This is a monoazo organic pigment with a very clean hue. Ours is a transparent version of this pigment.
Hansa light is our greenest yellow. The 10 G rating refers to a scale used by pigment manufacturers indicating how close to green a yellow is. 10 G means 10 steps toward green. (Compare with Hansa medium yellow, rated 2G.) This colour combines well with phthalo green or phthalo blue to make very clean looking light yellow greens, or “lime” greens. Hansa light yellow works well as a ‘mixing primary’ in a three colour system, though not as well as Benzi (6 G) yellow, which is better able to reach the colours in the orange range. However, it is less costly than benzi yellow. It is often the best pick for a greenish yellow, which is indispensable for a good colour range.
This grade of pigment has a lightfastness rating of “very good” although in acrylics it performs at the upper end of the “very good” category. It is slightly less permanent than, for example, Benzi yellow, which has outstanding performance in lightfastness tests.