Rublev Colours Pigment Titanium-Calcium White - 100 g

Titanium dioxide pigment provides maximum whiteness and opacity in paint. It gives paint high hiding power, meaning the ability to mask or hide the substrate underneath. Today, titanium dioxide pigment is by far the most important material used by the paints industry for whiteness and opacity. These unique properties are derived from the refractive index of titanium dioxide. The refractive index expresses the ability to bend and scatter light. Titanium dioxide has the highest refractive index of any material known to man, greater even than diamond. To take advantage of this property, titanium dioxide must be mined, refined, and ground to fine, uniform particle size. Titanium dioxide white pigments are developments of the 20th century, and because of their high hiding power, low toxicity, and reasonable cost, they have eclipsed other traditional white pigments.

Warning: Titanium dioxide pigments have been produced and processed for nearly a century and no acute or chronic harmful effects attributable to titanium dioxide have become known. Titanium dioxide is not considered to be hazardous, but care should be used in handling the dry powder pigment to avoid inhaling the dust.