No other yellow comes close to the opacity of cadmium though. Unless you ingest it, I'm pretty sure the toxicity is a minor point.
For watercolors where you want transparency, Hansa Yellow (PY3) is a better choice, and is not toxic.
For watercolors where you want transparency, Hansa Yellow (PY3) is a better choice, and is not toxic.
Right. Typically painters of my acquaintance e.g. in college had paint all over their clothes and hands, and then they would smoke or eat a snack, transferring traces to their lips.
Cadmium sulfide is maybe not nearly as bad as elemental Cadmium, which is horrible.
All I am saying is please be careful, be safe.
https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2013/05/08/th...
“... this is one of those metals that’s best avoided for life. It has acute toxic effects, chronic toxic effects, and if there are any effects in between those it probably has them, too. Fortunately, cadmium is not well absorbed from the gut...”
Inhalation is also a risk: i.e., no sanding or spray application, unless you have a good filter mask and spray hood. When in doubt, the MSDS for the material in question is your friend.
The acrylic based aerosols marketed for art aren't nearly that bad, although it's the solvent that's still a problem and requires a mask for heavy duty use, of course.
Not that I don't trust them, or could A/B test them myself. They actually performed an A/B test as part of their marketing sending out 2 tubes to artists labeled... A and B.