The influence of light and relative humidity on the formation of epsomite in cadmium yellow and French ultramarine modern oil paints

Abstract The effect of relative humidity (RH) and light on the development of epsomite (MgSO4·7H2O) in Winsor & Newton cadmium yellow (CY) and French ultramarine (FU) artists’ oil colour paints was investigated. Tube paint samples were aged for 12 weeks at either 50% or 75% RH, under ambient lig...

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Main Authors: Jessie Harrison, Judith Lee, Bronwyn Ormsby, David J. Payne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-09-01
Series:Heritage Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-021-00569-2