A heavy opaque pigment, Mars Black is a dense black colour with a brown undertone. It is made from mineral iron oxide and was therefore named after the alchemical name for iron: Mars.
Mars Violet Deep is a soft mauve-brown colour. It is an opaque pigment. It was called Caput Mortuum (meaning 'head of the dead') by the Romans, referring to the colour of dried blood.
Copper is a unique brown colour with warm red undertones. Due to its innovative combination of pigments, it creates a metal sheen closely resembling that of copper.
Pewter is a unique silver grey oil colour which is semi-opaque. Due to its unusual combination of pigments, it creates a metal sheen closely resembling that of pewter.
Magenta is a rich deep violet red colour. It is a transparent pigment. The name Magenta comes from a lake colour named in 1859 after the battle in Magenta, Italy.
