Heavy Body Acrylic Neutral Grays
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GOLDEN Neutral Grays are Heavy Body Acrylics designed according to the Munsell Color System. The Munsell System divides the color wheel into a three-dimensional color-space, shaped like a distorted "egg," in which all colors are separated by their Chroma, Value and Hue. The GOLDEN Neutral Grays are made following this system, using a spectrophotometer to ensure they have graduated steps within a very tight tolerance range. They are Achromatic, meaning that they have no distinguishable hue or chroma, only value. On the Munsell "egg," a Neutral Gray falls directly in the center, with whites on top and blacks toward the bottom.

White and black represent the two value extremes. Mixing them together will produce a gray; whether or not it is a Neutral Gray depends on the pigments used. In most cases, a true neutral will not be produced; it will likely shift towards one direction of hue and/or chroma (i.e. warmer or cooler). GOLDEN Neutral Grays have been adjusted to stay absolutely neutral. Painting with the Neutral Grays, Bone Black and Titanium White, you create a study without chroma or hue. Use with any one color to produce a monochromatic study. Several colors mixed with the same Neutral Gray and in the same ratio will produce colors with similar value (depending on the colors' own current values).

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Neutral Gray N2 PW6, PBk9, PBr7 Titanium dioxide rutile / Amorphous carbon / Calcined natural iron oxide	Neutral Gray N3 PW6, PBk9, PBr7 Titanium dioxide rutile / Amorphous carbon / Calcined natural iron oxide	Neutral Gray N4 PW6, PBk9, PBr7 Titanium dioxide rutile / Amorphous carbon / Calcined natural iron oxide	Neutral Gray N5 PW6, PBk9, PBr7 Titanium dioxide rutile / Amorphous carbon / Calcined natural iron oxide	Neutral Gray N6 PW6, PBk9, PBr7 Titanium dioxide rutile / Amorphous carbon / Calcined natural iron oxide
Neutral Gray N7 PW6, PBk9, PBr7 Titanium dioxide rutile / Amorphous carbon / Calcined natural iron oxide	Neutral Gray N8 PW6, PBk9, PBr7 Titanium dioxide rutile / Amorphous carbon / Calcined natural iron oxide

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