Ercolano Red Oil Paint

Description

Ercolano Red is a fresh, deep orange-red ocher crafted from a natural pigment- Red Earth Ocher that comes from quarries in Northern Italy.

Red iron oxide or ferric oxide is the principal coloring agent in red earths, such as Ercolano Red. This color is based on the natural mineral hematite, which is associated with varying proportions of other minerals such as clay, chalk, and silica. They differ from other Ochers in that they do not contain water. In other words, the iron to which they owe their color is iron oxide, not hydrated iron oxide.