55 Aureolin / Cobalt Yellow 150ml

PY40 - Semi-transparent

Aureolin or Cobalt yellow became popular around 1860 as one of the first lightfast, more or less glazed yellow pigments and supplanted 'shit yellow' in that function. Although especially useful in oils, aureolin was mainly used in watercolor, in which technique it is still used today. The name "aureolin" was given by Winsor & Newton in 1889 especially for their watercolor to cobalt yellow: it was an already existing color designation for all kinds of light yellow shades, including in hair dye. The name is derived from Latin aureus, "golden". In the course of the late nineteenth century, aureolin was replaced by organic pigments, although they were much less lightfast at the time. This was mainly due to the relatively high price. At Haarlemmer Olieverf, Aureolin remains in the range despite the price.