Derivan Matisse Fluid Acrylic: Burnt Umber 135ml

• Chemical Description: Calcined natural iron oxide

• Pigment Number: PBr7

• Lightfastness Rating: ASTM I

• Pigment Opacity: Transparent

• Paint Opacity: Semi-Transparent

• Series 1

Burnt Umber was developed in Italy during the Renaissance and by the time of Leonardo da Vinci this colour had become standardized to the shade we expect to see today. It is interesting to note that Cennini’s book on studio practices, published in 1437, talks only about red and yellow earths and doesn’t mention Burnt Umber or Burnt Sienna in his section on colours and yet, fifty years later, both colours were standard colours on virtually every palette and seen as too important to forget about them.