Grumbacher Academy Oil Color - Venetian Red, 37 ml tube
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Product details
- Size
- 37 ml
- Blick SKU
- 00418-3130
About this product range
Grumbacher Academy Oils are available in a range of 45 highly pigmented colors offering superior tinting strength at an affordable student price. The line includes a variety of single-pigment colors, as well as mixed hues and metallics. Every color in the range boasts an ASTM lightfast rating of ‘1-Excellent’ and most correlate to the Pre-Tested Professional line, allowing students to graduate to a professional-grade paint with ease.
The majority of colors in the range are ground in pure linseed oil. Titanium White Soft is ground in a mixture of linseed and poppyseed oil. Titanium White, Unbleached Titanium White, Zinc White, Pale Pink, Lemon Yellow, and Thalo Silver are ground in sunflower oil.
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.
Red Iron Oxide
- Pigment code
- PR101
- Type
- earth, synthetic
- Chemical name
- iron oxides (synthetic), iron oxide, silica, alumina, lime, and magnesia or hydrated iron oxide
- Chemical formula
- Fe2O2 or Fe2O3 x H2O
- Properties
- Red iron oxide varies in hue and transparency, depending on hydration and slight impurities. Indian Red is a slightly duller, deep brick hue with a bluish undertone. It is very dense and opaque, with excellent tinting strength and covering power. It is dependable when mixing with all other permanent pigments and yields good flesh tints when mixed with Zinc White. It is the synthetic version of PR102, which is a pigment made from earth reds, or natural red iron oxides, and the names applied to PR101 and PR102 often overlap. The synthetic red iron oxides have mostly replaced natural red iron oxides and are brighter, stronger, finer, and more permanent. Indian Red is the highest grade bluish shade. Light Red, English Red, and Venetian Red are yellowish shades. Mars Violet is a dull and subdued bluish or purplish oxide.
- Permanence
- Red iron oxide is very lightfast with excellent permanence.
- Toxicity
- Red iron oxide has no significant hazards.
- History
- Natural red iron oxide comes from the mineral ore hematite, called bloodstone by the ancient Greeks from the word hema, meaning blood. It is one of the oldest pigments, has been used by every major civilization, and was an important mineral for medieval alchemists. It was not widely used in artists' materials until the 17th century and was not produced in large quantities until the 18th century.
- Description
- Indian Red, Colcothar, English Red, Light Red, Mars Red, Mars Violet, Morelle Salt, Pompeian Red, Indian Red, Red Oxide, Sinopia, Spanish Red, Terra Rosa, Tuscan Red, Venetian Red, Venice Red.
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