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December 10, 2017 at 1:11 am #128186
Sharon Nolfi
ParticipantI’m starting this topic for those who are interested in the more geeky aspects of our paint.
For example, I want to know how one pigment (in this case PB29) can produce varying hues, not only between brands, but within brands. Da Vinci makes 4 Ultramarines: Ultramarine, French Ultramarine, Ultramarine Red Shade, and Ultramarine Green shade. The last 2 I had never encountered before receiving the Green Shade in a Da Vinci Tin.
Ultramarine was originally made from lapis lazuli, and Renaissance artists reserved this rare pigment for the garments of the Virgin Mary. Today, Ultramarine is synthetic. But why so many variations?
December 10, 2017 at 3:39 am #128189Anonymous
InactiveIt is a puzzle. Another puzzle is transparent oxide brown, which is just the same pigment as brown ochre?
December 10, 2017 at 9:29 am #128199Thomas Blanchard
ParticipantCheck out Handprint for info on PB29 http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/waterfs.html
scroll to PB29 sodium aluminum sulfosilicate (1828)Basically how I understand it is different paint shades can be made from the same pigment numbers by the way the pigment is ground and the amount of pigment used. These also make a paint more transparent or opaque.
PBr7 is the single pigment used to make both Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna. Very different colors! 🙂 It is a science for sure!
December 10, 2017 at 10:44 am #128204Anonymous
InactiveOr alchemy Thomas
December 10, 2017 at 1:40 pm #128205Sandra Strait
ParticipantAs Thomas said, differences come from the way the pigment is ground and the amount used. Some pigments are burnt to make a difference, as with raw sienna burnt to make burnt sienna. I believe some minerals can differ according to where in the world they are mined.
December 10, 2017 at 4:09 pm #128216Sharon Nolfi
ParticipantThanks, Thomas! Has anyone encountered Ultramarine Green Shade and Ultramarine Red shade from a manufacturer other than Da Vinci?
December 11, 2017 at 12:55 pm #128290Sandra Strait
ParticipantWinsor & Newton has an Ultramarine Green Shade and if I understand correctly, French Ultramarine is a red shade of Ultramarine. I think there are other names for both the green and red shades. I’m not sure if they reflect a different amount of the shading or are just marketing devices.
December 11, 2017 at 4:05 pm #128300Jennifer McLean
ParticipantI think it’s cool how they make on iteration of a color granulating and the same shade, not. Thank god for that as I usually shy away from granulation unless needed like in painting rocks. I know that sometimes they find, as Sandra suggested, an unusual outcropping somewhere in the world that grinds down differently, like the newest player out there, sapphire phthalo blue. It IS different and that subtlety, for me, makes it even more beautiful phthalo is one of my favorite blues and when I picked up the limited edition phthalo sapphire from W&N I was hooked. Now Schmincke has made that color too. Hopefully they won’t run out, I’ve heard they can just run out of a supply.
December 11, 2017 at 4:34 pm #128318Sandra Strait
ParticipantMost of the pigments used in paint come from the beauty and automotive industries. If they stop using a pigment then it is usually discontinued in the art world as well. That’s what happened with Quinacridone Gold.
December 11, 2017 at 7:40 pm #128362Sharon Nolfi
ParticipantThanks to all who have contributed to this discussion so far.
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