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Burnt Umber Black 85 12KT042

Burnt Umber Black 85 - 12KT042

Photo: Steve McCurry Ausstellung, ©Museum für Gestaltung. Text: Katrin Trautwein, 225 Farben, 2017 ©Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, Basel.

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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.

Seductively dark, produced with bone char and burnt umber.

What happens when a white pigment made of ground bones and a light raw umber are burned in the embers? The naturally white bones are converted to velvety black bone char. The yellow ochre responsible for the warm tinge to the umber turns into red ochre in the heat of the fire, and the raw umber is converted to the pigment “burnt umber.” In this shade, the two are combined to yield a black paint color of extraordinary beauty.
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