Colour:  Yellow Earth of Italy
Details: Dry Ground Pigment
Technical characteristics :
Chemical name : iron hydroxide and calcium sulphate
Color Index : Y43
Case number : 64294-91-3
Apparent density : 728 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 : light yellow, very slightly ocher color with a transparent binder. Very pale straw yellow with a white binder.
This pigment is 100% natural.
Made in Italy.
History : This yellow is a coloured earth which come from the Verona hills. It is dried, purified and ground using hammer mills.