I recently added M Graham chroma black to my palette, which is ultramarine blue and burnt sienna. Still on the cool side but more neutral than gamblin. One really interesting color that is rarely talked about is PBk31 aka perylene black or perylene green. Basically a single pigment chromatic black because of its strong green bias.
Amazing how you can see the difference between the colors of Rublev and every one else. Rublev just has so much more strength of color and pigment. I know I need to switch tube by tube when I can. I wish I could do it all at once, but I have no Santa or Sugar Daddy. 💔
Thank you for the presentation! I have never used a tube "chromatic" black. When I'm painting I don't generally think in terms of needing "black" paint but in terms of needing "very dark" paint, and it's a matter of how dark, what hint of color, transparent or opaque, fast or slow drying, what's going to be layered on top of it, or what is it going on top of. I like having the brownish Roman Black and the cool Bone Black on hand. I also like some other very dark colors like Italian Green Umber, Cassel Earth, Violet Hematite, a couple other dark umbers. I can add ultramarine blue as needed to make it cooler, add some transparent red oxide to make it sizzle, layer warms over cools, etc. I have Natural Black Oxide, but I've barely used it so far. It's blacker than I typically want. I can't imagine wanting the tubed convenience mixes in the video.
This reminds me of the Grayscale markers from Copic. They have multiple sets with different “temperatures” someone who enjoys those sets in dry media may enjoy this quality in paints.
Why would a manufacturer make a convenience mixture containing zinc oxide? Weird. Many thanks again for your work, love your products and especially all the backgrounding so we can more fully understand the materials of our craft.
I was wondering if there’s any chance you guys will be making vermillion and lapis and madder genuine, kremer has the pigments, though they say they’ll only sell vermillion to professionals. I still have two almost full vermillion tubes from you and about half a lapis and almost full madder so I’am very careful how much I put out to paint. Thank you for all the great videos
Thank you for considering my comment and your reply. I have used Gamblin's Chromatic Black mostly with other transparent pigments and was really surprised by the temperature shift when tinted. When I used the term "true black", rather in artfully, I was thinking of a neutral black that when tinted had virtually no temperature bias - neither cool or warm. Even this "neutral" would take on an apparent temperature shift when laid on the canvas with adjacent colors; but I thought it would be helpful to see your transparent black tints adjacent to a true neutral to appreciate how much of a temperature shift was occurring in those warm and cool tinted blacks. BTW, I use your Velasqeuz and Oleogel mediums exclusively; they are wonderful. Best Wishes.
I avoid convenience mixtures - I wouldn't call Blue-Black a convenience mixture at all, and would be happy to use it; but for these tubes of chromatic black, I don't see the point - if I want a chromatic black, I can mix it myself, there's no shortage of possibilities - if a colour contains pigments I already have separately, eg PV 19, andPthalo Green (I've forgotten the letter/numbers for the moment), Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna, even Mars Violet Deep and Pthalo Blue, Pyrrole red and Viridian, any number of different possibilities = why am I gong to buy an extra tube of paint? Well - I'm not! Irrelevantly - one of the most hideous convenience mixtures I've ever come across is Olive Green - not even good for painting olives; if I wanted such a ghastly colour, again - I could mix it. The trouble with "convenience" colours is that you can stuff your paint box/rack or whatever with dozens of tubes you don't need: the expense well outweighs any convenience.
Thank you for this comparison. Appreciate hearing your perspectives and insights.
Glad it was helpful!
I recently added M Graham chroma black to my palette, which is ultramarine blue and burnt sienna. Still on the cool side but more neutral than gamblin. One really interesting color that is rarely talked about is PBk31 aka perylene black or perylene green. Basically a single pigment chromatic black because of its strong green bias.
Amazing how you can see the difference between the colors of Rublev and every one else. Rublev just has so much more strength of color and pigment. I know I need to switch tube by tube when I can. I wish I could do it all at once, but I have no Santa or Sugar Daddy. 💔
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Thank you for the presentation! I have never used a tube "chromatic" black. When I'm painting I don't generally think in terms of needing "black" paint but in terms of needing "very dark" paint, and it's a matter of how dark, what hint of color, transparent or opaque, fast or slow drying, what's going to be layered on top of it, or what is it going on top of.
I like having the brownish Roman Black and the cool Bone Black on hand. I also like some other very dark colors like Italian Green Umber, Cassel Earth, Violet Hematite, a couple other dark umbers. I can add ultramarine blue as needed to make it cooler, add some transparent red oxide to make it sizzle, layer warms over cools, etc. I have Natural Black Oxide, but I've barely used it so far. It's blacker than I typically want. I can't imagine wanting the tubed convenience mixes in the video.
This reminds me of the Grayscale markers from Copic. They have multiple sets with different “temperatures” someone who enjoys those sets in dry media may enjoy this quality in paints.
lol my paintings are based all on chromatic blacks right now-! I want to see this artist materials advisor episode ASAP!!!
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It’s so we’ll document that zinc is problematic in oil paint. Why are some manufacturers still using it? It blows my mind!
Right!?
Why would a manufacturer make a convenience mixture containing zinc oxide? Weird. Many thanks again for your work, love your products and especially all the backgrounding so we can more fully understand the materials of our craft.
Good question!
However rublive black oxide is best black than all other black . Rublive makes best painting
I was wondering if there’s any chance you guys will be making vermillion and lapis and madder genuine, kremer has the pigments, though they say they’ll only sell vermillion to professionals. I still have two almost full vermillion tubes from you and about half a lapis and almost full madder so I’am very careful how much I put out to paint. Thank you for all the great videos
We will be releasing a new batch of Lazurite (Lapis Lazuli) oil paint soon, and vermilion is being planned.
@@RublevColours o wonderful!!
Won't a true black Iron Oxide, like a Mars Black, be a good base line for comparison?
Mars Black or Ruble Colours Black Iron Oxide is another good colors for comparison, but we decided to use more transparent black oil colors.
BTW, what is a true black?
Thank you for considering my comment and your reply. I have used Gamblin's Chromatic Black mostly with other transparent pigments and was really surprised by the temperature shift when tinted. When I used the term "true black", rather in artfully, I was thinking of a neutral black that when tinted had virtually no temperature bias - neither cool or warm. Even this "neutral" would take on an apparent temperature shift when laid on the canvas with adjacent colors; but I thought it would be helpful to see your transparent black tints adjacent to a true neutral to appreciate how much of a temperature shift was occurring in those warm and cool tinted blacks. BTW, I use your Velasqeuz and Oleogel mediums exclusively; they are wonderful. Best Wishes.
I avoid convenience mixtures - I wouldn't call Blue-Black a convenience mixture at all, and would be happy to use it; but for these tubes of chromatic black, I don't see the point - if I want a chromatic black, I can mix it myself, there's no shortage of possibilities - if a colour contains pigments I already have separately, eg PV 19, andPthalo Green (I've forgotten the letter/numbers for the moment), Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna, even Mars Violet Deep and Pthalo Blue, Pyrrole red and Viridian, any number of different possibilities = why am I gong to buy an extra tube of paint? Well - I'm not!
Irrelevantly - one of the most hideous convenience mixtures I've ever come across is Olive Green - not even good for painting olives; if I wanted such a ghastly colour, again - I could mix it. The trouble with "convenience" colours is that you can stuff your paint box/rack or whatever with dozens of tubes you don't need: the expense well outweighs any convenience.
Our sentiments, exactly!
You are too quick to move the camera after the last mixture is mixed- you don’t allow anytime to compare!
Stop the video!