Wallace Seymour Madder Lake Deep, natural Bespoke Oil Paint

Madder Lake Deep, natural pigment NR 9 (Natural Red 9)

C14H8O4. Dyestuff from the roots of the madder plant have been used since antiquity for the dyeing of cloth and for the preparation of colour for painting.

As with alizarin crimson, natural madder is prone to fading when admixed with white, or when applied as glaze on to pale ground colour.

The Wallace Seymour pigment is hand-processed in small batches according to their recipe. It has a deep but warm tone, very good transparency, especially in glazes and retains its place in the artists’ palette as a crucial, integral and unique colour.

Slow to dry. 10-12 days in thin applications.