214. Lemon

Lemon is a semi-transparent oil colour with a bright, cool yellow hue and a fresh greenish undertone. It creates crisp, luminous colour mixtures while retaining its clarity, even when combined with a wide range of other pigments. Its semi-transparent character makes it particularly effective for gentle glazing, subtle tonal transitions and gradually building colour intensity. Lemon mixes especially well with blues and greens to produce vibrant natural hues, while also creating fresh light tints without noticeably warming the mixture. Its smooth, consistent texture allows effortless application with both brush and palette knife, making it equally suitable for beginners and artists developing greater confidence with oil painting. The balanced drying time across the range reduces unnecessary pauses, allowing artists to move more quickly through each stage of a painting, assess their progress and strengthen practical skills through regular practice. Particularly well suited to landscape, botanical, still life and contemporary painting.