Description
A natural black earth pigment, sourced from Italy.
Warmer than a pure carbon-based black, however not as warm as say a Cassel earth - in fact it is hard to find any brown hue in this at all, remarkable given its mineral origin.
In masstone a strong mid black, when spread out with the palette knife it shows its transparent but dense nature, at a push when very thin the transparency is revealed. It is a good tinter and makes a wide range of warmish greys.
Smoothly ground and not thin like some earth pigments, and has a good body to it - dense. Non-greasy.
A historically accurate paint.
Technical Overview
Pigment - Unique natural earth
Vehicle - Linseed Oil
Opacity - Transparent
Tint power - Medium
Munsell - Hue N - Value 0 - Chroma N/A
Wallace Seymour Paints
