Caravaggio's Palette - Cyprus Raw Umber Medium Artist Oil Paint

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Caravaggio's Palette - Bone Black Artist Oil Paint

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Caravaggio's Palette

Through his innovative use of color and light, Caravaggio transformed the landscape of 17th-century painting. His legacy, marked by a distinctive palette and a profound understanding of human emotion, continues to inspire and captivate audiences, making him a pivotal figure in the history of Western art.

Although "chiaroscuro" was practiced long before the 17th century, Caravaggio made the technique definitive, darkening the shadows and transfixing the subject in a blinding shaft of light. He achieved this effect with a limited palette typical of 17th-century painters: iron oxide earth colors, a few mineral pigments, carbon or bone black, and verdigris. Earth pigments predominated, and brighter colors were always veiled.

Caravaggio's palette was a testament to his pioneering approach, comprising a relatively limited yet highly impactful range of colors. Central to his palette were earth tones, which were the bedrock of the Baroque school's inclination towards realism and emotional depth.

Colors of Caravaggio's Palette (Equivalent Color in Rublev Colours Artists Oil Paint):
Lead White (Lead White #1 Oil Paint)
Lead-Tin Yellow (Lead-Tin Yellow Oil Paint)
Yellow Ocher (Blue Ridge Yellow Ocher Oil Paint)
Verdigris (Viridian Oil Paint)
Vermilion (Cadmium Red Light Oil Paint)
Red Ocher (Venetian Red Oil Paint)
Umber (Cyprus Raw Umber Medium Oil Paint)
Bone Black (Bone Black Oil Paint)

Bone Black Artist Oil Paint
High-Quality, Professional Oil Paint 50 ml tube


Rublev Colours Bone Black is an opaque cool black, fine-grained with good tinting strength.

Rublev Colours Bone Black, also known as 'bone char' or 'animal charcoal,' is produced by charring animal bones. The bones are heated to high temperatures without oxygen. It consists mainly of calcium phosphate and a smaller amount of carbon. Ivory black is an artist's pigment formerly made by grinding charred ivory. Ivory is no longer used because of the expense and because animals that are natural sources of ivory are subject to international control as endangered species. Today, ivory black is considered a synonym for bone black. Among artist pigments, ivory black is considered a better grade than bone black, consisting of 15 percent or more carbon. We use only the best grade of bone char containing at least 18 percent carbon. Rublev Colours bone char oil paint is named 'Bone Black' because we use the name of the actual pigment for our colors.

Composition and Permanence
Bone Black
Color: Black
Binder: Linseed oil
Additive(s): None

Pigment Information
Pigment: Bone Black
Pigment Classification: Natural organic
Colour Index: Pigment Black 9 (77267)
Chemical Name: Hydroxyapatite (calcium phosphate) and carbon
Chemical Formula: Ca5(OH)(PO4)3 and C

Properties
Code: 903
Series: 1
Opacity: Opaque
Tinting Strength: High
Drying Rate: Medium
ASTM Lightfastness: I
Permanence: A

Safety Information: No acute or known chronic health hazards are associated with this product's anticipated use (most chemicals are not thoroughly tested for chronic toxicity). Protect yourself against potentially unknown chronic hazards of this and other chemical products by keeping them out of your body. Do this by avoiding ingestion, excessive skin contact, and inhaling spraying mists, sanding dust, and vapors from heating. Conforms to ASTM D-4236

Notes

Some separation of pigment and oil may occur in Rublev Colours Artist Oils and is a natural process when no wax or stabilizers are added to paint to prevent this from occurring.

All images of color swatches on this website are only approximations of the actual color of the oil paint. We have carefully matched the color in these pictures on calibrated color monitors to the actual color. However, your results may vary because of the wide variance in color monitors.

Color Swatch Note: The color swatch was created with a thick application (left side) of color and a tint (right side) made with equal parts of color and titanium white and applied on acrylic primed cotton canvas.

Drawdown Note: The image of the "drawdown" contains a pre-mixed paint film of 6 mils (0.006 inches) thickness applied to a standard test card to examine color consistency, opacity, and other qualities. The drawdowns show the color's full strength (mass tone) on the left and mixed in a 1:2 ratio with titanium white on the right. The bottom area of the drawdowns is scraped to show undertones.

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