Gamblin 1980 Oils - PV15 Ultramarine Violet

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.

Ultramarine Violet is a mineral colour that greys into the colours of the natural world. Warmer than Cobalt Violet, cooler than Manganese Violet, and more transparent than either, it is one of many specialty pigments made by German chemists during the colour revolution of the 19th century. As a pigment, it is weak in most oil applications, but it performs better in water-based mediums, pastels, and chalks.

PIGMENT COMPOSITION AND PERMANENCE

• Pigment Name: PV15 Ultramarine Violet (Complex silicate of sodium aluminum with sulphur)
• Pigment Type: inorganic

PROPERTIES

Ultramarine Violet is a semi-transparent, dull purple to pale violet with low tinting strength. It is weak as a pigment in most oil applications but performs better in water-based mediums, pastels, and chalks.

It is generally the bluest of the violet pigments, although there can be significant differences in colour across brands. It is unsuitable for fresco work and needs to mix better with yellows. Ultramarine Violet is a variant of Ultramarine Blue, and their pigment properties are identical.

PERMANENCE

Ultramarine Violet has excellent permanence and lightfastness.

TOXICITY

Ultramarine Violet has no significant hazards.

HISTORY

Unknown.