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 pigments. Our natural ochres pigments and our natural earths pigments are all 100% natural and are extracted from different quarries in France, in particular in the Ardennes, Burgundy, Vaucluse but also in different countries such as Germany, Italy, and India. Depending on the region, we will have all different colors. They are extracted, washed, then dried, and if necessary, burned or calcined according to the color that one wishes to obtain, to finish finely crushed in order to obtain an impalpable powder of the order of 30 microns.

natural ochres and natural earths have the advantage of being able to be mixed together to obtain other colors because they are compatible with each other. they also have excellent opacity, great resistance to alkalis, such as lime paste, and great resistance to uv (insensitive).

They have the advantage of being compatible with all binders such as lime paste or powder or cement but also natural or synthetic oils, glues, gums and resins (gum arabic, shellac, rabbit skin glue, acrylic binder, linseed oil) and can be used in all techniques (oil, egg, casein, acrylic, skin glue, lime, plaster, fresco).

 

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turquoise green pigment
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the turquoise green pigment is a mixture of copper phthalocyanines giving a fairly bright light green color and slightly bluish depending on the binder and the dosage used. A dosage of 15% by weight of lime paste will give a pale water green color. It will be necessary to use a little alcohol at 95 ° to dilute it well, otherwise there is a risk of rockets in the coatings or whitewashes (prepare a syrup before incorporating it into the mixtures).

€2.25
italian cassel brown pigment
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italian cassel brown pigment is a mixture of 100% natural calcined iron oxides giving a taupe brown/black to medium mouse grey slightly brown colour depending on the binder and dilution. This pigment is made in Italy and was originally extracted from peat and ferrous lignites. It is perfectly diluted in water. A dosage of 30% of the weight of lime paste will give a taupe colour which is quite trendy at the moment.
€2.30
brown van dick pigment from sweden
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brown van dick pigment from sweden is a mixture of natural iron oxide and calcined sienna resulting in a purplish reddish brown color, wine lees. This pigment is compatible with all binders and all painting and coating techniques. A dosage in the lime paste at 30% of the lime weight will give the strongest color in the whitewash, quite sustained like the photo. The color will be stronger in plaster because less diluted
€3.00
old green pigment
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the old green pigment is an oxide of chromium discovered by a chemist named Pannetier in the 19th century. This pigment gives an English green or light wagon color. Pigment compatible with all techniques and binders. It is a very opaque and very solid earthy green that I particularly recommend in the fresco technique.
€3.90