As you know, Pigment Tokyo has a variety of pigments from the east and west.

It starts with a colored powder that crushed ore, etc., and there is a variety of shapes in one word, such as a freak -shaped pigment that is colored with a pigment called water flour, a fine and vivid color called pigment.

In addition, the pigment does not have a simple color name like paint for teaching materials, such as red, blue, yellow, and some have an unusual name.

This time, I changed my intentions a little and picked up some blue pigments under the theme of "early summer".

The following photos are "blue" introduced today. By the way, what kind of color name do each have?

I will introduce it in order from the left color.

・ Natural group blue

Ultra -pa, one of the popular colors of rock paint, was used in east and west in the east and west.

Ultramarine purified from lapis lazuli and Ultramarine made from kaolinite are sometimes referred to as "ultra -pale", so natural cluster using indigo mining (Azurite) is sometimes called "Iwanui". 。

As a characteristic, the color name is shaken, and as this number increases, the particles become finer, and the reflectance changes, so the color becomes brighter.

It is a fun of rock paint that you can enjoy these changes.

If you use Arabia rubber or acrylic emulsion for the binder, we recommend using a fine number of 11 or more.

This is because if the diameter of the grain is large, the texture of the rock paint will come out strongly, making it difficult to use it with other paint and pigments.

If you want to try a rough expression peculiar to rock paint, it may be less than 11 or less.

In this lab, we also offer a group of groups by grade at the store. If you want to use it online, please contact us from the inquiry form.

・ Kichijo Mizukanagane

This is also a rock paint used in Japanese paintings.

However, unlike the natural pigments mentioned above, it is made from artificially made lead glass lumps, and these are called new rock paint.

The characteristic of Shinwa paint is that of the color above all. It has the width of the color not found in natural minerals, and highly saturated painting is possible.

"Asagi", which is also used in color names, is a word that means the color of the leaves of light green onions. It means greenish light indigo or light blue.

If you use Arabia rubber or acrylic emulsion on the binder as well, a fine particles will be better.

You can see that the finer the count, the higher the brightness of the color.

・ Water dried light pale blue

Unlike rock paint and new rock paints, this pigment, which is flakes, is a colored white pigment, which is a raw material, and is dried.

For this reason, the name has a completely different nature from what is given to the Japanese name, rock paint and new rock paint.

Because the particles are very detailed, it can be mixed between dried paint with each other, as well as it can be applied evenly compared to rock paint, so it is often used for undercoating on large screens.

To make it easier to knead with the binder, use a mortar to make the pigment finer and then use it.

Looking at the pigment bottle of dried water from above

・ Purshan Blue

This is a type of pigment, and unlike the pigment introduced so far, it does not exist, and there is no need to make it smaller in a mortar like water dried.

It is a product made for the purpose of mixing with acrylic emulsion and oil -based Medium, but it can also be used when drawing Japanese painting by mixing it with glue.

The Pulseen Blue was also called Velo Ai in a Japanese name, and was imported in Europe in the 1700s and was imported in the Edo period in Japan.

It is also nicknamed Hokusai Blue because Katsushika Hokusai used it in print works.

The brightness of the pigment itself is not high, and it is strongly developed even when diluted with water or mixed with white.

In this labKusakabeIn addition to Matsuda,HolbeinWe handle Schuminke and ZECCHI Pulchan Blue.

Did you have any colors to worry about?

It may be one option to choose a pigment as a choice of clothes and accessories as well as the season.

Please refer to this article when making transparent watercolor paint.

"Transparent watercolor paint that you make yourself"

https://pigment.tokyo/blogs/article/95

In addition, this article introduces how to make acrylic paint using pigment paste.

"Let's make your own acrylic paint"

https://pigment.tokyo/blogs/article/109

If you want an expert to give advice, we also recommend this lab paint workshop.

From the link below[Introduction] Making watercolor paintPlease choose.

https://pigment.tokyo/collections/workshop

Art Materials Expert at PIGMENT TOKYO

Akira Oya

Born in 1989 in Tokyo. Master of Fine Art and Design at Nihon University College of Art. While working at PIGMENT TOKYO as an Art Materials Expert, he also continues his career as a visual artist.

Born in 1989 in Tokyo. Master of Fine Art and Design at Nihon University College of Art. While working at PIGMENT TOKYO as an Art Materials Expert, he also continues his career as a visual artist.