Williamsburg French Ardoise Gray

“A beautifully Transparent pigment; its tint is extremely light and manages to give the white just a slightly cooler and greener tone.” “French Ardoise Grey, PBlk19, powdered slate is another beautifully Transparent pigment. Its tint is extremely light and manages to give the white just a slightly cooler and greener tone. In comparing French Ardoise Grey to our other slate gray with the same pigment designation, Davy’s Grey Deep, the French variety is much lighter, much more Transparent and has a satiny sheen which is unique next to the very matte quality of Davy’s Grey Deep. Both the French Ardoise Grey and Davy’s Grey are warm grays and offer unique properties useful in glazing and also offer a smooth quality that is difficult to achieve when diluting black pigments to similar transparency.” -Williamsburg

This color is part of their French Earths Series."Our French Earth Colors provide even more depth to our offerings of natural earths coming from regions with historical importance. Natural earths provide a type of texture, physical presence and subtlety of color that synthetic iron oxides simply cannot provide.” This color is also part of their Signature Color series: “Throughout Williamsburg's history, exploration and experimentation have led to the development of several unique colors. The Signature Colors set contains 8 colors representative of these discoveries.” In 2023, Golden published a vital series of tests on their colors and how they performed in mixes with various white paints. More information can be found at https://justpaint.org/astm-lightfastness-testing-for-oil-paints/.

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