Colorful
Grape seed black
Composition and Properties of Grape Seed Black
Grape seed black is finely ground material obtained by carbonizing (charring) grape seeds. The pigment is very stable and lightfast as are all carbon blacks. and there are no known incompatibilities with other pigments.
Names
PBk 8, CI 77268Probably a back-formation from graper “steal; grasp; catch with a hook; pick (grapes),” from a Frankish or other Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic *krappon “hook,” From Online Etymology Dictionary
Preparation
Grape seed black is finely ground material obtained by carbonizing (charring) grape seeds.
History of Use
Pliny mentions in his writings that the black pigment of antiquity was prepared by charring of grape seeds. Later they made charcoal from wood or used coal or soot directly as a pigment (1).
