Pigments through the Ages

              
/ led tin   yel • low /
Lead-tin yellow
 		  
   

     
 

  1.  Overview  
  2. History
of use		  
  3. Making the
pigment		  
  4. Technical
details		  
  
  Brief description of Lead-tin yellow:   
       An opaque yellow with good covering power 

  Names for Lead-tin yellow:   
        
Pronounciation:
led tin   yel • low
Non-English names:
 German  
  
 French  
  
 Italian 
 Blei-Zinn Gelb 
 jaune de plomb étain 
 giallo di piombo-stagno 
Chemical name:
Lead-tin oxide, or lead stannate, sometimes with additional tin oxide and silicon groups.

A painted swatch of Lead-tin yellow:

  

  Source of Lead-tin yellow:   
        


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