Gamblin 1980 Oils - PW6 Titanium White
Gamblin’s approach is different. 1980 colours contain pure
pigments, the finest refined linseed oil, and marble dust (calcium carbonate).
Since oil painting began, these three ingredients have made more affordable
colours.
Painters experience true colours without homogenized texture
or muddy colour mixtures. Gamblin's approach to using traditional raw materials
and processes ensures that artists experience the luscious working properties
they expect from their oil colours.
Titanium Buff is a light, yellow-grey compound made from
titanium dioxide and iron oxide. This popular colour is valuable in figurative
and landscape painting. As shown above, mix Titanium Buff with Portland Warm
Grey to create an orange-grey or with Portland Cool Grey to create a
green-grey.
PIGMENT COMPOSITION AND PERMANENCE
- Pigment Name: PW6 Titanium White (Titanium dioxide)
- Pigment Type: inorganic
PROPERTIES
Titanium White is the most brilliant of the white pigments.
It is considered an all-purpose oil colour that is useful in all techniques and
the best all-around white. Its masstone is neither warm nor cool, placing it
between Lead White and Zinc White. It is less prone to cracking and yellowing
than Lead White, but it still yellows easily. Titanium White dries slowly in
oil form, more slowly than Lead White but more quickly than Zinc White. It is
opaque in oil and acrylic forms and semi-opaque in watercolour form. This
pigment has good chemical stability, and its tinting strength is superior to
Lead White and Zinc White.
PERMANENCE
Titanium White has excellent permanence and lightfastness.
TOXICITY
Titanium dioxide is highly stable and is regarded as
completely non-toxic. Animal studies do not indicate that it is absorbed
biologically, even after long periods of exposure. The primary safety concern
is with the inhalation of fine pigment dust particles.
HISTORY
Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth's
crust. However, mineral deposits that are economical to mine are rare. Titanium
dioxide was first discovered in 1821, although it could not be mass-produced
until 1919. Widespread use of the pigment began in the 1940s.
Since that time, it has become the most commonly used white
pigment. The name comes from the Latin word Titan, the name for the elder
brother of Kronos and ancestor of the Titans, and the Greek word tito, meaning
day or sun.
