LIGHT YELLOW – QUICK GEN COLOR

Light Yellow - Quick Gen Color from AK interactive

Quick Gen Color is an acrylic range from AK interactive built for painting figures and gaming models. The binder is acrylic, so the paint is thinned with water or with the medium of the same range; lacquer thinner does not belong in it. Light Yellow is a light clean yellow without a marked orange undertone, that is, a shade for bright accents rather than for large areas.

Where the shade belongs and how it behaves

Yellow pigments are among the worst covering of all. Over a dark base a light yellow will not win on its own even after three coats and will only smear. The solution is simple: a light base first, white, bone or pale gray, and only then thin coats of yellow over it. On figures this is how legible insignia, straps, cloak trims, yellow areas of armor or warning stripes come about. As a glaze over a light base, yellow can merely warm an area up without repainting all of it.

The scale effect: a small area looks richer than a large one

The eye always judges saturation in the context of its surroundings. The same shade on one square centimeter of a figure looks more marked than spread over the whole side of a model; it is the same phenomenon because of which shades on large areas are lightened and muted in scale, only in reverse. On small accents, therefore, do not thin the yellow into paleness in an effort at a more realistic tone. On the contrary: leave it full, or it will be lost and the area will look dirty. Save lightening and muting for extensive areas, where a clean yellow really would overpower the rest of the model.

Use and who it is for

• Mix the paint thoroughly before applying it.
• On a dark base use a light primer, otherwise the yellow will not cover.
• Apply thin coats and let each one dry.
• For modelers of figures, wargaming and gaming models.

Work in a ventilated space. Close the bottle carefully after use, as acrylic dries quickly on the rim.