UA762 - Incinerated White

Incinerated White — the whitish ash of burned-out material

The ash left by a burned tarpaulin or rope is not white like paper. It has a grayish, dully extinguished cast that works more like dust than like a color, and that is exactly why ordinary white cannot stand in for it. Incinerated White from the Lifecolor acrylic range is the shade for this part, the light tone of the residue that stays behind after a fire.

Where whitish ash comes about

On fabric and hemp the fiber burns quickly and leaves almost nothing behind; what remains is a fine light coating that holds the shape of the original material until the wind blows it away. You will find a similar residue around extinguished fire pits, in places where wood has burned down, and at the edges of damaged parts of machinery. What is more, ash never lies evenly; it holds in recesses and sheltered places from which the air does not carry it off.

Use

• Light ash on the remains of burned canvas, nets and ropes.
• Extinguished fire pits and areas of ash in a diorama.
• The lightest point of the transition from undamaged material through the sooted zone all the way to ash.
• Dusty light deposits on dark areas where a fine coating is meant to show.

How to work with the shade

A thin, broken application on a dark base gives the best result. Ash is meant to show as a coating, not as a layer of paint, so it is best applied with an almost dry brush or with a light pass over the edges. Paired with the dark shade of the sooted zone, a transition comes about that makes the whole impression of a burned-out site.

The paint is acrylic and water-based, suitable for a brush as well as an airbrush.

Keep out of the reach of children. Stir the contents before use and ventilate when spraying.