors to include more
rich darks. Color Swatch created using heavy application/diluted
application and was applied on cold press watercolor paper (150
lb) material. Diarylide Yellow is a semi-opaque, moderately
staining, intense deep reddish yellow pigment with good tinting
strength. Diarylide Yellow 83 has very good lightfastness and
permanence. However, it can fade in tints, so some artists do
not consider it suitable as an artists’ color. Many other
diarylide yellow pigments are reported to have fair to poor
lightfastness, and some are completely fugitive. Diarylide
Yellow 83 is reputed to be one of the most permanent of the
entire group. Diarylide Yellow has no significant acute hazards,
but chronic hazards have not been well studied. Diarylide Yellow
comes from a family of azo