Armenian Pigment Sampler

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Natural Pigments has created a set of nine earth pigments from the diverse geology of Armenia. The colors range from green earths, yellow ochers, orange red, brown red to bluish red and purple.

 

Map of ArmeniaNatural Pigments has created a set of nine earth pigments from the diverse geology of Armenia. The colors range from green earths, yellow ochers, orange red, brown red to bluish red and purple.

The raw materials for our Armenian earth colors are extracted from various provinces of Armenia (see the map below). Pigments from some of these ancient sites were used on early ceramics and religious iconography from prehistory to Byzantium.

The sampler includes 8ml each of the following pigments:

Rublev Colours Armenian Pigment Sampler
Color SwatchItem No.Color Name and Description
Tavush Green Earth Pigment423-1910Tavush Green Earth is a fine grained, warm green earth (terre verte) from glauconite mineral deposits in the Tavush province of Armenia. The warm green earth works well as verdaccio, to cool flesh tones or simply a natural green that does not dominate mixtures.
Armenian Gold Ocher Pigment433-2210Armenian Gold Ocher is a deep gold ocher from deposits in the Kotayk province of Armenia. This fine grained ocher has excellent opacity for warm flesh tones and sunlit landscapes.
Transparent Yellow Felsite Pigment433-2310Transparent Yellow Felsite is a transparent yellow ocher from mineral deposits in the Lori province of Armenia. This fine grained ocher originates in felsite deposits, a very fine grained volcanic rock consisting of a fine-grained matrix of felsic materials, particularly quartz and feldspar.
Hrazdan Yellow Ocher Pigment433-2410Hrazdan Yellow Ocher is a very transparent yellow ocher from mineral deposits near the river of Hrazdan in the Kotayk province of Armenia. It is a fine-grained pigment with bright gold undertones.
Armenian Mummy Red Light Pigment453-1410Armenian Mummy Red Light is a semi-transparent red ocher with orange undertones, fine grained, low tinting strength. This red earth is pigment from quarries in the Lori province of northern Armenia. Mummy derives its name from the Russian word мумию that denotes a pigment of brownish red color similar to the nineteenth century pigment derived from ground mummies.
Crimson Ocher Pigment453-1110Crimson Ocher is a semi-transparent deep red with purplish-pink undertones. The ocher is a red iron oxide earth from quarries in the Lori province of northern Armenia.
Armenian Purple Ocher Pigment453-1210Purple Ocher is a natural earth containing clay tinted by iron oxide that gives an exceptionally cool red hue. Purple Ocher is obtained from iron ore deposits near Lori, Armenia.
Armenian Mummy Brown-Red Pigment453-1310Armenian Mummy Brown-Red is a semi-opaque, brownish red, fine-grained with average tinting strength. Armenian Mummy Brown-Red derives its name from the Russian word мумию that denotes the pigment of brownish red color from ground mummies. This color is from red iron oxide earth deposits in the Vayotz Dzor province of Armenia.
Armenian Hematite Pigment453-1010Armenian Hematite is an opaque bluish red that is fine-grained with high tinting strength. This color is color from hematite deposits in the Lori province of Armenia.


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SKU401-1131
BrandRublev Colours
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