Opaque paint box

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Logo of the German Institute for Standardization DIN 5023
Area School system
title Opaque paint box
Latest edition 2.1989
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A paint box , as a covering color-painting box (colloquially Tuschkasten or school paint box) denotes a is paint box , the water-soluble opaque colors in the form contains color tablets and, inter alia, in school teaching practice the art education is used.

Shades

In Germany , an opaque paint box according to DIN standard DIN 5023: 1989-02 contains twelve colors , including the primary colors yellow , magenta and cyan blue as well as orange , vermilion , violet , ultramarine , blue-green , yellow-green , ocher yellow , burnt sienna , black and a tube of opaque white .

The same composition is specified in Austria by ÖNORM A 2140.

The second palette with another 12 colors is common: lemon yellow , Indian yellow , flesh color , carmine red , cobalt blue , Berlin blue , turquoise blue , French green , olive green , dark ocher , umber and gray .

In 1989, DIN 5023 replaced DIN 5021, which was then more than 30 years old. Changes compared to the previous DIN 5021 were the addition of magenta, cyan and violet; older paint boxes had carmine red , Prussian blue and umber and a different arrangement of colors.

Particular importance of the primary colors

The primary colors yellow , magenta and cyan blue are of particular importance for art lessons, as they can be used to mix different nuances of the secondary colors orange, green and violet. The color tones can be lightened or darkened by adding black or (opaque) white. The color theory according to Johannes Itten can also be modeled through the three primary colors and the color wheel can be reproduced.

  • Color arrangement in the opaque paint box according to DIN 5023

  • A copy of a work by Van Gogh painted by a student with the thinner colors of the opaque paint box, which was painted with the more viscous oil paint .

Further equipment and information

In addition, bristle brushes , a vessel with water and a painting pad with suitable paper are part of the equipment when painting with the paint box .

In contrast to the viscous oil paints , the water-soluble opaque paints have a thinner consistency, so that precise work is more difficult.

literature

  • Cornelius Steckner: Bauhaus and DIN 5023, in: red. green. blue. Experiment in Farbe & Licht, Ed. Konrad Scheurmann, TU Ilmenau 2008, pp. 84–89. ISBN 978-3-9811758-5-1