Pigments through the Ages

              
/ bone blak /
Bone black
 
 
   

     
 

  1.  Overview  
  2. History
of use
 
  3. Making the
pigment
 
  4. Technical
details
 
  
  Brief description of Bone black:   
       Bone black is blue-black in color and fairly smooth in texture and also denser than lamp black. It contains about 10% carbon, 84% calcium phosphate and 6 % calcium carbonate. 

  Names for Bone black:   
        
Pronounciation:
bone blak
Alternative names:
ivory black
Non-English names:
 German  
 
 French  
 
 Italian 
 Beinschwarz 
 noir d'os 
 n/a 
Chemical name:
Carbon containing residual calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate.

A painted swatch of Bone black:

  

  Source of Bone black:   
        


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