"Inorganic, natural earth—This is the purest and oldest form of the Lapis Lazuli pigment, a genuine earth from Afghanistan. Lapis was the inspiration for the modern synthetic ultramarine blue, whose colour is a deeper, less dirty blue than Lapis; the handling qualities are identical.
This is the blue that the Old Masters used for centuries. This pigment is expensive and rare. Lapis Lazuli and Azurite are a family of natural earth pigments and were the source of the famous blues of the Middle Ages.
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