[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]The Chemistry of Art > 1. Pigments in Painting > Paints Consists Of >[/cs_text][cs_text style=”color: #800000;font-family: “Oxygen”,sans-serif;”]Describe paints as consisting of the pigment and a liquid to carry the pigment[/cs_text][cs_text]
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- 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
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- – Binds pigment particles together
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- – Achieves better adhesion to surface
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- – must be viscous enough to prevent paint running, but not viscous enough to restric artist
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