Natural Titanium Dioxide bound with Ferric Oxides. This often has a buff or oyster shell color that can be nice in realistic painting. Buff Titanium as it is often called has reportedly high lightfastness, however Golden found a few anomalies in some of their lightfastness testing.
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Titanium White Buff
PW6:1
Pigment Description
Resources
PW6:1 pigment data from David G. Myers, The Color of Art Pigment Database, Artiscreation.comCAMEO Materials Database: Conservation & Art Materials Encyclopedia Online, Museum of Fine Arts Boston. (Accessed June 2043). Kaolin https://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Kaolin. Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
Stats
Lightfastness
Very Good but can vary
Though this tends to be rated as excellent for lightfastness, we have heard reports of it darkening
Transparency
Opaque
Tinting
Medium
Dry Time
Fast to Medium
Some dry in 2-7 days, others in 1-2 days
Chemical Name
Titanium Dioxide with iron oxide, may contain additional impurities
TiO₂ with iron oxide
Dry Pigments listing PW6:1
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