Blick Studio Oil Colors - Lamp Black, 40 ml tube

Name: Blick Studio Oil Colors - Lamp Black, 40 ml tube
Brand: Blick

Blick Studio Oil Color

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Product details

Size: 40 ml
Blick SKU: 01557-2023

About this product range

Premium student-grade quality
49 colors
Strongly pigmented
Excellent covering power
Superb value for artists of all levels

Made using quality ingredients, Blick Studio Oils offer great performance at an affordable Blick price. They're ideal for artists of all levels — students and beginners just learning to paint, advanced artists who want to experiment, and professionals seeking large volumes of color on a limited budget.

Available in a range of 49 colors, Blick Studio Oils are highly pigmented, brilliant, and rich. Ground in a linseed or safflower oil binder, they feature a buttery consistency that allows for application with either a brush or knife, and their covering power is excellent. Stroke for stroke, Blick Studio Oils are one of the best student-grade paints you'll find, and they're backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee.

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.

Lamp Black

Pigment code: PBk7
Type: inorganic
Chemical name: carbon
Chemical formula: C
Properties: Lamp black is a very opaque, heavily staining black pigment that does not have much covering or tinting power. It is typically the most opaque black in watercolor form. Though a very pure black, it tends to muddy slightly in mixtures. Natural sources may be brownish or bluish in tone because of impurities. When used in oil paints, it is one of the slowest drying pigments, and should not be used in underpainting or applied in layers underneath other colors.
Permanence: Lamp Black is very lightfast and absolutely permanent. It is used in all techniques in permanent painting.
Toxicity: Carbon itself is not considered hazardous, however other combustion products that are hazardous are often present as impurities when Lamp Black is produced from natural materials. For this reason, commercial preparations of the pigment should be considered slightly toxic. Avoid skin contact and inhalation. Where such impurities are present, Lamp Black is a possible human carcinogen.
History: Lamp Black is a carbon based black traditionally produced by collecting soot (known as lampblack) from oil lamps. It has been used as a pigment since prehistoric times. It is the black found in Egyptian murals and tomb decorations and was the most popular black for fresco painting until the development of Mars Black.
Description: Carbon Black, Channel Black, Furnace Black, Oil Black, Vegetable Black. Flame Black is an impure version of Lamp Black. An alternate spelling is Lampblack, in which the first syllable is stressed and the two words are elided to form a closed compound.