Historic Pigments

Historical Heavy Body Acrylic Hues
Pigment Identification Chart

GOLDEN Historical Colors are authentic recreations of paint colors that have been in use for hundreds of years and were considered essential to the working palettes of past masters. As the pigments originally used to produce these colors were found to be unsafe or vulnerable to the effects of light and weather, they had not been offered in a GOLDEN line of pure pigment colors. Recognizing the popularity of these colors within some palettes, GOLDEN has recreated these in a safe, reliable form, meeting the conservation requirements of fine artists. Great pains were taken to ensure the GOLDEN Historical Colors shared the working properties of their predecessors. The result? Contemporary artists can now explore the profoundly distinct qualities of historically significant colors while enjoying the advantages brought about by modern chemistry: lightfastness, safe use and permanence.

.Historical Heavy Body Acrylic Sets

GOLDEN Historical Color Sets include all eight of the current Historical Colors, offering artists the full experience of this new product line as a more cost-effective package. Two different sizes are available.The 22 ml tube set will appeal to an artist who is curious about these colors and would like an introduction to their coloring and mixing abilities. The 2 oz. tube set provides an excellent opportunity for artists to add this classic range of color to their working palettes. Sets include: Indian Yellow Hue, Sap Green Hue, Prussian Blue Hue, Hookers Green Hue, VanDyke Brown Hue, Naples Yellow Hue, Alizarin Crimson Hue, Manganese Blue Hue, Historical Color Booklet, Heavy Body Application Guide.

# 912--2 oz. 8-Tube Historical Set

# 913--22 ml 8-Tube Historical Set


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Historical Heavy Body Acrylic Hues Chart
Lightfastness, Permanence, Opacity & Transparency Chart
Pigment Identification Chart

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Naples Yellow Hue
PW6 / PY42 / PY83
Titanium Dioxide Rutile Synthetic Hydrated Iron Oxide / Diarylide
Yellow HR-70

Aureolin Hue
PY 3 / PY 73
PBr 7 / PY42
Arylide Yellow
Calcinated Natural Iron Oxide / Synthetic Hydrated Iron Oxide

Indian Yellow Hue
PY73 / PY150 / PR206
Arylide Yellow
Nickel Complex Azo Quinacridone

Alizarin Crimson Hue
PR122 / PR206 / PG7
Quinacridone
Chlorinated Copper Phthalocyanine

Cobalt Violet Hue
PV 19 / PW4
PR122 / PV23
Quinacridone / ZincOxide
Carbazole Dioxazine

Prussian Blue Hue
PB15:1 /PV23 / PBk9
Copper Phthalocyanine Carbazole Dioxazine Carbonized Bones

Smalt Hue
PB 29 / PV23 / PBk 7
Polysulfide of Sodium-Alumino-Silicate Carbazole / Dioxazine / Nearly Pure Amorphous Carbon

Manganese Blue Hue
PB15:4 / PG7 / PW4
Copper Phthalocyanine Zinc Oxide / Chlorinated Copper Phthalocyanine

Azurite Hue
PW 4 / PB 15:1 / PBr 7
Zinc Oxide
Copper Phthalocyanine Calcined Natural
Iron Oxide

Viridian Green Hue
PW 4 / PB15:4
PY150 / PBr 7
Zinc Oxide / Copper
Phthalocyanine / Nickel
Complex Azo / Calcined Natural Iron Oxide

Terre Verte Hue
PG 17 / PBk 9
PBr 7 / PG 36 / PY42
Anhydrous Chromium
Sesquioxide / Carbonized Bones / Calcined Natural Iron Oxide / Brominated
and Clorinated Copper
Phthalocyanine / Synthetic Hydrated
Iron Oxide

Sap Green Hue
PR101 /PY150
PG36 / PBk7
Synthetic Iron Oxide/Nickel Complex Azo/ Brominated &
Chlorinated Copper Phthalocyanine
Amorphous Carbon

Hookers Green Hue
PB60 / PY150 / PR122
Indanthrone Blue
Nickel Complex Azo Quinacridone

VanDyke Brown Hue
PR101 / PBk7
Synthetic Iron Oxide Amorphous Carbon