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Amsterdam Standard Series Acrylic - Raw Umber, 500 ml bottle
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Blick Art Materials · recorded 2026-10-21T11:00:55.851658000Z
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Product details
- Size
- 500 ml
- Blick SKU
- 00643-8070
About this product range
- Bold, versatile acrylics for artists at any level
- 102 modern and traditional colors
- High-grade pigments and 100% acrylic emulsion
- Balanced body retains subtle texture
- Excellent lightfastness and long-term durability
Amsterdam Standard Series Acrylics combine brilliant color, great handling, and exceptional flexibility for artists at any stage, from students and hobbyists to seasoned pros. Available in 102 colors, including both modern and traditional pigments, you’ll find a wide range of opacities—perfect for layering, glazing, and precise color control.
These medium-viscosity paints offer an easy, consistent flow straight from the tube. Their smooth, full bodied texture holds expressive brushwork and subtle textures beautifully. Use them on their own or extend their versatility with your favorite acrylic mediums. Known for excellent lightfastness and durability, these paints are built to perform across all painting styles and techniques, from fine art to murals, illustration, and mixed media.
Proudly made in the Netherlands.
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.
Yellow Iron Oxide
- Pigment code
- PY42
- Chemical name
- iron(III)-oxide, hydrated
- Chemical formula
- Fe2O3 • H2O
- Properties
- Yellow Ochre provides artists with earthtones from cream to brown. It has good hiding power, produces a quick drying paint, and can be safely mixed with other pigments. Its transparency varies widely from opaque shades to more transparent ones, which are valued for their use as glazes. If gypsum is present, Yellow Ochre is not suitable for frescoing. (See Brown Ochre, PY43.) PY42 is made from synthetic iron oxides. PY43 is made from natural iron oxide.
- Permanence
- Yellow Ochre has excellent permanence because ochres are some of the most permanent pigments available.
- History
- Ochre comes from the Greek word ochros, meaning pale yellow. It was one of the first pigments to be used by human beings, and evidence of its use has been found at 300,000 year old sites in France and the former Czechoslovakia.
- Description
- Chamois, Iron Yellow, Mars Orange, Mars Yellow, Minette, Ochre, Sil, Yellow Earth, Yellow Ochre, Yellow Oxide. Varieties of Yellow Ochre include Brown Ochre, Flesh Ochre, Roman Ochre, Spruce Ochre, and Transparent Gold Ochre.
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