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Meudon white acts as a filler and opacifying in the manufacture of many recipes of traditional paints, but also for the preparation of surfaces to be painted. It allows to increase the covering capacity of paints and is also used as a household product. This ingredient is present in many of our recipes of artistic paintings or for the cleaning of your house. 

Casein (milk protein) is a natural fixative for limewash paints to which it provides matte and velvety. Used by artists from the Middle Ages, it is perfect for frescoes and icons. A little neglected over time, it returns to fashion especially in the decoration of painted furniture.

Glue of animal origin, it has a powerful tackiness and can be used in many ways (sealant, glue, coating, paint, etc). The rabbit skin glue is known for its properties of flexibility and finesse.

Dammar gum is a resin secreted by a tree in the Indonesian Islands. It has been used since the 19th century in painting for the manufacture of varnishes and painting mediums. It produces a natural, transparent, satin-to-gloss finish, which does not yellow over time. Used as an adjuvant in oil paint and wax, it is soluble in the aqueous phases and is diluted in the essence of turpentine.

Arabic gum is the binder traditionally used for watercolor. It is made from acacia and is the oldest of the gums. 

Acrylic powder binder is a mixture of vinyl acetate and acrylic copolymer. It provides good adhesion, flexibility and water resistance to mortars containing hydraulic binders such as cement, gypsum or lime. It can be used for many applications (binder for artistic paintings, cementitious tile adhesive, thermal insulation system, flexible glue, repair mortar, etc).

Methylcellulose is used in the preparation of paints and limewashes, as well as mortars or lime stuccoes. It is an adjuvant and a water retainer. It is also used as a resin for the manufacture of traditional gouaches as well as for the preparation of vinyl, acrylic and tempera colors.

The iron sulphate is needed for the recipe of the flour paint outdoor.

Ocre Havane (= havane ochre) is the only orange hue of the ochres of Vaucluse. It is manufactured in Apt by Ocres de France.
This pigment is 100% natural. 

Pigment fabriqué par la Société des Ocres de France

Ocre jaune clair (= light yellow ochre) is the lightest ochre of Vaucluse.
This pigment is 100% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Ocre jaune foncé JFLES (Jaune Foncé Lavé Extra Supérieur) (= dark yellow ochre JFLES - Dark Yellow Washed Extra Superior) is our ochre star. It is extracted from ochre ore in our quarry at Gargas (Vaucluse). To recover it pure, it is necessary to follow a long process of extraction, separation, washing, settling, drying and grinding (for more information on the manufacture of ochre, clic HERE). It is also with ocre jaune JFLES (dark yellow ochre JFLES) that ocre rouge RFLES (red ochre RFLES) is made by calcinating it. Its color is luminous, soft.
This pigment is 100% natural. 

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Ocre marron (= brown ochre) is a pigment preparation created by Ocres de France.
This pigment is composed of ochre and other iron oxides, 93% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

L'Oxy Apt jaune is a pigment preparation based on our yellow ochre. First called "yellow oxide of Apt" in reference to the city of Apt -where is the Ocres de France's factory-, it has become over the time the Oxy Apt jaune (yellow oxy Apt).
This pigment is 98% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

L'Oxy Apt rouge is a pigment preparation based on our yellow ochre. First called "red oxide of Apt" in reference to the city of Apt -where is the Ocres de France's factory-, it has become over the time the Oxy Apt rouge (= red oxy Apt).
This pigment is 100% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

L'ocre Iclès-Sof (= Iclès-Sof ochre) is a pigment preparation based on our yellow ochre, made in 2004.
This pigment is 98% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Ocre rouge RFLES (= red ochre RFLES - dark red washed extra superior) results from the cooking of the ocre jaune JFLES (yellow ochre JFLES), extracted from our quarry in Gargas (Vaucluse). It is the finest ochre, the most followed and the most loaded in iron oxide (for more information, read our article on the manufacture of ochre HERE).
This pigment is 100% natural. 

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Rouge 110 is a synthetic pigment, without any danger for health or the environment, manufactured in Germany.

Rouge 130 is a synthetic pigment, without any danger for health or the environment, manufactured in Germany.

Rouge 140 is a synthetic pigment, without any danger for health or the environment, manufactured in Germany.

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

Brun 610 is a synthetic pigment without any danger for health or the environment, manufactured in Germany.