BMC

ASSIGNMENT
PAINTS
VISHALI
VAISHALI
AKSHAYA
AFRAH
DHEENU
 PAINT
SUBSTANCE COMPOSED OF SOLID COLORING MATTER
SUSPENDED IN A LIQUID MEDIUM AND APPLIED AS A
PROTECTIVE OR DECORATIVE COATING TO VARIOUS
SURFACES.

Classification of paints with respect to the binding agent used:

Mineral paints,casein paints,Distempers, Dispersion paints
Dispersion paints are the classic interior
paints, they can be easily applied with a roller.
 INGREDIENTS OF NATURAL PAINT
NATURAL PAINTS CONSIST MAINLY OF BINDING AGENTS SUCH AS
OILS,RESINS OR WAXES,SOLVENTS AND PIGMENTS.
BROWN AND RED EARTH,WHITE CHALK,GROUND STONES AND
SULPHUR COMPOUNDS PROVIDE THE RANGE OF COLORS
USED IN NATURAL ENAMELS. ARTIFICIAL INGREDIENTS SUCH AS
TITANIUM OXIDES ARE USED.VARIOUS VEGETABLES AND
CITRUS OIL FORM THE BASIS FOR NATURAL PAINTS.
PLANTS ARE SOURCE FOR COLOR
MANY NATURAL PLANTS CONTAIN VEGETABLE PIGMENTS .
SOME ARE OBTAINED FROM EXOTIC PLANTS SUCH AS
SANDALWOOD,OAKAPPLES AND SAFFLOWER
 A LONG TRADITION OF PAINTS
THE BEST ALTERNATIVE TO DISPERSION PAINTS ARE CASEIN PAINTS
MADE OF MILK PROTEIN,BOROX AND LIME.THEY GIVE PLEASANT
MATTE WHITE AS WELL AS COLORED SURFACES.CASEIN PAINTS HAVE
BEEN USED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.IT CAN BE USED BOTH
INDOORS AND OUT.THEIR DURABILITY CAN BE JUDGED FROM THE
ANCIENT TECHNIQUES OF FRESCO PAINTINGS ON THE CEILING OF
THE ST.MICHAEL’S KIRCHE IN HILDESHIEM GERMANY WHICH HAVE
LASTED FOR 800 YEARS. CASEIN PAINTS ARE OPEN PORED AND HAVE
GOOD DIFFUSION PROPERTIES AND CAN BE DISPERSED OF EASILY

As long ago as 38000 B.C., people used paints made from

soot, earth and animal fat to adorn their walls of their caves.
 PAINTS IN RECENT TIMES
• We’ve come a long way when it comes to paint. From Stone Age man
first discovering the colourful potential in rocks through to oil paints of
the renaissance, mass production in the Industrial Revolution right
through to the advent of acrylic paints in the 1940s ,developments have
helped us to use paint in bigger and better ways.
• The easiest wall paints to use are the dispersion paints, sometimes called
the latex paints. They are well suited to painting interior walls, stick well
to plaster and wood and can be wiped and even washed.
• Oil based enamel paints are used for windows, doors and frames.
Nanocoating’ — a paint
made from coated
titanium dioxide
nanoparticles — can
actually help to create
‘self-cleaning’
waterproof surfaces.
POWER OF COLOR IN ARCHITECTURE
JODHPUR IS FAMOUS FOR IT’S BOLD BLUE COLOR BUILDINGS
Blue color have been associated with Lord Shiva and there were lot of Brahmin followers of Shiva , they consider
blue color to be sacred.
Blue color has psychologically most soothing effect.
Since blue color reflects most of the heat .Thus this could be the most important reasons for keeping home cooler in
the city of jodhpur which is one the city of India receiving highest solar power per unit area .
This blue color paint is mixture of limestone and Copper Sulphate mixed in water and applied directly to the walls
inside as well as outside homes thereby copper sulphate imparting its Rich Blue color .
Since the limestone is easily available in the vicinity of jodhpur due to this is the cheapest option .
There are two possible geographical reasons for color being blue
a) Copper is an abundant mineral in Rajasthan thus copper sulphate may be easily available at that time .

b) Indigo Plantation :- There have been historical evidences of Indigo Plantation in Jodhpur and nearby region
Indigo dye thus have been used for imparting blue color