They are creamy pastel colors. Great idea! Aaargghhh! The indigos listed here shift toward a perfect metallic gray (DS) or pale green gray (MaimeriBlu) when applied as diluted washes. – and the pastels are gorgeous. Sorry ;). The color and texture can be approximated by ultramarine (PB29) mixed with a small amount of phthalo blue (PB15:3). Winsor & Newton's pair of ultramarines are slightly lighter valued, greener in hue and more transparent than other brands, and produce some of the most pronounced (and lovely) wash pigment textures. As a result, a large number of proprietary or geographic names (prussian blue, berlin blue, erlangen blue, hamburg blue, haarlem blue, oriental blue, persian blue, paris blue, milori blue, gas blue, saxon blue, cyanine blue, leitch's blue, potash blue, turnbull's blue, etc.) Available cobalt blue pigments are fairly consistent across manufacturers, with some variation in texture, chroma, value, and hue shift. Pens and Ink for Artistic Applications, DOODLEWASH REVIEW: Schmincke 2017 Custom Set & New Colors, REVIEW: Hahnemühle The Collection Watercolour Blocks and Sketch Pads. Never Miss A Moment Of The Adventure! The ASTM (1999) rates its lightfastness in watercolors as "excellent" (I), and all manufacturer and independent tests agree. Holbein’s Artist Watercolor Color Chart. I also put the other book you list in this post on my Amazon list. Holbein Artists' Watercolors are imported from Japan, a country with the oldest professional watercolor tradition in the world. The best mixing complements for cerulean blue (depending on hue) are venetian red (PR101), burnt sienna or burnt umber (PBr7). The span of hues ranges from the warm, moderately saturated M. Graham cerulean blue to the cool, dull Daniel Smith cobalt turquoise another instance of the poor relationship between the color index name and the color appearance of pigments. You can also mix phthalo turquoise with ultramarine blue (PB29) or quinacridone violet (PV19) for some really celestial dark blues and blue violets. Watercolors not on 238 dot card. We’re talking watercolor books here, so what do those words mean? PB60 is a useful alternative to dioxazine violet (PV23) for a dark blue violet color; by itself it is also an effective indigo or payne's gray hue in tints (see the recipe for synthetic black described under indigo paints). This makes the cobalt cerulean and turquoise paints in many respects the "earth colors" on the cool side of the palette, providing texture, color stability, and muting effect to the brighter and more strongly tinting synthetic organic pigments. My local art store, and many brick and mortar shops sell 15ml. The classification they use do describe this is “Moderately Durable.” For a more technical look at this brand, see Handprint.com. TOP 40 PIGMENT Indanthrone blue PB60 is a lightfast to very lightfast, semiopaque, heavily staining, very dark valued, dull blue violet pigment, available from 13 pigment manufacturers worldwide. They have it on order, so I put it on hold. Download our Watercolor Pigments and Characteristics Listing. My first palette set. I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Blockx blockx blue dissolves less evenly and is inert wet in wet; however, it is the dullest and darkest phthalo tested here (the Rowney Artists RS is much more saturated but with the same hue). I left them in because if we are looking at paint, we may as well look at them all. HK Holbein Inc is a professional Corporation. I think we should look into the manufacture of teeny tiny bento boxes for watercolorists-we’d make a killing!! I have tried several brands, but primarily use Holbein and will sometimes use a few Daniel Smith […], […] version as I am only 5’ 3”. Continuing with the Rowney Artists nonstandard naming choices for cobalt pigments, the Rowney Artists cobalt green deep is actually a cobalt turquoise, more concentrated (opaque) and darker valued than the other brands. I love bright colors! by Hoang Huyen Anh, Doodlewash® ~ BEGINNER'S WATERCOLOR TUTORIAL: "Landscape In Earth And Blue" by Cristina Mazzoni, Doodlewash® ~ GUEST ARTIST: "Painting With Emotion" by Chang Hong Bin, Doodlewash® ~ GUEST ARTIST: "Living The Life I Paint" by Kathy Delumpa Allegri, Doodlewash® ~ GUEST ARTIST: "Memories of Moments and Thoughts" by Karolina Szablewska, Doodlewash® ~ GUEST ARTIST: "Memories, Time Periods, Time Traveler" by Thomas Mühlbauer, Doodlewash® ~ GUEST ARTIST: "A Gift From God" by Claudia Polena, GUEST ARTIST: “Painting My Passions, Creating Memories” by Barbara Rosenzweig ~ Doodlewash®, GUEST ARTIST: "My Whimsical Journey" by Jiaqi He ~ Doodlewash®, TUTORIAL: How to Paint a Watercolor Silhouette ~ Doodlewash®, GUEST ARTIST: "Conjuring Dreams Out Of Thin Air" by James Gurney ~ Doodlewash®.