Nickel Dioxime Yellow
PY153
Alternate Names
Nickel Dioxine Yellow
Paliotol yellow
Dioxime Yellow (Nickel)
Pigment Description
Once highly prized, this color is now sadly extinct. It was highly transparent and had a golden yellow orange note in masstone with a bright sunshine when spread thinly. Favored by botanical artists for the gradient it offered but loved by all.
Nickel Dioxine Yellow has an ASTM I in oil and a slightly lower rating in watercolor, however Handprint's tests were more favorable.
We were so sad when this was discontinued around 2012, as it was a yellow with a fascinating character- different in masstone than in tints and glazes. Whereas PY150 has a similar behavior from brown to cooler yellow, this color, PY153, gradated from orange to chromatic yellow. It was a very slow drier.
Monona Rossol's work has a section on health problems from nickel pigments in the Artist's Guide to Health and Safety. Her most recent research can be found through her site.
Resources
PY153 pigment data from David G. Myers, The Color of Art Pigment Database, Artiscreation.com,
Spurgeon, Tad. Living Craft: A Painter's Process. Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, PA: Zoetrope, 2018. Newer version available here: https://www.thomaskitts.com/page/36804/tad-spurgeons-living-craft,
Information about PY153 from Bruce MacEvoy, Handprint Guide to Watercolors, General information about this class of pigments from Handprint,
Rossol, Monona. The Artist's Complete Health and Safety Guide. New York, NY : Allworth Press, 2001. The book is rather dated, updated information is available from her website.
Stats
Lightfastness
Excellent
Excellent with highest marks (all 8's) but may be slightly less lightfast in watercolor. Impressive lightfastness tests.
Transparency
Semi-Transparent, Semi-Opaque
Toxicity
Hazard, Use more caution, contains Nickel
Monona Rossol's work has a section on health problems from nickel pigments in the Artist's Guide to Health and Safety. Her most recent research can be found through her site. Treat all pigments and paints with studio safety protocols.
Chemical Name
methine, dioximer, nickel complex
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