UMBERS
Umbers: CATHAY through its Division Hoover Color offers raw and burnt umber and sienna pigments of uncompromising quality. These pigments have semi-transparent properties making them ideal for use in wood and furniture stains.
RAW UMBERS
Raw Umber is excellent brown pigments popular in the stain industry due to their semi-transparency. Though not heat stable, they can be used to produce many warm gray tones. They are also used extensively by the dispersion houses to darken a color without seriously affecting its chromaticity.
BURNT UMBERS
Burnt Umbers offer the best value in brown pigments. These materials are in high demand in the stain industry because of their semi-transparency. Burnt Umbers have a reddish undertone and exhibit good heat stability.