The Chemistry of Art > 1. Pigments in Painting > Paints Consists Of >
Describe paints as consisting of the pigment and a liquid to carry the pigment
- Paints are made up of two components such as:
- Pigment – Coloured, colorless or fluorescent particulate matter (insoluble)
- Medium – Liquid which carries the pigment
- – Typically clear and colorless
- – Binds pigment particles together
- – Achieves better adhesion to surface
- – must be viscous enough to prevent paint running, but not viscous enough to restric artist