Pigments

Rose outremer (= pink ultramarine) is 100% synthetic without any danger for health or the environment. Like other ultramarine, it has a beautiful bright and sustained hue.

Rose fuchsia is a pigment preparation created by Ocres de France in 2019. 
This pigment is synthetic, without any danger for health or the environment. It is composed of 96% of natural ingredients.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Violet outremer (= purple ultramarine) is 100% synthetic without any danger for health or the environment. Like other ultramarine, it has a beautiful bright and sustained hue.
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Violet Carmin is a pigment preparation created in 2019 by Ocres de France. 
This pigment is synthetic, without any danger for health or the environment. It is composed of 97% of natural ingredients.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Violet Carmin is a pigment preparation created in 2019 by Ocres de France. 
This pigment is synthetic, without any danger for health or the environment. 

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Bois de rose is a pigment preparation made by Ocres de France in 1998, characterized by a great fineness of matter.
This pigment is synthetic without any danger for health or the environment. It is composed of 94% of natural ingredients.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

L'ombre de Chypre FL (= umber FL of Cyprus) is an umber that comes from Cyprus. The umber earth probably owes its name to the latin "umbra" (shadow) which was once used to cast down the colors. Cyprus is the largest producer of earths in the Mediterranean basin. Traces of this earth can be found everywhere. They are taken in the form of clay which makes them accessible and cheap pigments.
This pigment is 100% natural. 

L'ombre de Chypre C (= umber C of Cyprus) is an umber that comes from Cyprus. The umber earth probably owes its name to the latin "umbra" (shadow) which was once used to cast down the colors. Cyprus is the largest producer of earths in the Mediterranean basin. Traces of this earth can be found everywhere. They are taken in the form of clay which makes them accessible and cheap pigments.
This pigment is 100% natural. 

Brun de Cassel d'Italie is an earth which comes from the Vérone area (Italie). This earth was originally harvested in peat or lignite deposits. Because of its poor resistance to light it was replaced in the nineteenth century by pigments based on calcined oxides.
This pigment is 100% natural. 

Brun 686 is a synthetic pigment without any danger for health or the environment, manufactured in Germany.

Noir de Rome is earth ground lignite from Verona in Italy. This pigment has been used since the XV century.

Noir 318 M is a synthetic pigment without any danger for health or the environment, made in Germany.

Noir 318 is a synthetic pigment without any danger for health or the environment, made in Germany.

Noir 360 is a synthetic pigment without any danger for health or the environment, made in Germany. It is the black of our range that has the strongest coloring power.

Noir à la chaux is a pigment preparation created by Ocres de France.
This pigment is synthetic without any danger for health or the environment. It is composed of 80% of natural ingredients.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Noir de Vigne is a black iron oxide that reproduces fairly faithfully the original color of the real black of Vine, obtained by the charring of branches of vines collected during the pruning of the vines.
This pigment is 98% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Noir d'Ivoire is a  pigment preparation designed by Ocres de France in 2016 and perfected in 2021. True ivory black was obtained by calcination of animal bones. For a long time, and fortunately for our animal friends, it is now obtained from iron oxide and plant-based charcoal. The name remained in order to signify the resemblance of the color.
This pigment is 97% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Noir Indien is a pigment from India. 
This pigment is 100% natural. 

The Discovery box offers you the primary colors in order to compose according to your desires of creativity.

The "Terre" (= earths) box contains eight natural pigments in brown tones. Brown pigments were for a long time mainly earths, rare and difficult to obtain. Today, we present them in this box.

The "Ochres" box contains eight ochres in a wooden slide box with transparent lid. The ochres come from our quarry in Gargas (Vaucluse, France).