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Question asked 2022-03-04 17:52:28 ...
Most recent comment 2022-03-05 09:54:31
Oil Paint
Dyes
Pigments
I've just read a claim that Phthalocyanine migrates through dried oil paint. (Virgil Elliot's facebook group.)
Is there any credibility to this claim?
I have not heard of this before, nor experienced it in over 40 years of working with it, but as an admin of the group, I would like to respond to the comment with more than my personal experience.
Also, is Phthalo classified as a dye?
Thanks in advance
Ron Francis.
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Moderator Answer
(brian baade)
Since the phthalo blue and green pigments are insoluble in
water and most organic solvents they are, by definition, not dyes. They are
prepared from phthalo dyes but are coordinated on copper (and with chlorine in
the green variant). The phthalos are very high in tinting strength and quickly overpower
other colors. They are also composed of very fine particles. Both of which can
lend the appearance of bleeding, especially if the lower phthalo containing paint
layer is not completely dry.
Having written the above, the late painting materials expert
Mark Gottsegen wrote in his seminal treatise that phthalo blue was only
fair-good in terms not bleeding through dried paint layers. It may be that this
issue is perhaps a bit true on both sides. However, while I do not care for the
overpowering nature of the phthalos, I have never experienced this myself
either.
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