Rublev Colours Lemon Ochre is a bright, transparent yellow earth pigment made from natural goethite (PY43) sourced from quarries in northern Italy. This is a concentrated natural ochre that produces clean, luminous yellows in tints and washes while keeping the earthy stability and mixing behaviour that painters expect from true iron oxide pigments.

Lemon Ochre is prized for its permanence and versatility across painting mediums. It mixes cleanly with other pigments, stays stable in blends, and performs well in oil, tempera, watercolour, acrylic, fresco, and grounds. Use it to create glowing highlights, sunlit landscape passages, warm underpainting, natural greens when mixed with blues, and soft yellow neutrals that do not look artificial. As a natural earth, it is highly lightfast and does not fade in daylight.

Key features

• Natural Italian goethite yellow earth pigment

• Colour Index PY43, permanent and lightfast (ASTM I)

• Transparent, bright yellow character in washes and tints

• Excellent mixing colour for portraits, landscapes, and glazing work

• Suitable for oil paint grinding, watercolour, tempera, acrylic dispersions and fresco

Safety note: Avoid inhaling dry pigment dust. Use a mask and good ventilation when handling powder.