Lascaux Studio Acrylics - Olive Green, 85 ml bottle

Pigment Information

This color contains the following pigments:

PBr24-Chrome Antimony Titanate

PBk28-Black Spinel

PG26-Cobalt Green Deep

Pigment Name

PBr24-Chrome Antimony Titanate

Pigment Type

inorganic

Chemical Name

chrome antimony titanate

Properties

Chrome Antimony Titanate is a staining, opaque yellowish brown pigment. It is often used to replace the original Naples Yellow or Chrome Yellow, both of which are highly toxic pigments.

Permanence

Chrome Antimony Titanate has excellent lightfastness and weatherfastness.

Toxicity

Chrome Antimony Titanate has negligible acute toxicity. In testing with rabbits, it was shown to be minimally irritating to the skin and eyes. Since it has the hexavalent structure of a chromium yellow, whether Chrome Antimony Titanate is a potential carcinogen.

History

Chrome Antimony Titanate is used in ceramics, plastics, and industrial coatings.

Pigment Name

PBk28-Black Spinel

Pigment Type

inorganic

Chemical Name

copper chromite black

Properties

Black Spinel is a very neutral opaque black pigment, excellent for tinting to create neutral grays.

Permanence

Black Spinel has excellent lightfastness.

Toxicity

Black Spinel is mildly toxic. The pigment itself has an extremely fine particle size. It causes irritation and ulceration to skin. Respiratory exposure and exposure to dust are serious concerns.

History

Black Spinel is much more expensive than carbon-based blacks. Its use as a pigment has been limited to applications where a truly neutral black or gray tone is needed.

Pigment Name

PG26-Cobalt Green Deep

Pigment Type

inorganic

Chemical Name

Cobalt chromium oxide

Properties

This pigment offers a deep but dull and opaque tone of Cobalt Green. It has moderate covering power, but low tinting strength. It is primarily for use on its own, or for mixing with other cobalt colors. It is an alternative to cobalt(II) zinc oxide, another form of Cobalt Green.

Permanence

Cobalt pigments are absolutely lightfast.

Toxicity

Cobalt chromium oxide is slightly toxic, and is a possible carcinogen.

History

Cobalt chromium oxide is an alternative Cobalt Green to the better known cobalt zinc oxide. Both pigments were used by landscape artists before phthalocyanine-based pigments became widely available in the 20th century.