Falu red

Falun red (in Swedish Falu Rödfärg or Faluröd ) or Schwedenrot is produced in Sweden red paint for outdoor use. The term Falun red refers to the Swedish Falun place and its known, has been closed since 1992 copper mine. The name and the Falu Falu Rödfärg Rödfärg logo are registered and protected trademarks of the manufacturer Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags AB.

According to the manufacturer, the color corresponds to about NCS S 5040 - Y80R. This manufacturer offers the classic red color ( Röd ) a lighter variant ( bright red, Ljusröd ). This corresponds approximately to NCS S 5040 - Y70R and, according to his statement, the predominant color in the 18th century have been. In Webdefinitionssprachen there is no name for Falun red.

History

The recovered from the tailings of the copper mining in Falun Falun red pigment was in the 16th century popular as exterior painting, as it prevailing in Sweden wooden houses gave a color that reminded her of the brick buildings of wealthy Europeans.

End of the 19th century, the red color was popular in all walks of life, and they anchored in the time of the Swedish national romanticism thanks to painters such as Carl Larsson from Sundborn in Falun in the minds of Sweden. The red color has been over the centuries to Sweden's national color in house construction [ evidence ?] And has remained the traditional color for wooden buildings in rural areas today.

Production and Properties

The pigments are contained iron oxide with traces of silicates of aluminum, zinc, copper and lead. The pigment mixture used is obtained since 1616 as a by-product of the (1992 decommissioned ) copper mining in Falun. The main ingredient is weathered, lean copper ore, which is also called Rotmulm and as residue of copper ore is available in large quantities. The pigments are traditionally dispersed in aqueous solution processed to the finished coating. Due to the Eisenvitriols contained the coating acts wood preserving. As the binder used starch paste and linseed oil.