The pigments used for artists' colours are inorganic as well as organic.
The inorganic pigments have been used since antiquity; most of them are extracted from minerals and soil, such as natural earth colours, sienna's and ocres.
Titanium, carbon and ultramarine pigments also belong to this category, as well as cobalt and cadmium.
Many of these pigments are now also manufactured synthetically.
Organic pigments have their origins in the 19th century.
Available in 58ml Tubes, 125ml or 200ml, 500ml and 1000ml Plastic Containers with nozzle.
Description
Acrylic Studio contains the same resin as Acrylic Artist Colours, and many of the same pigments; the pigments selected for this range have been chosen for their permanence, purity and colour intensity, always keeping in mind the purpose of offering an excellent product at a moderate and uniform price. Acrylic Studio colours do not contain fillers of any kind, so that the colours have great strength and chromatic purity. They are opaque or transparent, depending on the nature of the pigment and dry to a semi-matte finish. , , The range of colours do not contain any toxic pigments or derivatives of heavy metals and does not create waste products which may harm the environment. The heavy body consistency of Acrylic Studio permits all techniques, allows the artist to mix the colours with all mediums as well as extraneous materials and can also be simply diluted with water for more transparent applications. Industrial production developed at the beginning of the twentieth century owing to new manufacturing processes in organic chemistry. , , These synthetic pigments have become an important group in the manufacture of artists' colours, producing bright and luminous shades of great intensity and excellent light fastness and permanence. The range has extended continuously, and now besides the familiar phthalocyanines and naphthol's, includes azo compounds, dioxocanes and pyrroles, anthraquinones and quinacridones.
