


Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre
This is perhaps the richest ochre we've made yet, with the most consistent and smooth texture. It's a highly opaque and lightfast deep gold that sits extremely matte, but can be watered down to subtle yellows or tinted to an opaque pastel.
The pigments used to make these colors are specific to Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountain range. Natural earth pigments have been mined from the region since the mid-1800's, and the colors are still unrivaled in intensity and richness. All three colors are natural iron-oxide pigments - clay deposits that over time have been saturated in limonite, which produces a yellow hue, and hematite, which produces a reddish hue.
Handmade by Case for Making using the highest quality earth and synthetic pigments, plus natural watercolor binding medium made from gum arabic (sap from acacia trees), honey, glycerine and distilled water.
Half Pans measure ~3/4" x 1/2" x 3/8" and contain ~2ml of paint.
Color Index number as provided by vendor: PY43 (77492). All of our watercolors conform to ASTM D-4236.