Golden Heavy Body Acrylic - Cadmium Red Medium Hue S4
Description:
Cadmium Red Medium Hue is a more economical and non-toxic alternative to GOLDEN's single pigment paint. It offers brilliant colour but it is slightly more transparent and not as lightfast as actual Cadmium.
Cadmium Red Medium became the most widely used red shortly after it was synthesized in 1907 because it offered greater permanence and intensity than the mostly plant-based reds used up to that time.
Originally made with Buckthorn berries native to western Asia, but cultivated in Europe since Roman times. The ripe berries make a pink dye, while the unripe berries produce a yellow juice or sap...
One of the first synthesized pigments, this deep, nearly black colour is alkaline sensitive so not found in acrylic paints. Our modern mixture provides a similar colour with great permanence.
A modern mixture replacing the pigment originally produced in the early 1800's by collecting urine from oxen fed only mango leaves. GOLDEN's version is more permanent, more lightfast, totally...
