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Blick Artists' Acrylic - Mars Black, 2 oz tube

Artists' Acrylic

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Product details
Size
59 ml
Blick SKU
00624-2043
About this product range
  • Professional quality
  • True value
  • Exceptional pigment quality and color strength
  • Majority single-pigment range
  • High-viscosity for thick textures and suave blending
  • Formats range from 2 oz tubes–16 oz tubs

Blick Artists' Acrylics offer exceptional pigment quality, impressive color strength, and lasting durability at an incredible value. This professional-quality range includes 70+ rich colors. The majority are made with a single pigment for clean, accurate color mixtures.

Colors can be thinned with water or acrylic mediums and adapt to suit any painting style, from thick impasto strokes to thin, oil-like glazes. Available in jars and recyclable aluminum tubes, Blick Artists' Acrylics deliver a consistent, richly pigmented experience in any format. Made in the USA.

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.

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