Description
Unusual for Rublev as nearly all their paints are single pigment, however this is based on a historical recipe and contains two pigments and a small amount of gypsum.
It is a cool, red earth with strong blue undertones provided by the alizarin element. It has high chroma and the mix of the earth Hematite pigment and the organic alizarin makes it almost visually vibrate.
It is a strong tinter, and makes a wide range of steps from almost bruised flesh, cool, reddish purple, to light, fresh pinks.
It's pretty much impossible to mix this on the palette with this level of vibrancy, really quite unusual however I can see how it fills in a gap in the colour wheel that the other earths don't provide.
Technical Overview
Pigments - PR83, PR101, Terra Alba (Gypsum)
Binder - Linseed Oil
Opacity - Semi-Opaque
Munsell - Hue 2.5 R - Value 3 - Chroma 8
