Re: dark gums

[Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>]

On Jan 23, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
> However, Catherine suggested a carbon pigment and this is also  
> great advice. There is one watercolor pigment that actually has  
> carbon pigment in it--Maimeri Carbon Black pbk7.
I'm sorry; this last sentence is not a factual statement, if read to  
mean that Maimeri "carbon black" is the only watercolor paint  
containing a carbon black pigment.  Lamp black (Pb6,  Carbon black  
(Pb7),  Charcoal black (PB8),  and Ivory black (Pb9) are all carbon  
blacks.  Just because the Maimeri version of Carbon black is the only  
watercolor paint that goes by the marketing name "carbon black"   
doesn't mean it's the only paint that contains carbon black pigment.   
Ilana,  if you want a carbon black pigment that will give you the  
deepest carbon black, lamp black is the way to go.
Katharine Thayer