Description
This is a description of oil color, Raw Umber. It is a transparent color with a moderate oil content. It can be used to create draughts or sketches, depending on the degree of transparency. It has a red or greenish undertone, depending on the amount of pigment used.
PBr 7.Very Fast Drying. Transparent. Excellent Lightfastness. Average Oil Content.
One of the fundamental Earths used as an Imprimitura pigment to draught out compositions on a Raw Sienna ground, as many Rubens sketches evidence. Depending on the degree of transparency, it can exhibit red or greenish undertones.