Lemon Yellow is the cool, bright yellow in our Stone watercolor line.
This beautifully concentrated hue brings clarity, freshness, and a lively sparkle to watercolor work. As the cool half of our balanced yellow pair, Lemon Yellow is ideal for early‑grade painting, seasonal color stories, and exploring warm–cool relationships. When paired with Golden Yellow (our warm yellow), Lemon Yellow mixes into a clear, vibrant True Yellow—a foundational exercise in understanding how warm and cool tones combine to create balanced primaries.
Produced in the USA using high‑quality pigments and a clean, reliable liquid base, Stone Watercolor Paint is designed specifically for Waldorf watercolor painting. The formula is extremely concentrated, allowing teachers and students to adjust the strength of the color with simple dilution. For general painting, we recommend mixing 10 parts water to 1 part paint. For veil painting, use more water and allow each layer to dry before applying the next. For richer, more saturated color, simply reduce the amount of water.
Lemon Yellow offers smooth transparency, excellent flow, and a clear, cool character across all watercolor techniques used in Waldorf classrooms. Its brightness supports crisp transitions, expressive color stories, and gentle early‑grade work while remaining versatile enough for structured main lesson painting.
Color Mixing with Lemon Yellow
- Lemon Yellow + Golden Yellow — Creates a clear, vibrant True Yellow.
- Lemon Yellow + Vermillion — Produces bright, glowing oranges with clarity.
- Lemon Yellow + Carmine Red — Creates warm oranges and lively peach tones.
- Lemon Yellow + Red Rose — Creates soft peach tones and gentle rose‑orange transitions.
- Lemon Yellow + True Red — Mixes into clean, bright oranges with excellent lift.
- Lemon Yellow + Viridian Green — Creates fresh spring greens and soft natural tones.
- Lemon Yellow + Prussian Blue — Produces cool greens and deep blue‑greens.
- Lemon Yellow + Ultramarine Blue — Creates warm greens and gentle blue‑green transitions.
- Lemon Yellow + Phthalo Blue — Produces vivid, high‑chroma greens and clear cool turquoise tones.
- Lemon Yellow + Black Gouache — Creates muted olive greens and earthy tones.
- Lemon Yellow + White Gouache — Soft, light tints and gentle pastel yellows.
Non‑Toxic – Conforms to ASTM D‑4236.
Sizes
Lemon Yellow — 1 oz (28.4 ml) SLY1 — $9.95
Lemon Yellow — 4 oz (113.6 ml) SLY4 — $27.95
Lemon Yellow — 8 oz (227.3 ml) SLY8 — $45.95
