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Founded in 1865, Blockx Belgian Oil Colors are still handground with slowly rotating stone mills. with the revel in of 5 generations of chemists only pure pigment is used for maximum lightfastness, buttery consistency and easy mixing at the canvas itself. Iron oxides, earths and blacks are ground with linseed oil. All other pigments are ground with poppyseed oil which prevents yellowing and dries without wrinkling or mottling. The cost of poppyseed oil is 3.6 times The cost of linseed oil but it’s worth it to keep away from the defects of linseed oil with certain pigments i.e. yellowing and producing of an orange skin when drying. We’ve got tested linseed oil vs. poppyseed oil over 144 years and have came upon which oil is most suitable for each and every pigment. Poppy oil is better most often, for avoiding wrinkling, but in addition for consistency, brightness, application, and naturally non-yellowing. Blockx does not produce any colors in hues, tones or tints. All fillers, extenders, and driers are excluded. The paint is nothing but pure pigment and oil. From Bill Creevy’s The Oil Painting Book: “Such leading artists as Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali and Fairfield Porter have lavished glowing praise on Blockx oils, a testament to the extremely top quality of these paints. The prevalence of Blockx oils may also be attributed to a few simple factors. The primary is a careful collection of only the easiest pigments and oils to be had. The second one is powerful pigmentation. Blockx oils are made with the best possible concentrations of pigment conceivable. The third factor is Blockx’s 150-year legacy of serious craftsmanship, from the careful grinding of pigments in out of date stone mills to the exacting formulations of paint recipes. The Blockx color range reflects quality slightly than quantity. Approximately one-third of the Blockx palette consists of earth colors, whose particular beauty has made them legendary and reflects the significance of choice pigments.
Viridian no862 is a single pigment transparent color ground in poppy oil
Blockx oils are the best quality, made by the blockx circle of relatives in belgium since 1865. best possible grade pigments are ground on slow turning stone mills
All colors are lightfast, there are no fugitive colors such as alizarin crimson. pigments are ground with either poppy
Blockx Earth Colors are famed for their richness, ceaselessly copied by other manufacturers the use of lower grade pigment
Blockx does not produce any colors in hues, tones/tints, all fillers, extenders, and driers are excluded the paint is nothing but pure pigment and oil
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