Titanium yellow

Titanium yellow
 
Commercial pigment
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#EEE600
sRGBB (r, g, b)(238, 230, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(58°, 100%, 93%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(89, 98, 83°)
Source[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Titanium yellow
Names
IUPAC name
  • Titanium yellow
  • nickel antimony titanium yellow
  • nickel antimony titanium yellow rutile
  • CI Pigment Yellow 53
  • C.I. 77788
Identifiers
ECHA InfoCard 100.029.410 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 232-353-3
Properties
NiO·Sb2O3·20TiO2
Appearance Yellow pigment
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Titanium yellow, also nickel antimony titanium yellow, nickel antimony titanium yellow rutile, CI Pigment Yellow 53, or C.I. 77788, is a yellow pigment with the chemical composition of NiO·Sb2O3·20TiO2. It is a complex inorganic compound. Its melting point lies above 1000 °C, and has extremely low solubility in water. While it contains antimony and nickel, their bioavailability is very low, so the pigment is relatively safe.[citation needed]

The pigment has crystal lattice of rutile, with 2–5% of titanium ions replaced with nickel(II) and 9–12% of them replaced with antimony(III).

Titanium yellow is manufactured by reacting fine powders of metal oxides, hydroxides, or carbonates in solid state in temperatures between 1000 and 1200 °C, either in batches or continuously in a pass-through furnace.

Titanium yellow is used primarily as a pigment for plastics and ceramic glazes, and in art painting.