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matte, hides the support by light scatter, and - in gum-bound grades - remains redispersible with water.", "scope_statement": "This model owns gouache paint as a material, including its formulation, supplied and working states, covering behaviour, interaction with supports and response after drying; it records acrylic gouache as a formulation boundary requiring explicit identification.", "in_scope": [ "Identification of the paint and its declared binder, pigments and formulation family", "Supplied consistency, dilution, mixing and brush application behaviour", "Opacity, colour and surface appearance under recorded application conditions", "Drying, water reactivation and disturbance during layering", "Material deterioration, recoverability and formulation-specific handling constraints" ], "out_of_scope": [ "The composition, meaning, authorship and value of a finished artwork", "Manufacture and condition of brushes, palettes and other painting tools", "Independent specifications and 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not establish mixing behaviour, permanence or handling constraints." }, { "name": "Supplied and current paint form", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "paste | fluid | moist cake | dry cake | dried residue | other observed form", "why_it_matters": "Separates an intended dry presentation from accidental drying and determines preparation needs." }, { "name": "Working dilution", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "added water mass per paint mass, g/g, with the starting paint state recorded", "why_it_matters": "Makes observations of flow and covering behaviour interpretable." }, { "name": "Coverage at working conditions", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "transparent | partially covering | covering; record support, dilution and coat conditions", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether the paint can obscure an underlayer or must be used as a translucent wash." }, { "name": "Wet-to-dry colour change", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "paired colour readings or colour difference under a named method and lighting condition", "why_it_matters": "Supports colour matching using the intended final dry appearance." }, { "name": "Dried surface sheen", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "matte | satin | glossy | uneven; record viewing and application conditions", "why_it_matters": "Supports appearance matching and detection of unexpected surface variation." }, { "name": "Water reactivation response", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "readily reactivates | partly reactivates | no observed reactivation | untested; record drying age and test", "why_it_matters": "Determines whether dried paint can be reused, lifted or disturbed by a wet overlayer." }, { "name": "Support compatibility", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "paint formulation linked to a tested support and preparation, with observed adhesion and surface response", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a successful application on one support from being assumed valid on another." }, { "name": "Paint 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fillers, and handling faults of gouache and bodycolour." }, { "id": "astm-d4236", "title": "ASTM D4236 Standard Practice for Labeling Art Materials for Chronic Health Hazards", "url": "", "what_it_supports": "The principal U.S. chronic-hazard labeling practice that artist and student gouache sold there is required to follow." }, { "id": "wikidata-q204330", "title": "gouache (Q204330)", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204330", "what_it_supports": "Wikidata item commonly used as a cross-catalogue identifier for gouache.", "url_status": "live" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "gouache-identity-and-formulation", "name": "Gouache identity and formulation", "description": "Establishes what the paint is and which formulation-dependent behaviours may be expected.", "rationale": "Gouache can be confused with neighbouring paint types, and similar product names do not guarantee the same binder or reactivation behaviour.", "layers": [ { "id": "product-and-material-identity", "name": "Product and material identity", "description": "Connects the observed material to its declared product identity and composition.", "findings": [ { "id": "formulation-evidence", "name": "Formulation evidence", "description": "Record the declared paint family, binder and pigment information, separating documented information from inference.", "questions": [ { "text": "What label or technical information identifies this material as gouache and specifies its binder?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "formulation-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which pigment identifiers and formulation details are declared for this particular colour?", "kind": "definition", "id": "formulation-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "neighbouring-paint-boundaries", "name": "Neighbouring paint boundaries", "description": "Evaluates ambiguity with acrylic gouache, opaque watercolour, poster paint and tempera.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-discrimination", "name": "Identity discrimination", "description": "Use documentation and limited swatch tests together, retaining ambiguity where their results overlap.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence separates this paint from opaque watercolour, poster paint or tempera?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "identity-discrimination-q01" }, { "text": "Does the declared binder and observed dried-swatch water response require acrylic-gouache-specific handling?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "identity-discrimination-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "coverage-and-dried-colour", "name": "Coverage and dried colour", "description": "Records how the paint covers underlying colour and what appearance remains after drying.", "rationale": "An agent must distinguish colour in the container from the appearance and covering performance of an applied gouache passage.", "layers": [ { "id": "covering-performance", "name": "Covering performance", "description": "Assesses opacity under explicit dilution, support and coat conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "conditional-opacity", "name": "Conditional opacity", "description": "Treat coverage as an observed application result rather than a universal property of every gouache colour.", "questions": [ { "text": "How much of a light-and-dark test pattern remains visible through a dried coat at the intended dilution?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditional-opacity-q01" }, { "text": "What dilution or additional coat achieves the required coverage without unacceptable surface buildup?", "kind": "action", "id": "conditional-opacity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "dry-appearance", "name": "Dry appearance", "description": "Compares wet and dry colour and evaluates the resulting surface sheen.", "findings": [ { "id": "dry-colour-reference", "name": "Dry colour reference", "description": "Maintain a dried swatch reference for matching colour and finish under the intended viewing conditions.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do lightness, hue and saturation change between the wet application and its dry swatch?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "dry-colour-reference-q01" }, { "text": "Is the dried surface sufficiently matte and uniform for the intended passage?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "dry-colour-reference-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "working-consistency-and-mixing", "name": "Working consistency and mixing", "description": "Connects the supplied paint state to a usable brush mixture and repeatable colour mixtures.", "rationale": "Gouache preparation must balance brush flow, coverage and the condition of paint taken from a tube, cake or palette residue.", "layers": [ { "id": "water-and-brush-response", "name": "Water and brush response", "description": "Records controlled preparation and its effect on application.", "findings": [ { "id": "usable-working-mixture", "name": "Usable working mixture", "description": "Identify a preparation that gives the required brush release and coverage for the intended mark.", "questions": [ { "text": "What starting paint state and added-water ratio produce the 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"drying-reworking-and-supports", "name": "Drying, reworking and supports", "description": "Determines how an applied passage behaves during drying, later wetting and contact with its support.", "rationale": "Layering and correction depend on whether the underlying paint moves, lifts or remains attached under the next operation.", "layers": [ { "id": "rewetting-and-overpainting", "name": "Rewetting and overpainting", "description": "Assesses reactivation and the effect of wet brushwork over a dried passage.", "findings": [ { "id": "underlayer-disturbance", "name": "Underlayer disturbance", "description": "Record the conditions under which water or overpainting moves an existing paint layer.", "questions": [ { "text": "After a recorded drying interval, how much colour lifts or moves under a controlled damp-brush test?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "underlayer-disturbance-q01" }, { "text": "What brush moisture, pressure and number of passes permit the intended overpainting or correction?", "kind": "action", "id": "underlayer-disturbance-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "paint-support-interface", "name": "Paint-support interface", "description": "Evaluates the applied paint on a specific support and surface preparation.", "findings": [ { "id": "adherence-and-layer-integrity", "name": "Adherence and layer integrity", "description": "Record beading, powdering, cracking, flaking or other visible failures without assigning an unverified cause.", "questions": [ { "text": "On which support and preparation was adherence and dried-layer integrity assessed?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "adherence-and-layer-integrity-q01" }, { "text": "Does the intended coat thickness remain intact during the handling or flexing expected for this support?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "adherence-and-layer-integrity-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "paint-condition-and-retention", "name": "Paint condition and retention", "description": "Assesses whether stored or leftover gouache remains usable 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"note": "Artists' colours in other forms; sets of watercolours are often 3213.10 rather than gouache tubes." }, { "scheme": "CAS (binder, not the paint)", "value_or_pattern": "9000-01-5", "note": "Gum arabic in traditional formulations; acrylic gouache uses emulsion polymers instead." }, { "scheme": "Colour Index", "value_or_pattern": "C.I. 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Constitution numbers of the colourants in a given tube", "note": "Identifies pigments in a product, not gouache as a class." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of gouache paint this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "ASTM D4236 (ASTM International) / U.S. Labeling of Hazardous Art Materials Act (15 U.S.C. §1277): chronic-hazard labeling of art materials, including gouache.", "ACMI AP (and former CL) certification (Art and Creative Materials Institute), evaluated against ASTM D4236.", "EN 71-3 (CEN) and ISO 8124-3: migration of certain elements, applied when school poster colour / gouache is sold as a toy or for young children.", "Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 REACH (EU): registration and restriction of substances (pigments, preservatives, extenders) in the formulation.", "California Proposition 65 (OEHHA): warning duties for listed pigments such as certain cadmium and lead compounds in some professional colours." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of gouache paint this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Graphic design, poster, and illustration comps where flat, camera-ready opaque colour is needed.", "Fine-art painting and mixed water-media, including highlights and corrections in watercolour (bodycolour).", "Fashion, botanical, and scientific illustration; historical animation and cel/background painting.", "Art-school still-life and colour-training (especially in Eastern Europe and parts of Asia).", "Plein-air and urban sketching in pans or tubes.", "Children's and classroom poster colour.", "Scale models, miniatures, and matte scenic/prop work where a non-gloss film is wanted." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of gouache paint this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Retail tube fill (artist lines)", "typical_range": "14-15 (some brands 20-37)", "unit": "mL" }, { "quantity": "Wet-paint pH (gum/chalk grades)", "typical_range": "about 7-9", "unit": "pH" }, { "quantity": "Lightfastness of the colourant", "typical_range": "ASTM I-II in serious artist lines; III-V or unrated for many fluorescents and student reds/pinks", "unit": "ASTM lightfastness class (or Blue Wool 1-8)" }, { "quantity": "Specular gloss of the dry film", "typical_range": "matte, generally well below satin acrylics; often described as near-zero sheen", "unit": "gloss units (typically 85° geometry if instrumented)" }, { "quantity": "Practical gum-film thickness before cracking", "typical_range": "thin washes to low-build layers; cracking common in millimetre-scale impasto", "unit": "mm" }, { "quantity": "Dry value shift", "typical_range": "noticeable lightening versus the wet mass-tone (the familiar 'dries lighter' effect)", "unit": "dimensionless (visual); ΔL* if measured" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of gouache paint this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "Brittle cracking, flaking, or powdering when gum-arabic films are applied too thick or on a flexing support.", "Rewetting: later water-media lifts or muddies underlayers; finished work remains vulnerable to moisture and abrasion.", "Dry-lightening and chroma drop that make wet colour-matching unreliable.", "Fugitive colour, especially fluorescent, some lakes, and cheap student pigments.", "Mold in pans or dried pots if the preservative system is weak or the box is stored damp.", "Poor adhesion over oily, waxy, or some acrylic films; conversely, water from gouache disturbs soluble underlayers.", "Inhalation or ingestion hazard from toxic historical or professional pigments (cadmium, cobalt, and, in old bodycolour, lead white) and from dust if a dry film is sanded.", "Contact allergy to isothiazolinone and similar in-can preservatives in some modern tubs." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of gouache paint this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; 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