Drying Rates & Transparencies

 

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Please keep in mind that the drying rate chart only applies to the Pigment Sticks;  encaustic paint does not have a drying time.  The transparency chart applies to both Pigment Sticks and encaustics.

Key to Drying Rates

Light Stroke Firm Stroke Impasto Stroke

  Key to Color Transparency

 

 

Light stroke

Firm Stroke

Impasto Stroke

O

Opaque

A - Very Fast

1-2 days

1-2 days

2-4 days

ST

Semi-Transparent

B - Fast

2-4 days

3-7 days

5-10 days

T

Transparent

C - Medium

6-9 days

7-12 days

14-17 days

   

D - Slow

7-12 days

12-16 days

15-27 days

   

E - Very Slow

10-12 days

16-30 days

28-50 days

   

E+ - Off Chart

45 days

70 days

90 days

   

Alizarin Crimson

D

T

Alizarin Orange

E

T

Azure Blue

D

O

Brilliant Yellow X-Pale

E

O

Brown Pink

C

T

Burnt Sienna

B

ST

Burnt Umber

A

ST

Cadmium Green

B

O

Cadmium Green Pale

C

O

Cadmium Lemon

C

O

Cadmium Orange

E

O

Cadmium Red Deep

E

O

Cadmium Red Light

E

O

Cadmium Red Medium

E

O

Cadmium Yellow Deep

E

O

Cadmium Yellow Light

C

O

Cadmium Yellow Med.

C

O

Celadon Green

D

O

Cerulean Blue

B

ST

Cerulean X-Pale

C

O

Chromium Oxide Green

E

O

Cobalt Blue

B

O

Cobalt Green Light

B

ST

Cobalt Turquoise

B

ST

Cobalt Violet Deep

B

ST

Cobalt Violet Light

E

T

Cobalt Yellow

A

T

Courbet Green

B

ST

Dianthus Pink

D

O

 

Egyptian Violet

E

T

French Mauve Blue

D

O

French Mauve Red

E

O

Graphite Grey

E

O

Green Earth

C

T

Green Gold

C

T

Indian Yellow

E

T

Indigo

A

ST

Int. Carbon Black

E+

ST

Iridescent Brass

D

ST

Iridescent Bronze

D

O

Iridescent Copper

D

O

Irid. German Silver

D

ST

Iridescent Gold

D

ST

Iridescent Pearl

C

ST

Iridescent Pewter

C

O

Iridescent Silver

D

ST

Ivory Black

D

O

Jaune Brillant

E

O

King’s Blue

C

O

Lamp Black

E+

ST

Manganese Blue

 

T

Manganese Violet

B

ST

Mars Black

C

ST

Mars Orange

C

O

Mars Red

D

O

Mars Violet

C

O

Mars Yellow Deep

C

O

Mars Yellow Light

D

O

Naples Yellow

E

O

 

 

Neutral Grey Deep

A

ST

Neutral Grey Light

A

ST

Neutral Grey Medium

A

ST

Neutral Grey Pale

A

ST

Neutral White

B

O

Payne’s Grey

B

ST

Phthalo Blue

D

T

Phthalo Green

B

T

Phthalo Turquoise

D

T

Prussian Blue

B

ST

Quinacridone Magenta

E

T

Quinacridone Red

C

T

Raw Sienna

B

ST

Raw Umber

B

ST

Rose Madder

D

T

Sanguine Earth Deep

B

ST

Sanguine Earth Light

B

ST

Sanguine Earth Med.

B

ST

Sap Green

C

T

Sepia

C

ST

Titanium-Zinc White

C

O

Turkey Umber Greenish

A

ST

Turquoise Blue

C

O

Ultramarine Blue

E

ST

Ultramarine Violet

C

ST

Veronese Green

C

O

Viridian

B

ST

Warm Pink

E

O

Warm Rose

D

O

Zinc White

C

ST

 

 

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