A specific carbon black which is hard to find in paints. Some have listed peach stone black as PBk8 (vine black) as it is a carbon black from vegetable matter. Neither peach black made by large oil paint makers contain peach stones. One is a version of carbon black with some indanthrone blue, and the other combines lamp black PBk6 with some aniline PBk1.
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Fruit Stone Black, Peach Pit Black
Peach Stone Black
Pigment Description
Resources
Spurgeon, Tad. Living Craft: A Painter's Process. Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, PA: Zoetrope, 2018. Newer version available here: https://www.thomaskitts.com/page/36804/tad-spurgeons-living-craft
Stats
Lightfastness
Good
"The pigment is very stable and lightfast as are all carbon blacks"-ColourLex
Transparency
Semi-Transparent, see NBk1
Tinting
Poor
Dry Pigments listing Peach Stone Black
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