Vermilion 50Ml

Vermilion is an intense red found in historical oil painting since the Renaissance. It is opaque, has good tinting strength and fine grained.

Vermilion is the synthetic version of the natural mineral cinnabar. Known since ancient times in the natural form it was first synthesized in China and later introduced to Europe. Rublev Colours Vermilion Artist Oil is made using Chinese vermilion manufactured according to an ancient family recipe consisting of the "dry process" and ground in linseed oil.

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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 in this web site are only approximations of the actual color of the oil paint. We have taken every care to match the color in these pictures on calibrated color monitors to the actual color. However, because of the wide variance in color monitors the results you get may vary.

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 mil (0.006 inch) thickness applied to a standard test card for the purposes of examining color consistency, opacity and other qualities. The drawdowns show the color 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 are scraped to show undertones.