1980 Oil Blues/Purples
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1980 Oil Cerulean Blue 37 ml $15.75
Cerulean Blue: Mixed metal oxide from the early 19th century with an important place on the mineral palette because blues are rarely shifted to the cool, green side, like this one. Very muted in its tint so most valuable as a pure hue.
Series 3
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PB36, PB15:26 in stock (can be backordered)
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1980 Oil Cobalt Blue $15.75 – $42.75
Cobalt Blue: “True blue,” first manufactured in 1804.
Series 3
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PB28, PB15:2 -
1980 Oil Cobalt Violet AG 37 ml $15.75
Cobalt Violet: Deep violet that is cool in its masstone and less red than Manganese Violet. Although very muted in its tint, it is a marvel as a top coat color. Cobalt Violet greys down considerably when mixed with white.
Series 3
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PV14, PV23, PV193 in stock (can be backordered)
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1980 Oil Dioxicine Purple $11.85 – $30.25
Dioxazine Purple: A cold color with the strongest tinting strength and deepest transparency of all pigments, modern Diox is useful as a high key tint. This purple is so strong that some use it as a black. Diox makes a cold intense tint. Use sparingly.
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil -
1980 Oil Phthalo Blue $11.85 – $23.95
Phthalo Blue: Warm blue first made for printmaking ink (cyan) to replace Prussian Blue in the 1920’s. With clean, pure masstone and transparency, Phthalo Blue, like all modern colors, has high tinting strength.
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PB15:2 -
1980 Oil Prussian Blue 37 ml $11.85
First synthetic color of the Industrial Revolution, discovered by accident in 1704 while a chemist was trying to formulate artificial crimson. Cool blue with more muted tint than Phthalo Blue. It has a high tinting strength, is lightfast, and is especially beautiful in its transparency.
Series 2
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PB27:16 in stock (can be backordered)
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1980 Oil Quinacridone Violet 37 ml $11.85
Robert Gamblin loves violets, which is why he added this strong, clean quin violet. More intense than Ultra Violet, warmer than Manganese Violet.
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PV193 in stock (can be backordered)
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1980 Oil Turquoise 37 ml $10.75
Exclusive color to 1980 Gamblin
Series 2
Opaque
Lightfastness I, PW6, PB15:4, PG76 in stock (can be backordered)
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1980 Oil Ultramarine Blue $11.85 – $23.95
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1980 Oil Ultramarine Violet $11.85 – $23.95
Ultramarine Violet: Mineral color that greys into the colors of the natural world. Warmer than Cobalt Violet, cooler than Manganese Violet and more transparent than either, Ultramarine Violet is one of many specialty pigments made by German chemists during the color revolution of the 19th century.
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PV15
