Blue Ridge Red Hematite

A deep, warm brick red sienna earth pigment with high opacity, lightfastness, and a very consistent and smooth texture. 

The pigments we use to make these colors are specific to Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountain range.  Natural earth pigments have been mined from this region since the mid-1800's, and we think these colors are still unrivaled in intensity and richness. All three of our Blue Ridge 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.

All of our watercolors are non-toxic and handmade in our shop using the highest quality earth and synthetic pigments and natural watercolor binding medium made from gum arabic (sap from acacia trees), honey, glycerine and distilled water.