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Ultramarine Blue
This paint has tremendous appeal as a genuine Lapis. We were amazed by its subtlety. It was easy to imagine how it could be used for skies and other natural scenes as skies as it brings a sort of natural desaturation. However this paint does yellow significantly when dried— we are guessing due to the linseed oil, though we are not wholly sure. We left the dried paint it in strong light to try to reverse the phenomenon of dark yellowing, but it did not remove the yellowing entirely. Perhaps due to natural impurities in the lapis, there is a slight natural sparkle to this paint — a welcome note which was quite enjoyable. Like many natural inorganic pigments this paint would be at its best if a person is able to use it in specialty applications that are designed to draw out the unique qualities of the paint. If this color is unavailable, and you are curious about the hue, we were able to approximate the hue by mixing a bit of PO62 into synthetic ultramarine and white. Of course this blend did not have the larger natural particle size of the Lapis nor the faint sparkle. This is fun color to explore - a gentle, slightly muted blue.
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