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Burnt Umber Black 90 12KT041

Burnt Umber Black 90 - 12KT041

Photo: kt.COLOR. Text: Katrin Trautwein, 225 Farben, 2017 ©Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, Basel.

Ultimate Sophistication: ktCOLOR's Black Shades for Your Designs

ktCOLOR's black paints are a class apart, crafted with natural pigments like volcanic ash to deliver unparalleled depth, richness, and sustainability. For authoritative designs of great elegance, these exceptional hues with a velvety, luxurious finish are the gold standard. For designs both subtle and bold, understated yet impactful, there is no better selection than the 16 ktCOLOR blacks.

Dark as the volcanic ash that lingers after the eruption.

Charring ivory cuttings over embers once produced a deep black pigment that was prized by artists. International trade in ivory was finally banned in 1990, but happily, the pigment can be obtained from bones as well. What is called ivory black today is bone black or bone char. The pigment provides us with a jet-black color in any binder, as well as wonderful grays and tinted blacks such as this one. This black’s color depth is unique; only Vantablack is deeper, but the latter pigment is a high-tech material, whereas ivory black is sustainable and natural.
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