Materials

What Is Pigment? Colorant That Stays a Particle

A pigment is a finely divided, relatively insoluble colorant suspended in a binder. How that differs from dye, what a lake is, and why conservators care.

Acrylic vs Oil Paint on Canvas: Drying Time and Handling

Oil paint is slow-drying pigment in drying oil; acrylic is water-based plastic paint popular since the 1960s. Tate definitions compared for canvas work.