Rublev Colours Italian Dark Ocher Pigment/Color

Details Rublev Colours Italian Dark Ochre is a semi- transparent yellow with good tinting strength, medium grained that makes pale biege half tints. Our yellow earth is quarries in Northern Italy.

Hydrated iron oxide is the principle coloring agent in yellow ochres. This color is based on the natural mineral goethite associated with varying proportions of other minerals such as clay, chalk and silica. They differ from other ochres in that they contain water. In other words, the iron to which they owe their color is hydrated iron oxide.

Natural yellow ochres are opaque, absolutely permanent and have good covering power.



Rublev Oil Colour: Italian Dark Ochre
Note: Colors swatches are shown in mass tone, straight from the tube, on the left, and mixed with an equal amount of Titanium white on the right. All pictures of color swatches in this web site are only approximations of the actual color of the oil paint. We 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 Names
Common Names:	English: dark ochre, yellow ochre French: ocre fonc� German: dunkler Ocker Italian: ocra scura Russian:земля светлая желтая Spanish: ocre oscuro

Color Information
Single Pigment:	Natural Hydrated Iron Oxide
Binder:	Linseed Oil
Pigment Information
Color:	Yellow
Colour Index:	Pigment Yellow 43
Chemical Name:	Natural Hydrated Iron Oxide
Chemical Formula:	Fe2O3 � H2O
Properties
ASTM Lightfastness:	I
Opacity:	Semi-Transparent
Tinting Strength:	Good
Drying rate:	Average

Note: Some separation of pigment and oil may occur in Rublev Oil Colours and is a natural process when no wax or stabilizers are added to paint to prevent this from occurring.