Art Spectrum Oil 40ml S1 - Mars Black

Art Spectrum Mars Black 40ml is a powerful, opaque black with strong covering power, perfect for bold contrasts, dramatic shadows, and confident brushwork. Compared to softer blacks like Ivory Black, Mars Black is more assertive and faster drying, making it ideal for underpainting and graphic, high-contrast work. Art Spectrum is Australian made, world renowned, and known for producing high-quality professional paints trusted by artists worldwide.

Mixing & Usage:
Mars Black mixes beautifully with Titanium White to create a wide range of cool and neutral greys, with Burnt Sienna or Burnt Umber for deep, warm browns, and with Ultramarine or Phthalo Blue for intense blue-blacks. Its strong opacity makes it excellent for covering, correcting, and building solid dark areas in portraits, landscapes, still life, and abstract compositions. Use it where you need reliable coverage and crisp, decisive darks.

Key Features / Technical Info:

• Professional-grade Art Spectrum artists’ oil colour

• Strong, opaque black ideal for bold contrasts and solid darks

• Pigment: PBk11 (Mars Black)

• Series: 1

• Opacity: Opaque

• Faster-drying than many other blacks – great for underpainting

• Excellent lightfastness for long-lasting, stable colour

• Refined linseed oil binder for a smooth, buttery consistency

• Versatile mixing colour for greys, deep browns, and intense blue-blacks

• 40ml tube – ideal for compact palettes or travel sets

Why artists choose Art Spectrum:
Art Spectrum artists’ oil colours are Australian made, world renowned, and valued for their rich pigments, reliable lightfastness, and buttery, workable consistency – trusted by students, hobbyists, and professional painters alike.