Liquitex Soft Body Artist Acrylics - Mars Black, 3.78 L

Name: Liquitex Soft Body Artist Acrylics - Mars Black, 3.78 L
Brand: Liquitex

Professional Soft Body Acrylics

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Product details

Size: 3780 ml
Blick SKU: 00616-2048

About this product range

Professional quality
99 brilliant colors
Maximum pigment loads
Minimal color shift from wet to dry
Balanced flow supports glazing, layering, and knife work
Excellent color clarity in thin films and glazes

Liquitex Professional Soft Body Acrylics deliver rich, permanent color in a low-viscosity formula made for versatility. Originally developed as the first water-based acrylic in 1955, this modern version offers a smooth, flowing consistency that’s perfect for fine detail, staining, watercolor-style washes, and fluid techniques like pouring and glazing.

Each color contains high pigment concentrations and a flexible acrylic binder that ensures excellent adhesion and surface integrity. The low-drip formula allows for precision in brushwork or pouring, and it dries to a consistent satin finish with minimal color shift.

Compatible with all Liquitex mediums and acrylic formats, Soft Body Acrylics are ideal for traditional painting, mixed media, and experimental applications where fluidity and control matter.

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.

Mars Black

Pigment code: PBk11
Type: earth
Chemical name: iron oxides
Chemical formula: FeO or Fe2O3
Properties: Mars Black is an opaque black with a strong and cool masstone, a slightly warm tint, and a warm brown undertone. It is not as black as Ivory Black, but it dries more quickly and has three times the tinting strength. Mars Black is normally the only black available in acrylic form and that is safe to over paint. It can be used in all media without reservation and is widely used as an alternative to Lamp Black and Ivory Black.
Permanence: Mars Black is very lightfast with excellent permanence.
Toxicity: Mars Black has no significant hazards and is the only major black pigment considered non-toxic.
History: The word Mars refers to the Roman god of iron and war. Mars Black was developed in the early 20th century from inorganic, synthetic iron oxide.
Description: Black Iron Oxide, Iron Black, Magnetic Oxide, Mapico Black, Mineral Black. Sometimes labeled as Vine Black.