Slate Grey - 50ml

This single pigment paint is sourced from slate deposits in the Ardennes region of France.

First off this is quite oily/loose paint, my tube released a fair bit of oil before I got to the paint, the paint itself is a dark grey in masstone without the green leaning which other slate paints I have used have.

It is cool in temperature, and makes a variety of cool greys which I was impressed with, however it's tinting strength is quite low. Very, very transparent.

This really needs to be 'held' with other paints in mixes, either as a tint with white or another mix. 

It is not a grey made from white and black pigments, it is a genuine grey earth. Fascinating and different, it is probably much better than I have made it sound!

Technical Overview

Pigment - PB19

Opacity - Transparent

Tint Strength - Low

Drying Rate - Medium

Munsell - Hue 2.5 GY - Value 1 - Chroma 2