Oils Marsblue

[maschinist]

hi everyone,
a few days ago i found an articel about painting steel with winsor newton " marsblue"', and now i cannot find some real good information about this colour. which one is in the same direction or comes near to this colourtone ?
thank you for your help, leopold

 

[Einion]

There's no W&N colour called Mars Blue so perhaps this was a translation error or someone speaking informally? The 'mars' name indicates an iron-oxide pigment and this doesn't come in blue, only various earth yellows and reds, as well as black.

There is a common iron-based blue paint and that's Prussian Blue, which is sometimes labelled as Iron Blue.

Einion

 

[maschinist]

thank you, maybe it is marsblack ??!!
i will try to find the article again.
leopold

 

[megroot]

I think it is marsblack with silver printers inkt.

Marc

 

[maschinist]

thank you very much !
leopold

 

[Einion]

If it is Mars Black and you don't happen to have this colour don't worry, the specific black is unlikely to make that much difference.

Any black might do just as well here; I'd bet you could even follow the method perfectly well if you didn't own a black, instead using a mix you made yourself (e.g. Burnt Umber + French Ultramarine).

Einion

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

If it is Mars Black and you don't happen to have this colour don't worry, the specific black is unlikely to make that much difference.

Any black might do just as well here; I'd bet you could even follow the method perfectly well if you didn't own a black, instead using a mix you made yourself (e.g. Burnt Umber + French Ultramarine).

Einion

Always looking for outs on using black out the tube Einion,Burnt umber and ultramarine! do you care to elaborate on this.

Ron

 

[maschinist]

thank you very much for your helpfull answers. i' ll try with some different mixtures.
nice greetings from vienna, leopold

 

[Einion]

Always looking for outs on using black out the tube Einion...

No need to Ron. FWIW as I've advised people for years, if you mix your own black there will be scant difference between it and a tube black! Except for the obvious two things that it cost you more and you had to spend the time to mix it

If you're perhaps looking for something that might be described as a coloured black - appears to be black but with a colour 'underneath' - it's very simple to do this starting with a regular black paint and just tingeing it slightly with another colour, usually something transparent. Payne's Grey is the commonest example of this as it looks black but it's actually a very very dark blue (it's made of a blue plus some black) which you can see most clearly when it's mixed with white or used thinly.

Einion