
Product details
- Size
- 10 ml
- Blick SKU
- 01755-8074
About this product range
- Professional-quality
- Pure pigments, Kordofan gum arabic, and honey
- Palette inspired by the French Impressionists
- Creamy consistency for vivid even washes
- Crafted in France with over a century of expertise
Sennelier L’Aquarelle Watercolors are renowned for their luminous color, rich texture, and exceptional quality. Handmade in France with superior pigments and Kordofam gum arabic, these colors deliver brilliant intensity and remarkably smooth application. Sennelier’s signature use of honey not only preserves the paint but enhances its brilliance and workability.This enhanced formulation offers superior flow and blendability—perfect for both delicate glazes and bold color layering.
Rooted in the traditions of the Impressionist movement, Sennelier collaborated with artists from across the globe to develop a watercolor that captures the beauty of natural light. The result is a paint that offers vivid, transparent washes with rich, saturated color.
Pigment information
General reference notes about pigments can describe other media (such as oil). They do not verify this product’s exact formulation or behavior.
Raw Umber
- Pigment code
- PBr7
- Type
- earth
- Chemical name
- hydrated iron oxide
- Chemical formula
- α-FeO3+(OH) or Fe2O3 × MnO2
- Properties
- Raw Umber is a cool, transparent brown ranging from yellowish brown to greenish brown. It has surprisingly good tinting strength, a high level of opacity, mixes well with greens, and is quick drying in oil form. It has excellent color properties and can create a variety of subtle, clear tints when mixed with white. It grays when mixed with blue and white. Raw Umber can tend towards chalkiness in dark mixes in oil form.
- Permanence
- Raw Umber has excellent permanence.
- Toxicity
- Raw Umber itself is considered non-toxic. If contaminated by manganese compounds, it may be highly toxic if inhaled and moderately toxic if ingested.
- History
- This pigment gets its name from the Latin word umbra, meaning shadow or shade. Its full name is listed as terra di ombra, meaning earth of shadow/shade, due to its original extraction from the area of Umbria, Italy. It has been used as a pigment since prehistoric times. Currently, the finest umber comes from Cyprus.
- Description
- Chestnut Brown, Euchrome, Jacaranta Brown, Mars Brown, Raw Brown, Sicilian Brown. Cyprus Umber, Turkey Brown, and Turkey Umber are the best quality umbers.
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