36641
Accession Number
14866
Title Of Article Chaper
The new labeling for art materials - Part Two: quality and permanence of artists' paints
Title Of Journal Book
American artist
Volume
48
Issue
503
Pages
65-67
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Hilton Brown discusses the new ASTM national consensus standard D4302 Standard Specifications for Artists' Oil and Acrylic Emulsion paints (see also 21-1828). This standard which will be appearing on many containers of first quality oil and acrylic paints specifies the dominant pigment used and its lightfastness rating, a rating determined by the new method,ASTM D4303 Test Methods for Relative Lightfastness in Artists' Paints. The author also dis cusses other information required by the new standard before the manufacturer may print on his label Conforms to ASTM D4302, and then ends the article with a section titled, Instructions on What to Look For and How to Read the Labels on Containers of Oil and Acrylic Paint. For Part One, see 21-1371.
Keywords
Painting, technique material; pigment, classification list; colour, pigment fading test; colour, pigment deterioration; ICCROM
pub_id
36641