Re: another good yellow for gum
As one whose early commitment to photography was motivated in part at least by a desire escape from a breast fed baby's arsenal, I am not sure this yellow is for me. Don Sweet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net> To: "Alt List" <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:31 AM Subject: another good yellow for gum > So first it was the nacho cheese yellow--PY 110 or PY 139 that I reported > back a week or so ago. > > Now I want to talk about another yellow--when I first mixed it up in my > standard stock mix of 1 tube pigment to 45ml gum arabic, I thought this > yellow would never do. It is breastfed baby poop yellow--very browny greeny > YUK. So I put it on the back shelf and did not use it. But I ran out of > the yellow I normally use and decided to use it and when mixed in a gum > layer it is a beautiful yellow, very transparent, leans towards a warm green > if that is possible. It is Daniel Smith Nickel Azo Yellow PY150 or Winsor > Newton Transparent Yellow or Schmincke Translucent Yellow. Another yellow > for one's arsenal that at first glance goes way beyond what it looks like it > might do. > Chris >
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