Description
Vibrant. Subtle. Harmonious.
37ml. Gamblin Radiants work together as a system of accent colours, enabling artists to easily and predictably punch-up the colour and intensity in their paintings. When used in mixtures, the Radiants allow painters to warm-up or cool-down colours without darkening them. Radiants can also neutralize colours into more nuanced mixtures.
Gamblin Radiant Colours are composed of eight intense tints – mixtures of pure colour and white, at Value 7 on the Munsell System.
Gamblin Radiant Colors were developed out of Robert Gamblin’s friendship with painter Wolf Kahn. Wolf’s landscapes are spoken in the language of pure colour – the natural world is expressed through a vibrant palette and bold shapes. Wolf is just as fluent in working with soft pastels as he is in oil paint. As pastels are a “dry” medium, one would have sticks of pure pigment (Ultramarine Blue, for example) plus several tints of that pigment at different values. Wolf took the same approach to his oil colour palette – incorporating pure colors from the tube alongside lighter tints. Robert worked with Wolf in developing the eight intense tints that became known as Radiants.
Gamblin Radiant White is pure titanium dioxide bound in safflower oil. Simply put, Radiant White is the brightest white oil colour they can make. Safflower is paler than linseed oil which means that Radiant White is not only brighter, but it is more neutral in temperature compared to linseed oil-bound whites. With its high load of titanium dioxide, Radiant White reflects back 97% of the light that falls on it.
Without modification, Radiant White is the most brushable white – meaning it has the least amount of resistance under the brush or painting knife. Radiant White is also slower drying than other whites, making it useful for painters who wish to work wet into wet or otherwise desire more open time.
