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Treat every paint as toxic. Pigfolio says what pigments contain, never that a paint is safe: pigments without heavy metals can still be harmful, and so can mediums and solvents. Read up on good studio practice before you start. Studio safety
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Find me a limited palette Build a limited palette Pick the look you're after and get a small palette of single-pigment tubes, one per role, that you can rearrange and save. Find me Zorn's four colors The Zorn palette Anders Zorn's famous four colors (yellow ochre, a warm red, ivory black and white), why they work, and how to mix with them. Find me cadmium-free reds Cadmium-free reds Strong, lightfast reds without cadmium: what replaces cadmium red, how the alternatives handle, and every tube. Find me transparent glazing colors Transparent glazing colors Glazing technique, underpaintings and the transparent, lightfast colors that glaze best. Find me single-pigment earths Single-pigment earths Ochres, siennas, umbers and oxides made from one pigment: what each is, how they differ and how to use them. Find me pigments through history Pigments through history When each pigment arrived, from cave-painting earths to modern pyrroles, and famous paintings where scientists have found them. Find me colors that fade Colors that fade The oil colors makers rate less lightfast, classic pigments that fade in tints and glazes, lightfast stand-ins, and how to test a paint yourself. Find me the same pigment for less The same pigment for less Single-pigment paints where a cheaper series or student line from the same maker uses the identical pigment, cheapest first.