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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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burnt umber pigment from the ardennes
burnt umber pigment
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burnt umber pigment from the Ardennes is a 100% natural umber giving a slightly purplish chocolate shade. this pigment is the ideal pigment for fresco painting to reproduce a stormy sky. It mixes easily with other pigments to compose the shade of the shadows of your works. This pigment is compatible with all binders and all painting and coating techniques.
€2.60
blackcurrant red pigment
blackcurrant red pigment
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the blackcurrant red pigment is a mixture of iron oxides and calcium carbonate which gives a purplish burgundy to old purplish pink color. This pigment is compatible with all binders and all painting and coating techniques. A dosage of 30% of the weight of lime paste gives a beautiful slightly purplish burgundy, if we dilute more for a whitewash we obtain a purplish old pink color. This pigment dilutes well in water with a little liquid black soap.

€2.30
Verone greenish shadow pigment in powder
Verone greenish shadow pigment
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 Verone greenish shadow pigment is a 100% natural earth containing iron oxides and clays known since antiquity. It is a purified and ground natural soil which has good covering power. It gives a brown / green to gray green color with a transparent binder and a linen color in lime when dosed at approximately 10% by weight of lime paste. It is possible to increase the dosage to have a light minty brown. It is compatible with all binders and all techniques and can be diluted very well in water.

€2.95