Da Vinci Artists' Oil Color - Cadmium Red Light, 300 ml Cartridge

Name: Da Vinci Artists' Oil Color - Cadmium Red Light, 300 ml Cartridge
Brand: Da Vinci Paints

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Product details

Size: 300 ml
Blick SKU: 01533-3093

About this product range

Developed in response to a large-scale painting trend going on among West Coast painters, Da Vinci Artists' Oil Paint Gun Cartridges are made to be used with the Da Vinci Paint Dispenser Gun — an innovative painting tool that lets you express yourself on the grandest of scales. Each cartridge contains 300 ml and is comparable to the cartridges used in construction, design, and industrial applications. Just pop a paint cartridge into the dispenser gun and squeeze the trigger to create unique impasto textures and gestural effects directly on canvas. Or simply use the gun to dole out large quantities of paint quickly and easily. Da Vinci searches out the finest raw materials from around the world to formulate its Artists' Oils. These paints have a rich consistency and the highest permanent pigment concentration. All colors are rated at Lightfastness I (excellent) or Lightfastness II (very good).

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.

Cadmium Red

Pigment code: PR108
Type: inorganic, cadmium
Chemical name: cadmium sulfide and cadmium selenide
Chemical formula: CdS x CdSe
Properties: Cadmium Red is a bright, warm red that ranges in shade from orange-red to maroon and is available in light, medium, and dark versions. It is strong and opaque, with good tinting strength. Cadmium Red dries slowly. It grays down when mixed with white, mixes well with blues to create a range of browns, and mixes well with Cadmium Yellow to create a strong orange. It also works well in neutral mixes. Cadmium pigments have been partially replaced by azo pigments, which are similar in lightfastness to the cadmium colors, cheaper, and non-toxic. Hues vary by brand. Cadmium Red is usually available in either a pure grade or a cadmium-barium mix. The cadmium-barium mix has the same permanence as pure Cadmium Red, but it has a lower tinting strength.
Permanence: Cadmium Red is lightfast and permanent in most forms, but like many cadmium pigments, it will fade in fresco or mural painting. Its improved lightfastness has helped it to replace Vermilion on the artist’s palette.
Toxicity: Cadmium Red is a known human carcinogen. It is extremely toxic if inhaled and slightly toxic if ingested.
History: Cadmiums get their names from the Latin word cadmia meaning zinc ore calamine, and the Greek word kadmeia, meaning Cadmean earth, first found near Thebes, the city founded by the Phoenician prince Cadmus. Metallic cadmium was discovered in 1817 by Friedrich Strohmeyer, but Cadmium Red was not introduced until 1907 in Germany.
Description: Cadmium Scarlet, Selenium Red.