Mars Orange is a dark valued, earthy orange and is useful in a variety of watercolour applications. A wonderful addition to any palette, Mars Orange mixes well with other colours to create an array of useful and interesting colours.

Artist Notes: Mix Mars Orange with Ultramarine Blue to create a range of beautiful, earthy greys. Combine with Manganese Violet to make earthy browns.

Paint Maker’s Notes: Developed at the end of the 18^th century in response to depleted natural pigment deposits, synthetic iron oxides were given the title ‘Mars’. This was in honour of the Roman god of war and our own planetary neighbour which contains double the iron oxide in its outer layer than our own planet does.

Transparency: Opaque

Staining: Semi-Staining

Granularity: Semi-Granular

Pigment Number: PY 42

Pigment Type: Synthetic Inorganic

Pigment Composition: Iron oxide

Lightfastness: I - Excellent

Toxicity: Non Toxic

Available in the following Stoneground palettes: Large Landscape Palette, Large Earth Palette.