GOLDEN HEAVY BODY ACRYLIC NEUTRAL GRAY N3 2 OZ

GOLDEN Heavy Body Acrylic Neutral Gray N3 is a very dark, precisely balanced neutral gray designed for artists who want dependable control over value without introducing a noticeable warm or cool color bias. 🩶🌑🎨 Sitting just above the darkest N2 in GOLDEN’s Neutral Gray range, N3 provides a deep neutral that is exceptionally useful for value studies, shadows, underpainting, tonal adjustments, and sophisticated dark mixtures. 🖌️⚖️✨

Precisely matched to Munsell Gray, N3 gives artists a reliable reference for exploring value relationships and building carefully controlled tonal structures. 📐🩶🎨 Its semi-opaque character provides useful coverage while retaining enough openness for layered applications, making it a versatile alternative when straight black feels too harsh or dominant. 🖤➡️🩶✨

COLOR CHARACTERISTICS 🩶🌑🎨

• Very dark Neutral Gray 🌑🩶

• Precisely matched to Munsell Gray 📐🎨

• Carefully balanced neutral character ⚖️

• Semi-opaque coverage 🖌️✨

• Satin sheen

• Excellent lightfastness ☀️🏆

• Excellent for controlled value adjustment 🌑🌗🌕

• Series 1 🎨

PAINT CHARACTERISTICS 🎨🖌️

• Thick Heavy Body consistency retains brushstrokes, tool marks, and impasto peaks 🖌️⛰️✨

• High pigment load provides rich, dependable color 💥🎨

• Semi-opaque character allows useful coverage while retaining versatility for layered applications ✨

• Deep neutral value provides an alternative to using straight black for every dark passage 🖤➡️🩶

• Can be extended or modified with GOLDEN mediums, gels, and pastes 🧪🎨

• Compatible with all GOLDEN acrylic products 🤝🌈

• Excellent for adjusting value while minimizing unwanted shifts in hue ⚖️🎨

IDEAL FOR 🩶🎨✨

• Value studies and tonal painting 🌑🌗🌕

• Grisaille and monochromatic work 🩶🖼️

• Deep shadows and dark neutral passages 🌑🖌️

• Adjusting the value of color mixtures 🎨⚖️

• Portrait and figure painting 👤🎨

• Underpainting and compositional studies ✏️🖼️

• Chromatic darks and sophisticated neutrals 🌈🌑

• Landscapes and atmospheric shadows 🌲🌫️

• Abstract and contemporary painting 💥🎨

• Artists working with Munsell-based color and value systems 📐🩶

• Anyone who wants DARK without immediately inviting black to take over the whole damn painting 😂🖤🚫🎨

CLEAN UP 🫧🚿
Wash hands, brushes, and tools after use with warm, soapy water. 🧼🖌️ Thin, dried acrylic may be dissolved with isopropyl alcohol, although pigments may stain some surfaces.

STORAGE 📦🌡️
Store between 50–85°F (10–30°C). Avoid repeated freezing and thawing or prolonged exposure to temperatures above 120°F (49°C). Keep the tube opening clean and securely closed to minimize water loss. 🔒🎨

SPECS 📋🎨

• Color: N3 Neutral Gray 🩶

• GOLDEN Color Number: 1443

• Pigments: PBk9, PW6 & PBr7

• PBk9 (77267): Amorphous Carbon produced by Charring Animal Bones

• PW6 (77891): Titanium Dioxide Rutile

• PBr7 (77491): Calcined Natural Iron Oxide

• Transparency: Semi-Opaque ✨

• Sheen: Satin

• Lightfastness: Excellent ☀️🏆

• Viscosity: 20,000–24,000 CPS

• Series: 1

• Munsell: 5.6P 3.3/0.1

• Size: 2 fl oz (59 mL)

• Manufacturer Item: 0001443-2

• UPC: 738797144323

FINAL NOTE 🩶🌑🎨
Neutral Gray N3 is for when you need things DARK but don't need black barging into the room and taking over everybody's fucking business. 😂🖤🚪 Sitting just above N2 on the value scale, this very dark neutral gives artists controlled depth, dependable value, and enough semi-opacity to remain beautifully versatile. 🌑⚖️🖌️ Whether it's shadows, tonal studies, underpainting, portraits, or sophisticated dark mixtures, N3 quietly handles its shit without introducing a bunch of unwanted color drama. 😂🩶📐🎨✨