Gamblin Relief Printmaking Inks 175ml

• Colour Code: 021
• Series: 3
• Opacity: Semi Transparent
• Pigment: Arylide yellow (PY 3)
• Vehicle: Burnt Plate Oil

Hansa Yellow Light: Hansa Yellow Light is a cool yellow. Cleaner in masstone, brighter in tint and more transparent than a Cad Yellow Light. Excellent for mixing intense oranges and greens.

• Colour Code: 022
• Series: 2
• Opacity: Transparent
• Pigment: Napthol AS-OL (PR9)
• Vehicle: Burnt Plate Oil

Napthol Scarlet: Intense warm modern red.  Mixes clean bright oranges.

• Colour Code: 023
• Series: 3
• Opacity: Transparent
• Pigment: Copper phthalocyanine (PB 15:2)
• Vehicle: Burnt Plate Oil

Phthalo Blue: Warm blue first made for printmaking ink (cyan) to replace Prussian Blue in the 1920’s. It is an excellent choice in primary color-mixing systems, along with Hansa Yellow Light and Quinacridone Red. With clean, pure masstone and transparency, Phthalo Blue, like all modern colors, has high tinting strength.

• Colour Code: 024
• Series: 3
• Opacity: Transparent
• Pigment: Chlorinated copper phthalocyanine (PG 7)
• Vehicle: Burnt Plate Oil

Phthalo Green: A dark bluish green more closely resembles Verdigris than Viridian. First manufactured in 1927, Phthalo Green has a very high tinting strength and transparency.

• Colour Code: 020
• Series: 1
• Opacity: Opaque
• Pigment: Carbon Black (PBk7), Ferri-ammonium ferrocyanide (PB 27:1)
• Vehicle: Burnt Plate Oil

Portland Intense Black: Portland Intense Black is a deep rich black with a cool undertone.

• Colour Code: 025
• Series: 2
• Opacity: Semi Transparent
• Pigment: Ferri-ammonium ferrocyanide (PB 27:1)
• Vehicle: Burnt Plate Oil

Prussian Blue: First synthetic color of the Industrial Revolution, discovered by accident in 1704 while a chemist was trying to formulate artificial crimson. Warm blue with more muted tint than Phthalo Blue. It has a high tinting strength, is lightfast, and is especially beautiful in its transparency.

• Colour Code: 026
• Series: 2
• Opacity: Transparent
• Pigment: Quinacridone red (PV19)
• Vehicle: Burnt Plate Oil

Quinacridone Red: Cool lightfast modern red with high key tint. Useful in place of Alizarin Crimson where more intense masstone and mixtures are desired.

• Colour Code: 027
• Series: 2
• Opacity: Opaque
• Pigment: Bone Black (PBk9), Transparent Mars Red (PR101)
• Vehicle: Burnt Plate Oil

Sepia: Sepia is a warm earth color in both its’ masstone and transparency.

• Colour Code: 028
• Series: 1
• Opacity: Opaque
• Pigment: Titanium dioxide and a small quantity of zinc oxide (PW 6, PW 4)
• Vehicle: Burnt Plate Oil

Titanium White: Reflecting 97.5% of all available light, this is most opaque white pigment.

• Colour Code: 029
• Series: 1
• Opacity: Transparent
• Pigment: Calcium Carbonate
• Vehicle: Burnt Plate Oil

Transparent Base can be added to ink to increase transparency of a color while maintaining the inks stiffness and tack.