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| − | Synthetically prepared [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name= | + | Synthetically prepared [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=goethite_yellow iron oxide] pigment. Mars yellow is medium to deep yellow color with good tinting strength and is permanent. It is inexpensive, has good-film forming properties and acts as a drier for oil paints. Synthetic yellow iron oxides are extensively used in the paint industry to produce cream tints with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=titanium%20dioxide titanium dioxide]. |
See also [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Mars%20colors Mars colors]. | See also [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Mars%20colors Mars colors]. | ||
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Description
Synthetically prepared iron oxide pigment. Mars yellow is medium to deep yellow color with good tinting strength and is permanent. It is inexpensive, has good-film forming properties and acts as a drier for oil paints. Synthetic yellow iron oxides are extensively used in the paint industry to produce cream tints with titanium dioxide.
See also Mars colors.
Synonyms and Related Terms
synthetic yellow ocher; Pigment Yellow 42 and 43; CI 77492; Marsgelb (Deut.); jaune de mars (Fr.); giallo di marte (giallo ossido) (It.); ijzeroxidegeel (Ned.); amarelo de Marte (Port.); yellow iron oxide; iron yellow; yellow oxide of iron; Ferrite; Ferrox; Mapico yellow
| Composition | Fe2O3-H2O |
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Hazards and Safety
No significant hazards.
Additional Information
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Additional Images
Mars yellow
Mars yellow
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 319, 835
- Reed Kay, The Painter's Guide To Studio Methods and Materials, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1983
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Michael McCann, Artist Beware, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York City, 1979
- R.D. Harley, Artists' Pigments c. 1600-1835, Butterworth Scientific, London, 1982
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000