Fun story with this paint, I bought a paint called Lac Dye made from the bugs, but it was not a lake pigment mulled into watercolor like I thought it would be (fun fact this pigments is where we get the term lake pigment and lacquer) it was just bug bits mulled in binder and was awful. So I soaked the pigment to get the binder off, steeped it in hot water until the bug bits no longer gave color, and then make it into a lake like it should have been from the beginning. And now the color is beautiful and worth pursuing. I don't ask much, I just feel if someone is going to offer paints for sale that the do the barest level of research before selling, but maybe that is just me. Anyway, people should research Lac Dye, it has a very fascinating history as a paint, dye, and varnish.
