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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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chestnut pigment
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Chestnut pigment is a mineral iron oxide which gives a slightly tan leathery brown colour. This pigment is compatible with all painting techniques. It can be dosed at 20% of the weight of the lime in order to obtain an already strong colour, beyond that it will be useful to add a fixative such as a vinyl binder to better fix the colour. Chestnut pigment can be diluted with water and a little liquid black soap.
€2.95
medium ultramarine blue pigment
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the medium ultramarine blue pigment is lighter and less purplish than the dark ultramarine blue pigment. It is compatible with all binders and all painting and coating techniques. A dosage in the lime paste at 20% of the lime weight will give a beautiful lavender blue, fairly sustained and more purplish than the lavender blue pigment. To mix it in water, it will be necessary to add a little liquid black soap and a little 95 ° household alcohol.
€2.50
wormwood green pigment
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the wormwood green pigment is a mixture of green organic pigments fixed on calcium carbonates and sulphates which gives a soft green / anise / almond color. This pigment is compatible with all techniques and all binders. A dosage in lime paste at 30% of the lime weight gives a light anise green color. This dosage is the maximum in lime, beyond that it does not color more.
€2.75
ercolano blue pigment
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the ercolano blue pigment is an organic pigment fixed on a carbonate and a sulfate. its color is quite bright sky blue. It is compatible with all binders and all techniques. A dosage in the lime paste at 25% of the weight of the lime gives a bright and fresh sky blue color reminiscent of the colors used on the seaside. This pigment mixes perfectly well in water.
€3.50
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
pastel blue pigment
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pastel blue pigment . a slightly greyish blue pigment similar to Lectoure pastel blue (which is an organic-based pigment) when mixed with a white binder, such as lime, at a 20% dosage. With a transparent binder, it gives the colour of charette blue, used in the past to paint carriages to repel insects. This pigment has a good colouring power and can be diluted in water with a little liquid black soap. This pigment is compatible with all painting and plastering techniques.
€2.65
red pigment 130
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the red pigment 130 is a synthetic iron oxide giving a slightly raspberry burgundy red to pinkish burgundy color depending on the binder. This pigment is compatible with all techniques and all binders. A dosage in the lime paste at 30% of the lime weight gives the maximum, a beautiful burgundy red very soft but sustained almost as much as the pigment itself, ideal for making magnificent stuccos.
€2.80
ercolano red pigment
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ercolano red pigment is a 100% natural red clay soil composed of minerals and iron oxides, extracted in the Veneto region of Italy. This pigment is compatible with all binders and techniques. This pigment is extracted in the Veneto region of Italy, in the San Giovanno Ilarione quarry. This natural earth dilutes well with water and gives, depending on the binder, a bright red tending slightly towards reddish red to a rosy red with a white binder.Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

€2.80
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
iron oxide red pigment
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the iron oxide red pigment is produced from madrasah ores in india. Its colour is reddish brown/burgundy. This pigment is compatible with all binders and techniques. Equivalent to the ormuz ochres used by the earth and colour combination on the cathedral of bayeux. This pigment is dense and settles easily in the jars when mixed with liquids such as whitewash.
€2.50
indian black pigment
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Indian black pigment is a 100% natural iron oxide from India which gives an intense primary black color to slightly bluish mouse gray depending on the binder used. This pigment is compatible with all binders and all techniques. Dosage at 15 or 20% by weight of lime for a sustained color. This pigment dilutes well in water and is 100% natural
€2.00
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