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Sepia is a convenience color made of a combination of brown and black earth pigments to achieve darkness and granulation while remaining transparent.
The color is rich, lightfast, and transparent.
Color characteristics:
Lightfastness: Excellent
Granulation: Semi
Staining: No
Transparency: Yes
Pigment: NBr 8, PBk 8, PBk 11, NBk 6
Sepia is a dark granulating brown with both brown and black particles, which makes this color rich and interesting. Sepia is great for monochrome painting, as well as mixing with other colors. The best part of this version of Sepia is that 1) it can replace any regular dark brown in a palette; 2) it is transparent and thus it will not cloud other colors in mixes; 3) it is granulating, which can add an interesting texture and dimension to all color mixes.
Available in several sizes:
Sample Metal Pan - fits the amount of approximately 1/5 of half pan (can be used on a magnetic surface)
Quarter Pan - fits the amount of approximately 1/4 of half pan
Half Pan
Square Metal Pan - fits the amount of half pan (can be used on a magnetic surface)
Full Pan
