tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post237491240828015031..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: What is Ivory Black Made Of?James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-73529179375618463952020-04-26T21:58:56.484-04:002020-04-26T21:58:56.484-04:00Neat article, thanks for the link! ... I had forg...Neat article, thanks for the link! ... I had forgotten all about "mummy brown"! 😬 kinda... gross. But also fascinating. I presume there must now be laws about disturbing human remains that would prevent it... another fine example of 19th century colonialism at its finest Virginia Fhinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14232436299404731218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-34472700533836843252020-04-26T03:50:43.886-04:002020-04-26T03:50:43.886-04:00Another option is Gamblin's 'chromatic bla...Another option is Gamblin's 'chromatic black'. It is simply a convenience mix of quinacridone red and phtalo emerald, so if you have those around, you can mix your own.<br /><br />That said, there are many ways you can mix something black or blackish - I have been doing that a lot lately, and it is a great learning experience to see the various subtleties of different mixes. Among the mixes I have used are phtalo green + perylene red, phtalo green + quinacridone red and transparent red oxide + ultramarine blue. Sometimes I have used both a blue and a green in the mix to push it a bit in this or that direction. Great fun to experiment with!Christoffer Gertz Bechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09476765795031856104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-62658835634157549932020-04-24T15:06:37.187-04:002020-04-24T15:06:37.187-04:00Fhinn, according to a couple of novels human bone ...Fhinn, according to a couple of novels human bone char has been has been made into cigarette filters, using skeletons from US soldiers killed in WWII combat. Egyptian mummies have also been made into the pigment "mummy brown" used by a lot of 19th century painters.<br />They also use bone black for heat shields of space probes: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20141105-the-spacecraft-built-with-bones James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-16946711145707549922020-04-24T13:47:13.737-04:002020-04-24T13:47:13.737-04:00Holy cow! I didn't know that. (Sorry that was ...Holy cow! I didn't know that. (Sorry that was a terrible pun...) Hey maybe we could donate our own bones for ivory black - how great would it be to be painted into a picture after you've left this earthly realm?? HahaVirginia Fhinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14232436299404731218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-2547278783075655442020-04-24T13:22:51.094-04:002020-04-24T13:22:51.094-04:00Ivory Black seems to have become a generic term fo...Ivory Black seems to have become a generic term for "black hue" for many manufacturers, you have to look at the pigment-code to be sure. Some use bone char, some lamp black, others Mars black. A few even mix in a little Ultramarine or Phthalo so that it drifts towards blue when mixed with Titanium White.<br /><br />Another reason to have some familiarity with common pigment-codes. Ted B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11341665121065592053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-18381032338168751802020-04-24T12:34:07.341-04:002020-04-24T12:34:07.341-04:00Interesting question. Learned something new today!...Interesting question. Learned something new today!Susan Krzywickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734833252007456199noreply@blogger.com