Michael Harding Artists Oil Colour 225ml Kings Blue Deep
This name was given by English manufacturers to smalt, a cobalt-based pigment that was used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as a less expensive alternative to Lapis Lazuli. Unfortunately, smalt tends to fade into a light grey, as some Veronese skies demonstrate. But the introduction of Ultramarine Blue made the original smalt formula obsolete, and so Michael Harding offers a completely reliable substitute blend that evokes the aerial effects of the great Venetian decorators.
Michael Harding Oil Colours are among the finest oil paints available to artists today. The colors have a high load of top-quality pigments which are ground in refined cold-pressed linseed oil. The buttery consistency of Michael Harding Oil Colours allow these brilliant, vibrant paints to be easily to manipulated. These paints are completely free of fillers, extenders, or driers.
Pigment Color Code: PB29 / PW6
Lightfastness: Excellent
Opacity: Opaque
Drying Speeding: Slow
Oil Content: Low
Vehicle: Linseed Oil
Tinting Power: Average
Vegan: Yes
WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including cobalt compounds, which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.