Series 6

This new colour is It is made of naturally occurring minerals. The shungite Black colour is a deep, sparkling black with the highest lightfastness. Its pigment is extracted from real shungite to create a unique colour with both historical shungite pigment antiquity and sparkling light.

Shungites are ancient black rocks composed primarily of carbon and found only in Russia (such as Karelia), Northern Finland, and parts of India. Shungite has been used to produce black colour (icon-black painting) and in polished form for jewellery manufacturing.

Because the particle size of shungite black dry is not as finely ground as a regular carbon black, the colour stays metallic. Because of this, paints made from this pigment may feel coarse or gritty. This crystalline structure of this pigment also gives a subtle course quality to the cured paint, making it excellent for drawing back into to create mixed media artwork.

Matisse Structure Formula is a rich impasto acrylic paint. The intense, vibrant colours of the Structure Formula paints cover the full
colour spectrum, including several uniquely Australian colours.
Only the finest quality pigments and ingredients are selected for the Matisse range of premium acrylic colours. 
All have the highest lightfastness rating of ASTM 1 or 2 and are archival quality.