While listed as a yellow, this pigment can be found as a reddish brown. Zinc Iron Yellow or Zinc Ferrite Brown Spinel is an opaque pigment. It is listed as having Good or excellent lightfastness with some suppliers listing highest marks (BWS 8).
PY119 crops up in a few blends in oil paints, though is somewhat rare to encounter this one in oils. It is said to be able to increase the gloss of a paint film, but the medium is not stated.
It's used as a single-pigment in a handful of watercolors, and the yellow is muted or sometimes even the tone of a red earth. It's sometimes called Spinel Brown or even Magnesium Brown. It is also in a few Gold Ochre imitation hues.
