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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.

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

Jaune 920 is a synthetic pigment, without any danger for health or the environment.

Orange 960 is a synthetic pigment, without any danger for health or the environment, manufactured in Allemagne.

Bleu Indien is a pigment preparation created by Ocres de France, to reproduce the SOF blue that came from India.
This pigment is synthetic, without any danger for health or the environment. It is composed of 98% of natural ingredients.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Bleu Monté-Carlo is a pigment preparation created by Ocres de France in 2016.
This is a synthetic pigment, without any danger for health or the environment. It is composed of 95% of natural ingredients.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Blanc Tiona (titanium dioxide) is a synthetic pigment. It is often used to lighten the color of another pigment, especially in the recipe of the flour paint (be careful, this pigment alone in the flour paint will not give a white color since the linseed oil will make the mixture yellow).