Williamsburg Cobalt Yellow

While this color appears to be available at the time of this writing, Cobalt Yellow PY40 is no longer being manufactured. We have listed this paint as likely to be discontinued unless the paintmaker has their own stores of this pigment.

“A spectrum Transparent yellow. Clear, limpid, exquisite. Like the yellow in some of Turner’s skies.” -Williamsburg

In 2023, Golden published a vital series of tests on their colors and how they performed in mixes with various white paints. More information can be found at https://justpaint.org/astm-lightfastness-testing-for-oil-paints/.

“A spectrum Transparent yellow. Clear, limpid, exquisite. Like the yellow in some of Turner’s skies.” -Williamsburg

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