Tri-Art High Viscosity - Raw Umber

Raw Umber is a classic staple of portrait and landscape painting. Raw Umber is most useful as a dark, cool, compliment when mixing neutral colours, especially skin tones. Our variation of Raw Umber has an earthy, green leaning undertone. All natural earth colours will vary slightly from batch to batch as they are unadulterated.

Pigment Code: PBr7
Formula: Single
Pigment Family: Mineral
Opacity: O
Lightfastness: 4.0
Sheen: M
Tinting Strength: Med
Staining Strength: Low-Non
Colour Bias: cool

Raw Umber is part of Tri-Art High Viscosity Professional Acrylic Paint, a heavy body acrylic with a thick, buttery consistency that holds brushstrokes and palette-knife texture. Built with high pigment loading and a fine grind, it stays bold and clean for impasto, scumbling, and confident brushwork.

Pigment profile: Single pigment colour (PBR7). Bias: Cool. Pigment family: Mineral. Opaque handling, strong coverage for solid passages, tints, and clean colour blocking. Medium tinting strength, mixes predictably across a wide range of palettes. Low to non-staining, forgiving in layered work and easier to lift while wet. Lightfastness rating: 4. Sheen: Matte.

• Pigments: PBR7
• Formula: Single
• Opacity: Opaque
• Colour bias: Cool
• Lightfastness: 4
• Sheen: Matte
• Tinting: Medium
• Staining: Low to non-staining

Pigment notes: Raw Umber is a classic staple of portrait and landscape painting. Raw Umber is most useful as a dark, cool, compliment when mixing neutral colours, especially skin tones.

Great for: Academic (Student), Portraiture, Landscape, Old Master, Mineral.