Pure blue color.

All colors and paints can be divided into spectral, simple and complex (composite). SPECTRAL colors are colors that make up the visible part of the spectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, violet), they are also called pure colors. SIMPLE or PRIMARY are spectral colors that cannot be composed of other colors. When it comes to mixing paints, the primary ones are: red, yellow, blue. All other spectral colors can be composed of the primary ones. COMPOSITE or COMPOSITE colors are all the other variety of colors found in nature.

It is found under the following names: C.I. Pigment Blue 74, Cobalt Zinc Silicate, Cobalt Zinc Silicate Blue Phenacite, Sapphire Blue, Cobalt Blue Dark, Cobalt Blue Deep, Cobalt Blue, Sapporo, Pigment Blue 74

May cause an allergic skin reaction; Avoid dust formation.

Chemical properties

Cobalt-Zinc Silicate Blue Phenakite (Co, Zn) 2SiO4 is obtained by calcining a mixture of cobalt oxide, zinc oxide and silicon oxides in various proportions to obtain a crystalline matrix of phenakite.

CAS 68412-74-8

Heat resistance, °C 1200

•ColorIndex PB 74

•Alkali resistance: 5

•Lime resistance: 5

•Acid resistance: 5

•Lightfastness - 8

•Suitability Acrylic, Fresco, Tempera, Watercolor / Gouache, Silicate binder

•Color BRIGHT blue

•Form powder 5 - 15 microns

•Hiding power high