Colour: Rouge Venetian (Venetian Red)
Details: Dry Ground Pigment
Technical characteristics :
Chemical name : natural iron oxide + natural iron hydroxide
Color Index : R102
Apparent density : 868 g/l 
UV resistance : very good 
Coloring power : very good
 
Use : lime, wax, paint, plaster, fresco, glaze, cement, fine arts.
This pigment is in powder. For use in artistic paint, it should be finely ground in a mortar before mixing it with the binder.
Linseed oil : dilute the powder in some turpentine oil before adding it to linseed oil.
Paint with water/lime paste : dilute the pigment in some water to make it liquid before incorporating it into the paint.
Lime powder/cement/plaster : directly incorporate the pigment (up to 10% based on the weight of the binder), then mix in order to stain all of your binder.
Color : red, reddish-orange with a transparent binder. Pink, a little bit beige with a white binder.
This pigment is 100% natural. 
Made in Italy.
History : This coloring earth is extracted in the region of Veneto (Verona). Known since Antiquity, it is sought after in the artistic and restoration fields.