Payne's Gray is a dark blue grey made from a mixture of Ultramarine, Mars Black and sometimes Crimson. It was named after the 18th c. water-colourist William Payne who created the mixture and...
Lamp Black is one of the oldest pigments. It is made of pure carbon, originally from the residual soot of burnt oil lamps. It is a black with a bluish tint, producing a variety of cool blue greys...
Brown Ochre is one of the oldest pigments used by mankind and can be seen in various pre-historic cave art. Made from natural tinted clays found in the earth, Brown Ochre is a rich versatile brown...
Blue Black is a semi-opaque dark blue which when mixed with whites creates blue-grey colours. Blue Black is a permanent alternative to the traditional fugitive Vine Black colour.
Vandyke Brown is a brown pigment named after the Flemish painter Van Dyke who used it in many of his paintings. It is an earth pigment, and is often used for shading.
