Indian Red 2 fl oz

Our Natural Red Oxide is from ocher deposits in the French quarries of Gargas and Rustrel nestled in a 12 mile long enclave in the heart of the Luberon Massif, the ocher country. Red iron oxide is the principle coloring agent in red ochers, such as Indian red, Terra Pozzuoli, Venetian red, etc. These pigments are basically composed of the mineral hematite with varying proportions of accessory mineral, such as clay, chalk and quartz. They differ from yellow ocher and brown ocher in that they do not contain water combined in their chemical structure. In other words, the iron to which they owe their color is iron oxide not iron oxide hydroxide.

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: red oxide French: oxyde rouge German: Oxid rot Italian: rosso ossido Portuguese: vermelho ¨®xido Spanish: rojo ¨®xido
Alternate Names:	English: English red, Indian red, light red, red iron oxide, Venetian red French: rouge Indien Spanish: rojo Indio Mars red is the name given to the artificial substitute of natural red iron oxide.

Origin and History
Natural red iron oxide is based on the mineral hematite. The word hematite comes from the Greek word hema, meaning blood and was given the name "bloodstone" in ancient Greece (Theofrastus, c. 325 B.C.), implying that the mineral is blood red in color. Hematite is an important ore of iron and its blood red color in the powdered form lends itself well as a pigment. Hematite is among the oldest pigments known to humankind and has been used by every major civilization and epoch.

Source
In nature, hematite rarely occurs as crystals but usually as nodules or earthen masses. The color of the crystalline form varies from steel-gray to black, while crypto-crystalline hematite is dull red to bright red. This common mineral is found in deposits of the most diverse types. There are several varieties of hematite, two of which are suitable for use as pigments: oolitic hematite, which is a friable earth composed of small rounded grains of dark red color that are lustrous and greasy to the touch; and hematite rose, a fine-crystalline and crypto-crystalline form of hematite of red color, which are usually encountered in friable earthen masses or reniform aggregates of bladed crystals in a circular arrangement giving the appearance of a rose. Red iron oxides (hematite) deposits are found around the world and have been used as pigments since prehistory.

Permanence and Compatibility
Pigments made from the mineral hematite are dependable in mixtures with all other permanent pigments, and are considered to be permanent with considerable tinting strength and opacity. They do not react with solvents, and are indifferent to alkalis, but are partially soluble in acids. Zinc white and hematite yield excellent flesh tints (in oil paints you may want to substitute zinc white with another transparent white pigment). Mixtures of alizarin or madder lake and hematite were offered as Tuscan red or Pompeian red, according to F. W. Weber. Alizarin or madder in this mixture does not fade as readily when mixed with iron oxide hydroxide pigments such as ocher and sienna.

Oil Absorption and Grinding
Natural red iron oxide absorbs a moderate amount of oil. The oil absorption ratio is 18 parts by weight of pigment to 100 parts by weight of linseed oil. If the measurement were grams, red iron oxide would require 118 grams of linseed oil to grind 100 grams of pigment to form a stiff paste. It forms an average drying oil paint, and a hard, fairly flexible film.

Toxicity
Natural red iron oxide is not considered to be toxic, but care should be used in handling the dry powder pigment to avoid inhaling the dust.

Aqueous Dispersion: Natural Red Oxide (Indian Red)

Pigment Information
Color:	Red
Colour Index:	Pigment Red 102 (77491)
Chemical Name:	Iron Oxide
Chemical Formula:	¦Á-Fe2O3
ASTM Lightfastness Rating
Acrylic:	I
Oil:
Watercolor:	I
Properties
Density:	5.27
Hardness:	5.0¨C6.0
Refractive Index:	2.78¨C3.01