Alvaro’s Caliente Greys (PB29, PV15, PW6) Gris Alvaro Caliente

Alvaro’s Caliente Grey is a terrific hue—powerful and excellent for creating intense, warm paintings. This wonderful grey is perfect for achieving a powerful atmosphere with an amazing monochrome glow. It is also ideal for adding dramatic highlights and shadows.

Part of our Signature Series, Alvaro’s Caliente Grey is a smooth, warm, velvety grey. It also mixes wonderfully with other colours, toning them down and adding warmth. It is semi-transparent, non-granulating, low-staining, and has excellent lightfastness.

• Pigment names: Burnt Sienna PBr7, Ultramarine Blue PB29, Lamp Black PBk6
• ASTM Lightfastness Rating: 1 - Excellent
• Transparency: Semi-Transparent
• Granulating: Non-Granulating
• Staining: 2 - Low Staining
• Series: 2
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As he describes them, Alvaro’s Caliente and Fresco Greys are about magnetism, fury, energy…, and power. You know, greys… create a feeling of danger, emotion, passion… mystery…evoke unknown things…darkness. I use these greys to create a painting with magnetism…energy, mystery, passion…something to discover, entering the unknown, darkness. These colours have just this type of feel to me.” -Alvaro Castagnet.