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Please note this is a raw pigment intended to be dispersed into a liquid medium to make paints. Our raw pigments are not meant for use in cosmetics and are not cosmetic grade. Certain pigments disperse more easily than others in certain liquid mediums. For those difficult to disperse into a liquid of your choice, they will need to be ground by a muller or a mortar and pestle into the medium.
Safety note: Handle all dry pigments with care. Work slowly to avoid generating airborne dust and wear a dust mask for extra protection. Also avoid getting the dust all over your hands. Latex gloves are good at providing skin protection without "getting in the way".
This is synthetic Ultramarine Violet. Ultramarine means "beyond the ocean". It's a beautiful shade of violet. More expensive than the blue variety which may be due simply to the larger volume used and produced. Chemically it is vey close to other ultramarines, a complex sulfur-containing sodium aluminum silicate: Na2OSAl2O3SiO2. It is also chemically the most complex of all mineral pigments. The natural source for ultramarine [blue] was finely ground lapis lazuli. This from Wiki: "Ultramarine was the finest and most expensive blue used by Renaissance painters. It was often used for the robes of the Virgin Mary, and symbolized holiness and humility. It remained an extremely expensive pigment until a synthetic ultramarine was invented in 1826....Synthetic ultramarine is a more vivid blue than natural ultramarine, since the particles in synthetic ultramarine are smaller and more uniform than natural ultramarine and therefore diffuse light more evenly.....Variants of the pigment 'ultramarine red', 'ultramarine green', 'ultramarine violet' are known, and are based on similar chemistry and crystal structure."
Ultramarine blue remains the most widely used of ultramarines, with ultramarine violet the 2nd and perhaps ultramarine pink the 3rd most used. If you're interested in chemistry the structure of the ultramarines is briefly described in Wiki: "Ultramarine is the aluminosilicate zeolite with the sodalite structure. Sodalite consists of interconnected aluminosilicate cages. Some of these cages contain polysulfide (Sn−x) groups that are the chromophore (color centre). The negative charge on these ions is balanced by Na+ ions that also occupy these cages. The nature of the polysulfide dictates the color of the solid. The usual blue ultramarine is thought to contain S−2 as the chromophore. In violet ultramarine and pink ultramarine the chromophore is proposed to be S−4 or S4.
You need only go to the Wiki article and look at the pictures of the synthetic version and the natural version to see the difference. Natural Ultramarine is a paler color of blue.
As you might imagine, there is far more information on ultramarine blue than the other ultramarines.
Here's a few additional links:
A manufacturer of ultramarine violet:
http://www.nubiola.com/p_ultramarine-violet.asp
Some suppliers:
http://www.earthpigments.com/ultramarine-violet-pigment/
http://shop.kremerpigments.com/en/pigments/pigments-of-modern-age/ultramarine-pigments/5165/ultramarine-violet-medium
A PDF technical data sheet and MSDS from Kremer Pigments can be found at the above URL.
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Sep 3, 2024
I'm very happy with this pigment. It is vibrant with a great consistency.
Scott Pollock
Sep 17, 2023
These pigments are wonderful. I used varying amounts mixed into water, then mixed into sand mix concrete (gray). The more pigment, the more concentrated the color is. 50g Yellow ochre lasted for many many of my pavers. Ultramarine violet on the other hand, 50g made it into 4 pavers. 50g of burnt umber went into 1 small paver. I would definitely recommend experimenting with these in paver sized amounts of sand mix concrete
Vicki Langer
Sep 1, 2023
Great. Glad to have it.
William
Jul 15, 2023
Heather B
Jun 29, 2023
Beautifully packaged. Looking forward to using it.
Neiner Neiner
