Description
This paint just asks to be experimented with, I have found it will slightly 'grey' mixes in a very subtle way, which can be difficult to do with complementaries.
In masstone it is a pleasure on the eye, it would take a long time to find all the subtleties you can create with this paint by using other hues, in other words it is unique in what it can achieve on the palette.
Before Titanium Dioxide is refined to make white it contains a measure of Iron Oxide, which gives this subtle linen or limewash pink-brown hue seen in the swatch above.
As well as making it a good drier, such a presence makes this paint an ideal ground or underpainting colour, with good texture and a lean surface.
Technical Overview
Pigment - PW6.1
Vehicle - Linseed Oil
Opacity - Opaque
Munsell - Hue 2.5 Y - Value 8 - Chroma 2
Michael Harding Oil Paint
