(N° 073, Edition: June 2025)
Lira, Uganda

This carbon black pigment is made from carbonized groundnut shells from groundnuts grown near the studio (groundnuts are peanuts). The pigment is very light in weight, but rich and intense, and it mixes easily into paint. It is a slightly warm carbon black.

Groundnuts are easily grown around Lira, and they make a good snack after a long day of grinding and mulling and hauling. Pull them from the ground, wash them, then roast on the fire. When you are done, cook the shells until black, then make pigment from them!

(Groundnut Black: 20 ml = 8 g)