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Raman Identification of Yellow Synthetic Organic Pigments in Modern and Contemporary Paintings: Reference Spectra and Case Studies

Raman Identification of Yellow Synthetic Organic Pigments in Modern and Contemporary Paintings: Reference Spectra and Case Studies

Polonca Ropret, Silvia A Centeno, Peter Bukovec

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2008 Feb;69(2):486-97.

PMID: 17590389

Abstract:

The characterization of the binding media and pigments in modern and contemporary paintings is important for designing safe conservation treatments, as well as for determining suitable environmental conditions for display, storage and transport. Raman spectroscopy is a suitable technique for the in situ non-destructive identification of synthetic organic pigments in the presence of the complex binding media characteristic of synthetic resin paints or colour lithographic inks. The precise identification of a pigment by comparing its spectrum to that of a reference is necessary when conservation treatments with aqueous solutions or organic solvents are being considered for a work of art, since solubility properties can sometimes vary within the same pigment group. The Raman spectra of 21 yellow synthetic organic pigments, belonging to the monoazo, monoazo lakes, diarylide, disazo condensation, benzimidazolone, bisacetoacetarylide, azo-methine metal complex, isoindolinone and isoindoline groups are presented. Since modern artists frequently mixed paint developed for other applications, in addition to colorants developed as artists' paints, other synthetic organic pigments were included in the spectral database. Two monoazo pigments, Pigment Yellow 1 and Pigment Yellow 3, a benzimidazolone, Pigment Yellow 154 and a phthalocynanine, Pigment Green 7, were identified in sample cross-sections from four modern and contemporary paintings in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP6486233	Pigment Yellow 3		6486-23-3	Price

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