by Mary Tevlin | Apr 6, 2016 | Etching Ink |
Dioxazine Purple: A cold color with the strongest tinting strength and deepest transparency of all pigments, modern Diox is useful as a high key tint. This purple is so strong that some use it as a black. Diox makes a cold intense tint. Pigment: Carbazol dioxazine (PV... 
by Mary Tevlin | Apr 6, 2016 | Etching Ink |
Ultramarine Blue: Ultra Blue is one of the few mineral colors that is completely transparent. Lightfast with moderate tinting strength. Pigment: Complex silicate of sodium & aluminum with sulfur (PB 29) Vehicle: Burn Plate Oil Series 2,... 
by Mary Tevlin | Apr 6, 2016 | Etching Ink |
Prussian Blue: First synthetic color of the Industrial Revolution, discovered by accident in 1704 while a chemist was trying to formulate artificial crimson. Warm blue with more muted tint than Phthalo Blue. It has a high tinting strength, is lightfast, and is... 
by Mary Tevlin | Apr 6, 2016 | Etching Ink |
Phthalo Green: A dark bluish green more closely resembles Verdigris than Viridian. First manufactured in 1927, Phthalo Green has a very high tinting strength and transparency. Pigment: Chlorinated copper phthalocyanine (PG 7) Vehicle: Burnt Plate Oil Series 2,... 
by Mary Tevlin | Apr 6, 2016 | Etching Ink |
Etching White: An opaque white useful in creating tints. Pigment: Titanium dioxide (PW 6), zinc oxide (PW 4) Vehicle: Burnt Plate Oil Series 1, OPAQUE, SDS