Kremer Pigmente KOBALT
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Product number:
11706
Product information "Kremer Pigmente KOBALT"
Product information "Kremer Pigments COBALT"
Cobalt Pigments
Cobalt pigments are an indispensable part of painting. The blue and green tones are the most well-known, but there are also violet and even yellow variants.
Real cobalt blue is a translucent universal pigment with proverbial lightfastness and is ideal for all techniques. Cobalt blue is one of the few artist pigments that is also used in ceramic techniques, just think of blue porcelain or blue wall tiles!
Variants:
Cobalt yellow (43500)
Cobalt green (44101)
Cobalt green-blue oxide (44110)
Cobalt bottle green (44130)
Cobalt green, bluish A (44151)
Cobalt blue, dark (45700)
Cobalt blue, dark, greenish (45701)
Cobalt blue Sapporo (45702)
Cobalt blue, medium (45710)
Cobalt blue, matt blue (457141)
Cobalt blue, light (45720)
Cobalt cerulean blue (45730)
Cobalt blue, greenish (45740)
Cobalt blue, light turquoise (45750)
Cobalt blue, dark turquoise (45760)
Cobalt violet, dark (45800)
Cobalt violet brilliant, dark (45810)
Further information on mixing:
Due to its nature, it is extremely laborious to grind cobalt blue into oil. First of all, you should definitely choose an oil with the lowest possible viscosity, such as poppy seed oil or sunflower oil, rather than the more viscous linseed oil. The longer drying time inherent in these oils is compensated for by the catalytic properties of the cobalt, and these oils hardly yellow at all, which would be very beneficial for a shade of blue like this. First of all, you should mix the pigment thoroughly with the oil using a spatula. Experience shows that you add too much oil at the beginning, so that further pigment additions are essential. After intensive kneading, you finally get a putty-like, deep blue substance. You work small (!) portions of this through bit by bit with the glass runner, which is quite hard work. If you are unlucky, you get a thin, honey-like substance and you have to work in more pigment. It is very helpful to add a little beeswax paste to turpentine oil 1:1 to stabilize the consistency! If that is too laborious for you, we recommend the very similar shade of cobalt medium opaque. Glazes are not possible with this, however, and are not quite as beautiful as with real cobalt aluminate. In water-based techniques, on the other hand, producing cobalt blue paint is quite simple: all you need is a spatula.
For safety data sheets and specific information on individual pigments, please visit the Kremer website. There you will also find important details such as safety instructions, suitability, lightfastness and solubility.
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