Description

Rublev Colours Nicosia Raw Umber is a semi-transparent brown with good tinting strength, medium grained. Our Raw Umber is from Cyprus.

Rublev Colours Cyprus Raw Umber Dark Watercolor

Note: Colors swatches are shown in mass tone, at top, mixed with an equal amount of water and brushed out toward the bottom. All pictures of color swatches in this web site are only approximations of the actual color of the watercolor paint. We have taken every care to match the color in these pictures on calibrated color monitors to the actual color. However, because of the wide variance in color monitors the results you get may vary.

Color Names
Common Names:	English: umber French: ombre German: Umbra Italian: ombra Russian: умбра Spanish: ombra
Alternate Names:	English: raw umber French: terre d’ombre Italian: Terra d’ombra Latin: umbra Spanish: sombra

Color Information
Single Pigment:	Natural Iron – Manganese Oxide
Binder:	Gum Arabic
Pigment Information
Color:	Brown
Colour Index:	Pigment Brown 7 (77491) (77492) (77499)
Chemical Name:	Natural Iron – Manganese Oxide
Chemical Formula:	α-FeO³⁺(OH)
Properties
ASTM Lightfastness:	I
Opacity:	Semi-Transparent
Tinting Strength:	Good
Drying rate:	Average

Note: Some separation of pigment and medium may occur in Rublev Colours Watercolors and is a natural process when no stabilizers are added to paint to prevent this from occurring.