Michael Harding Artists Watercolor - Ivory Black, 15 ml

4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7
Item #:01804-2252
View Product Details
Michael Harding Artists Watercolor - Ivory Black, 15 ml tube and swatch

Save For Later

  • My Wish Lists

  • My BlickU List(s)

Product Details

Description:
Artists Watercolor
Color:
Ivory Black
Size:
15 ml (0.5 oz)
No.
129

Colors on Monitors -

Due to differences in users’ monitors, the colors presented are an approximation of the true color.

Reviews

Pigment Information

This color contains the following pigments:

PBk9-Ivory Black


Pigment Name

PBk9-Ivory Black

Pigment Type

charred animal bone

Chemical Name

carbon + calcium phosphate

Chemical Formula

C + Ca3(PO4)2 or C x CaPO4

Properties

Ivory Black is a cool, semi-transparent blue-black with a slight brownish undertone and average tinting strength. It mixes well with any color, and creates a range of dull greens when mixed with yellow. It has good properties for use in oil, can be slow to dry in oil form, and should never be used in underpainting or frescoing. Ivory Black is denser than Lamp Black.

Permanence

Ivory Black is very lightfast and has good permanence, though it is considered the least permanent of the major black pigments.

Toxicity

Ivory Black has no significant hazards.

History

Ivory Black is a carbon based black first named as Elephantium, and described in the 4th century BCE as produced by heating ivory scraps in clay pots to reduce the ivory or bone to charcoal. The deviation in names is because the more expensive varieties of this pigment were made by burning ivory, and the less expensive ones by burning animal bone. In the 19th century, the name Ivory Black was finally permitted to be applied to Carbon Black pigments made from bone. True Ivory Black is rare in modern times due to the protection of ivory, and the synthetic variety produced today was discovered in 1929. Bone Black is produced as an industrial pigment.


Safety Data Sheet

UPC Code: 5060937760564