French Burnt Sienna

Product Details:

50 ml (1.69 fl oz) tube
Rublev Colours French Burnt Sienna is a semi-transparent brown with good tinting strength, fine grained and brushes "long" in the direction of the brush stroke. Our French sienna is from the last remaining European company operating the ochre deposits in the quarries of Gargas and Rustrel nested in a 12 mile long enclave in the heart of the Luberon Mountains, the ochre country.

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Rublev Oil Colour: French Burnt Sienna
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Color Names
Common Names:	English: burnt Sienna French: calciné Sienne German: kalziniertes Siena Italian: Siena bruciato Russian:Сиена Spanish: Siena quemada
Alternate Names:	calcined Sienna, siena-erde, Terre de Sienne, Terra di Siena

Color Information
Single Pigment:	Natural Iron Oxide
Binder:	Linseed Oil
Pigment Information
Color:	Brown
Colour Index:	Pigment Brown 7 (77491) (77492) (77499)
Chemical Name:	Natural Iron Oxide
Chemical Formula:	α-FeO3+(OH)
Properties
ASTM Lightfastness:	I
Opacity:	Semi-Transparent
Tinting Strength:	Good
Drying rate:	Average

Note: Some separation of pigment and oil may occur in Rublev Oil Colours and is a natural process when no wax or stabilizers are added to paint to prevent this from occurring.

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