A dull yellow pigment, Mars Yellow is a synthetic iron oxide pigment.  Mars Yellow is our most opaque yellow and is useful for capturing a variety of subject matter from landscapes to botanicals.

Artist’s Notes: Truly versatile across a range of applications, Mars Yellow is more opaque than Golden Ochre and duller than Naples Yellow Deep.  Combine Mars Yellow with a range of purples and violets to create beautiful browns that add depth and complexity to dried foliage and grasses

Paint Maker’s Notes: Developed at the end of the 18 th  century in response to depleted natural pigment deposits, synthetic iron oxides were given the name ‘Mars’ after the Roman god of war and our planetary neighbour which has almost double the amount of iron oxide in its outer layers than our own.

Transparency: Opaque

Staining: Staining

Granularity: Non-Granular

Pigment Number: PY 42

Pigment Type: Synthetic Inorganic

Pigment Composition: Iron oxide

Lightfastness: I – Excellent

Toxicity: Non Toxic