Safe Painting
As the child of artists, throughout my life safety around materials has been paramount. When I was expecting my sons, I looked for ways to keep painting without using toxic materials. This led to the development of a plant-based oil painting medium and paints that do not use heavy metals as pigment sources. We do not use cadmium lead or otherwise toxic materials.
Beam Paints has joined the ACMI and through rigorous third party testing we have obtained our seal for all our colours, Our colours that we have been approved to conform to California Prop 65, LHAMA and ASTM-D4236 as per testing and toxicology reports by Duke University and ACMI the Art and Creative Materials Institute.
this testing is currently complete for our dry pan watercolors in the following colors listed alphabetically. We make our other paints with these same pigments but they have not yet completed testing. To be clear, choose only from this list for our approved colors.
Almost Night
Amethyst
Beach Rose
Beach Sand
Blueberry Mountain
Boreal Green
Bread,
Butter
Cherry Magenta
Classic Gold
Cream
Cub Brown
Dreamers Gold
Fall Poplar Yellow
Fiddlehead
Fireweed
Glacial Rivers
Graphite
Great OCean
Grey Ultra
Harvest Wheat
Ice Blue
Lilac
Limestone White (trillium)
Mars Black
Mars Violet
Milkweed
Red Clay (miskwaabigun)
Morning Peach
Mother Great Green
Pine
Prussian Blue
Pumpin
Pumpkin Spice
Rainforest
Robins Egg
Salish Sea
Shell
Silver
Sky Blue
Slate
Spring Green
Strawberry Red
Super Gold
Lake Huron Teal
Timberwolf
Turtlebelly
Violet
Wet Grizzly
Wild Rose
Wild Salmon
Wintery Night
We provide the pigment codes so you can make informed choices. When no pigment codes are available, it is an earth pigment or a pigment we have gathered ourselves.
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Odemin-Strawberry Red-PR170
Wiigwaasmin’aande-Cherry Magenta PR122
Mshikenh Misud-Turtle Belly- PR122, PY3
Maudji Nme’gonse-Wild Salmon PR170-Mica
Mars Violet-PR101
Beachsand- PR122- ethical mica
Chiigbii Giinii’aande-Beach Rose- PR122, PW6
Ginii Aande-Wild Rose-Pr122, PW6
Harvest Wheat-PY43
Kosmaan’aande-Pumpkin PY74, PR170
Qwejigun-Bread-PY43, PR170
Kizheb’aande-Morning Peach-PR74, PR170, PW6
Doodooshabo’aande-Cream PW6
Dwaagi’Azaadibuk’aande (fall poplar yellow, Hansa PY74)
Cloudless Sulphur-PY3 hansa light
Zhaawbmide-Butter PY74, PW6
Memmemgwanh Waaskoneh’aande -Milkweed (butterfly flower) PB15.1, PY74, PW6
Ziigwun’aande (spring green PB15.1 PY74)
Shingwauk’aande-Pine PB15.1 PY74
Salish Sea-PG7
Mtigwaaking-Boreal-PG17
Robins Egg Blue PG7, PW6
Lake Huron Teal PG7
Geygaa Naakshek'aande (almost night PB 15.1)
Mkwum Ziibiihns-Glacial Rivers- PB15.1, Ethical Mica
Prussian Blue-PB27
Gchigaaming’aande(Great Ocean PB29)
Giizhgaande-Sky Blue PB15.1, PW6
Mkwum’aande-Ice Blue PB29, PW6
Waaskonense -Violet (small flower) PB15.1, PV23
Miin’aande Azhbikoong (blueberry mountain )PV23
Gaatchi Waaskonense-Lavender (tiny small flower) PV23, PW6
Zhoomin’aande-Grape PV15
Chi’ngwaankwat-(Very Cloudy) Payne’s Grey-PB29, PY43, PR170
Ngwanquat-cloud Ultra grey- PB29, PY43, PR170, PW6
Zhiibiigun’Aazhbik-Slate ( society of French ochres earth)
Zhiibiigun’atik-Graphite PBK10
Bboon Naakshek-Wintery Night PB15.1, PY 164, ethical mica
Myhngun-Timberwolf-PB29-PY43
Awun (fog) Grey Ocher (Society of French Ochres earth)
Konse'aande-Cub Brown- PY164
Nibiiwzih Mkwuh- Wet Grizzly -Py 164, ethical mica
Mkdeh’aande Mars Black PBK11
Limestone White PW6
Orca- PBK10, mica
In all cases, there is no substitution for caution. Even the most inert substance is harmful when airborne as dust, and many compounds carry the risk of increased sensitivity over years of continued use.
Our basic safety motto is a bit humorous, but meant to engage your sensibility-
BE SAFE, DON'T EAT THE PAINT
In addition, do not smoke, use while eating, contact with skin, or sand without a respirator :)
Click here for Health Canada Tips on Safe Painting
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