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  2. Paint sheen - Wikipedia

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    The sheen [4] or gloss level of a paint is principally determined by the ratio of resinous, adhesive binder, which solidifies after drying, and solid, powdery pigment.The more binder the coating contains, the more regular reflection will be made from its smooth surface; conversely, with less binder, grains of pigment become exposed to the surface, scattering the light and providing matte ...

  3. Azurite (pigment) - Wikipedia

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    In this painting, azurite is also combined with lead white to paint the green robe of the Saint. [8] During this time, azurite was a common pigment used to paint a blue sky. [1] In the 1520 painting titled Christ Taking Leave of His Mother by Albrecht Altdorfer, azurite is used in the blue garments of the figures. In addition, azurite is mixed ...

  4. Surfactants in paint - Wikipedia

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    Paint has four major components: pigments, binders, solvents, and additives. Pigments serve to give paint its color, texture, toughness, as well as determining if a paint is opaque or not. Common white pigments include titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. Binders are the film forming component of a paint as it dries and affects the durability ...

  5. Kubelka–Munk theory - Wikipedia

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    In optics, the Kubelka–Munk theory devised by Paul Kubelka [1] [2] and Franz Munk, is a fundamental approach to modelling the appearance of paint films. As published in 1931, [3] the theory addresses "the question of how the color of a substrate is changed by the application of a coat of paint of specified composition and thickness, and especially the thickness of paint needed to obscure the ...

  6. Copper phthalocyanine - Wikipedia

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    The pigment is the highest volume pigment produced. [19] All major artists' pigment manufacturers produce variants of copper phthalocyanine, designated color index PB15 (blue) [20] and color indexes PG7 and PG36 (green). [21] A common component on the artist's palette, phthalo blue is a cool blue with a bias towards green.

  7. Volume solid - Wikipedia

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    Here is the formula by which one can calculate the volume solid of paint, (Total sum by volume of each solid ingredient in paint x 100%)/ Total sum by volume of each ingredient in paint. A simple method that anyone can do to determine volume solids empirically is to apply paint to a steel surface with an application knife and measure the wet ...

  8. Alumina effect pigment - Wikipedia

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    Also, the color of the other components of the paint has an influence in addition to the concentration of the pigment. A dark color, for example, forms a high contrast to the bright light spots and strengthens the effect. Favorable is also the use of a covering varnish in order to achieve an optimal effect. [4] [6]

  9. Pigment - Wikipedia

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    Pigments and paint grinding equipment believed to be between 350,000 and 400,000 years old have been reported in a cave at Twin Rivers, near Lusaka, Zambia. Ochre, iron oxide, was the first color of paint. [7] A favored blue pigment was derived from lapis lazuli. Pigments based on minerals and clays often bear the name of the city or region ...