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25/01/04 - reworking my desk so that the right side is usable for painting. organizing a bunch of old ( as in some are 28 years old ) watercolor and oil paints. It's been so long I've forgotten names and the qualities of each so I'm starting a new reference card here.

Notes​

The importance of a good palette can't be understated. I'm a big fan of simple and consistent. I'd rather obscure the actual color and capture the light to retain the feel. Ruined a number of paintings halfway into em by experimenting with a new color.

Here's a good reference site - https://www.paintlist.com

Toxic​

☠️ https://davidawindham.com/black-oil-stand-oil/

Toxicity: lead, cadmium, mercury, cobalt, barium, chromium, arsenic

Binus University - SAFETY OF ARTISTIC PIGMENTS.

Toxic

  • antimony white (antimony trioxide)
  • barium yellow (barium chromate)
  • burnt or raw umber (iron oxides, manganese silicates or dioxide)
  • cadmium red, orange or yellow (cadmium sulfide, cadmium selenide)
  • chrome green (Prussian blue, lead chromate)
  • chrome orange (lead carbonate)
  • chrome yellow (lead chromate)
  • cobalt violet (cobalt arsenate or cobalt phosphate)
  • cobalt yellow (potassium cobalt nitrate)
  • lead or flake white (lead carbonate)
  • lithol red (sodium, barium and calcium salts of azo pigments)
  • manganese violet (manganese ammonium pyrophosphate)
  • molybdate orange (lead chromate, lead molybdate, lead sulfate)
  • naples yellow (lead antimonate)
  • strontium yellow (strontium chromate)
  • vermilion (mercuric sulfide)
  • zinc sulfide
  • zinc yellow (zinc chromate)

Moderate

  • alizarin crimson
  • carbon black
  • cerulean blue (cobalt stannate)
  • cobalt blue (cobalt stannate)
  • cobalt green (calcined cobalt, zinc and aluminum oxides)
  • chromium oxide green (chromic oxide)
  • Phthalo blue and greens (copper phthalocyanine)
  • manganese blue (barium manganate, barium sulfate)
  • Prussian blue (ferric ferrocyanide)
  • toluidine red and yellow (insoluble azo pigment)
  • viridian (hydrated chromic oxide)
  • zinc white (zinc oxide)

Binders​

Brands​

  • M. Graham, Sennelier, Old Holland,

Colors​

  • Blues
    • Cadmium
    • Cobalt
    • Ultramarine
    • Phthalo
  • Greens
  • Veridian
  • Yellows
    • Ochre
    • Cadmium
  • Oranges
    • Cadmium
  • Reds
    • Oxide
    • Cadmium
    • Alizarin
  • Purples
    • dioxazine
    • quinacridone
  • Umbers
  • Whites
  • Blacks

Mediums​

Inventory​

Acrylic​

Gouache​

Oil​

Watercolor​

  • Oxide of Chromium / Veridian

Reference Cards​

Old Holland Oils
M. Graham Oils
M. Graham Watercolor