
Product details
- Size
- 20 ml
- Blick SKU
- 00643-2022
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.
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