Notes on Color: Translucent Color Set
Welcome to another edition of Notes On Color. This week we are highlighting our Translucent Color Set.
A sweet set of six jewel-tone 40ml encaustic paints, R&F's Translucent Color Set includes Alizarin Crimson, Alizarin Orange, Indian Yellow, Viridian, Ultramarine Blue, and Egyptian Violet. It comes packaged in a cradled 6" x 6" Ampersand Encausticbord™ panel so you are ready to paint.
Richly pigmented, these six encaustic paints can be extended with encaustic medium to create luminous glazes. Add some Titanium White to produce vibrant tints. Below you will find a video demonstrating the range of colors you can create with this set.
And remember you can find all kinds of helpful content - from tips on color mixing to artist spotlights - neatly organized for you on Articles & Links, as well as over 18 demo videos hosted on our YouTube channel.
Enjoy. Keep painting.
ALIZARIN CRIMSON. Hard to mill without using stearate additives. We don't use them because stearates dull the color. Our milling is difficult and tricky, but the result is pure, luminous ruby-red undertone. Less harsh than Quinacridones.
Available in both our encaustic and Pigment Stick® color lines. Transparent with a slow Pigment Stick® drying rate.
Chemical Composition: 1, 2 dihydroxy anthraquinone on alumina base.
ALIZARIN ORANGE. A translucent color with a muted orange mass tone that is between cadmium and mars orange. But its undertone is a surprising fiery orange-yellow that becomes lemony when extended out.
Available in both our encaustic and Pigment Stick® color lines. Transparent with a slow Pigment Stick® drying rate.
Chemical Composition: disazo pigment, anthraquinone pigment.
INDIAN YELLOW. A deep rich translucent yellow. The original Indian Yellow came from India. It was processed from cow’s urine and used in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries for watercolor. It was fugitive in oil. The modern version has the same warm tones as the original.
Available in both our encaustic and Pigment Stick® color lines. Transparent with a slow Pigment Stick® drying rate.
Chemical Composition: disazo pigment.
VIRIDIAN. Emerald undertone. Softer, slightly yellower, and slightly less transparent than Phthalo. Beautiful glaze color. Also known as Vert Emeraude and Guinet's Green.
Available in both our encaustic and Pigment Stick® color lines. Semi-Transparent with a fast Pigment Stick® drying rate.
Chemical Composition: hydrated chromium sesquioxide.
ULTRAMARINE BLUE. The reddest, deepest Ultramarine we could find. Beautiful glazing color.
Available in both our encaustic and Pigment Stick® color lines. Transparent with a medium Pigment Stick® drying rate.
Chemical Composition: sodium aluminum sulfo-silicate.
EGYPTIAN VIOLET. The strongest of our violets, perhaps even more intense than the Phthalos. Very bluish undertone, like Ultramarine Violet, but with a very dark top tone that is almost blackish.
Available in both our encaustic and Pigment Stick® color lines. Transparent with a slow Pigment Stick® drying rate.
Chemical Composition: dioxazine pigment.
