Description
- Lamp black is a very opaque, heavily staining black pigment that does not have much covering power.
- It is typically the most opaque black in watercolor form.
- Though a very pure black, it tends to muddy slightly in mixtures, is one of the slowest drying pigments in oils, and should not be used under other colors.
- Lamp Black is a carbon based black traditionally produced by collecting soot (known as lampblack) from oil lamps.
- It is the black found in Egyptian murals and tomb decorations and was the most popular black for frescoing until the development of Mars Black.