Blue Ridge Yellow Ocher Dispersion

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Blue Ridge Yellow Ocher aqueous pigment dispersion is a yellow iron oxide earth pigment from a natural mixture of minerals obtained from deposits in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Blue Ridge Yellow Ocher is not a true mineral but a mixture of similar hydrated
Rublev Colours Blue Ridge Yellow Ocher is a yellow iron oxide earth pigment from a natural mixture of minerals obtained from deposits in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Blue Ridge Yellow Ocher is not a true mineral but a mixture of similar hydrated iron oxide minerals. Blue Ridge Yellow Ocher is mostly made up of the mineral goethite.

Rublev Colours Aqueous Dispersions are pigments dispersed in water ready to be mixed with water-based mediums. These dispersions are especially made for use with traditional painting mediums, such as egg tempera, casein tempera, fresco, watercolors and distemper (glue tempera). They are also ideally suited for use with gesso to make toned grounds for drawing and painting. Pigment dispersions from Rublev Colours contain only naturally-derived ingredients, in addition to pigment and water, making them ideally suited for traditional mediums. Unlike other pigment dispersions that are typically made for acrylic medium, Rublev Colours Aqueous Dispersions do not contain coalescent solvents, artificial dispersing resins and other additives that interfere with natural mediums. Aqueous Dispersions make preparing traditional mediums easy; you do not have to hassle with powders, grinding pigments in medium and calculating binder ratios to make water-based paint. They make adding the right amount of paint binder, such as egg yolk, a no brainer because the right amount of water is already contained in the dispersion, simply add egg yolk

Pigment Names
Common Names:English: yellow earth
French: terre jaune
German: Masse gelb
Italian: terra giallo
Spanish: tierra amarillo
Synonyms: Goethite, limonite, raw sienna, yellow earth, yellow ocher, yellow iron oxide, yellow hydrated oxide and iron hydroxide pigment
Alternate Name: Mars yellow is the name given to the synthetic form of yellow iron oxide hydroxide.

Origin and History
Known since the antiquity, iron oxide earth pigments occur naturally as yellow (goethite) or as red (hematite) earths. Yellow earths have been used as a pigment since prehistoric times and is perhaps the most widely used pigment for artists paints.

Source
Ambrogio Yellow Earth is a natural earth containing clay tinted by hydrated iron oxide and is composed of goethite and traces of clay, gypsum or manganese carbonate. It comes from quarries located near Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella, a municipality in the northern Italian province of Verona in the region of Veneto.

Historically, yellow earth was designated by the mineral name limonite. Limonite, however, is not a true mineral, but a general term used to describe all forms of hydrated iron oxide minerals (α-FeOOH) that occur as natural earth. Limonite includes the minerals goethite, akaganeite and lepidocrocite. The names for yellow iron oxide pigments are confusing. The names earth and ocher are suitable when it is clear that the pigment comes from a natural source. Earth is a more general term, since ocher refers to a specific type of iron oxide deposit containing kaolin (clay) and quartz. To be considered an ocher, for example, the content of iron oxide must not be less than 12%. Depending upon the content of hydrated iron oxide, the color of ocher varies from light yellow to orange-red. Like red iron oxides (hematite), they are found around the world and have been used as pigments since prehistory. French ocher, historically one of the best grades of limonite, contains about 20% iron oxide and is high in silica.

Yellow earth grades into sienna, a yellow-brown pigment containing a higher percentage of iron ore than yellow earth as well as some manganese dioxide. Sienna grades into umber, which is darker brown and contains a higher percentage of manganese dioxide. Burnt sienna is brown or bright red, burnt umber is a darker brown than umber.

Yellow earth is not naturally usable as a pigment and therefore needs to undergo several important processes, such as:
  • Extract ore from the quarries.
  • Separate yellow earth from sand using water and centripetal force.
  • Blend different yellow earth extracted from diverse veins to obtain the selected colors.
  • Grind to 50 microns and pack.
Permanence and Compatibility
Yellow earth is among the most permanent colors among the artist's palette. It is compatible with all other pigments, and can be used with good results in all mediums.

Oil Absorption and Grinding
Yellow earth absorbs a moderately high amount of oil. The oil absorption ratio is 30–45 parts by weight of linseed oil to 100 parts by weight of pigment . If the measurement were grams, Ambrogio Yellow Earth would require 30–45 grams of linseed oil to grind 100 grams of pigment to form a stiff paste. It slows the drying of oil paint, but forms an excellent film.

Toxicity
Yellow earth is not considered toxic, but care should be used in handling the dry powder pigment to avoid inhaling the dust.

Rublev Aqueous Dispersions: Ambrogio Yellow Earth

Pigment Information
Color:Yellow
Colour Index:Pigment Yellow 43 (77492)
Chemical Name: Iron Oxide Hydroxide
Chemical Formula: α-FeOOH
ASTM Lightfastness Rating
Acrylic:I
Oil:
Watercolor:I
Properties
Density:2.9–4.3
Hardness:4.0–5.5
Refractive Index:2.260–2.398


More Information
SKU231-51
BrandRublev Colours
VendorNatural Pigments
Processing TimeUsually ships the next business day.
ColorYellow
Pigment TypeInorganic, Earth, Natural
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