Derivan Matisse Fluid Acrylic: Cerulean Blue 135ml

• Chemical Description: Oxides of cobalt, aluminium & chromium

• Pigment Numbers: PB36

• Lightfastness Rating: ASTM I

• Pigment Opacity: Semi-Transparent

• Paint Opacity: Semi-Transparent

• Series 4

Cerulean is a latin word name which literally means “sky blue”. Consequently when we say Cerulean Blue we are actually saying sky blue blue which reflects how common usage of language is often illogical, not that it matters a great deal. The name was given  in 1860 to a pigment which had been developed 55 years earlier but had been forgotten as a curiosity by chemists who didn’t realize how important sky blue colors are to artists.