Modern organic black pigment. Very deep in full tone, close to a Russian green in glazes. Produces green-tinged grey tones when mixed with white. Atrament was the name for a very cold black in Roman times.

Schmincke Mussini oils are a unique range of high-quality oil colours that use natural resin binders instead of conventional oil binders. This provides a luminous shine and ensures excellent colour stability.

The recipe of Mussini oil colours is based on the oil paint formulations of the Old Masters. There are 108 colours in the range, including 7 gold shades. All of these offer intense pigment saturation and maximum lightfastness. 64 of the shades are single pigment shades, which are particularly easy to use when colour mixing.