Venetian red

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Venetian red

Description

A permanent, reddish brown pigment. Venetian red was originally prepared from a natural Red ocher. By the 18th century, Venetian red was being manufactured by calcining Ferrous sulfate (copperas) with Lime or Calcium carbonate. Venetian red contains about 15-40% Ferric oxide and 60-80% calcium sulfate. Venetian red is used in oil paints, house paints, and as a paper colorant.

Synonyms and Related Terms

India red; Indian red; scarlet red; terra rosa; iron oxide red; roasted iron oxide

FTIR

MFA- Venetian red (with gypsum).jpg

Raman (MFA)

Synthetic Venetian red (Forbes MFA 76) 50X copy.tif


Density 3.45

Sources Checked for Data in Record

  • R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966
  • Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
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  • Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
  • Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
  • Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
  • The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

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