Paint that answers your touch. Four thermochromic acrylic paints, mixed and tubed by hand in my London studio, that turn transparent at 31°C, the warmth of a hand. The same paints I use in The Cave.
For 20 years I've worked with colour that moves. This set brings it into your hands. I mix every batch myself, blending thermochromic pigment into an acrylic medium and filling each 14ml tube by hand.
Each paint holds a thermochromic pigment: tiny capsules that respond to temperature. Below 31°C you see the colour. Warm it with a hand, a breath or a mug of tea, and it turns transparent, revealing whatever lies beneath. As it cools, the colour slowly returns.
Paint a base layer in any acrylic colour you like, then add the colour-change paint over the top or mix your acrylic colour into the colour change paint.
Your touch becomes the brush: a warm handprint reveals the hidden colour, then fades away again.
These are the paints I use in The Cave, where colour becomes a symbolic language for what's hard to put into words. You don't need to be an artist. The paint does the surprising part; you just notice what it shows you, and what it stirs in you.
Choose your formula:
Paper & Canvas: thermochromic pigment in a matte acrylic medium. Dries to a soft matte finish.
Wood & Metal: thermochromic pigment in a hard-wearing clear varnish base, for surfaces that get handled.
What's in the set:
4 × 14ml tubes of thermochromic acrylic paint: red, yellow, blue and black
Each colour turns transparent at 31°C
A QR code to the guided audio meditation
You'll also need: an acrylic paint for your base layer if you want a base colour (not included), and paper, canvas, wood or metal.
How to use:
Paint your base colour in ordinary acrylic and let it dry.
Paint the colour-change layer over the top in thin, even coats, letting each one dry.
Warm it with your hands and watch the base colour appear.
Finish with UV Protective Coating for lasting colour change.
