PR176 is a deep, pinky red is often suggested as an alternative to fugitive Alizarin Crimson (PR83). Mission Gold calls it Rose Madder, and Daniel Smith calls it Carmine.
Color Spotlight: Carmine (PR176)
Archives: Color Spotlights
Color Spotlight: Naples Yellow Deep (PBr24)
Naples yellow was historically made from lead-tin yellow (PY41), a toxic pigment that has fallen out of favor since the late 19th century when synthetic replacements began to overtake it. Presently, watercolors sold as Naples Yellow are either mixes (usually involving cadmium orange and white), or they’re made from PBr24. That’s what I’ll be looking at today. It’s an opaque, butter-yellow pigment that looks to me like a brighter version of Yellow Ochre.
Color Spotlight: Imidazolone Brown (PBr25)
A single pigment transparent brown with a distinct warm reddish undertone. Experiment Results Hue: A brown with a red/pink/coral cast, especially in midtone. Gradient: Smooth, strong, non-granulating. Transparency: Transparent. Color Mixes: A range of reddish browns. Neutralizes blues. Comparison to Other Colors Less orange (more red) than earth oranges like Burnt Sienna, Transparent Red Oxide, … Read more
Color Spotlight: Raw Sienna (PBr7)
Raw Sienna is one of the traditional earth tones made from PBr7. It’s an earth yellow-orange, more yellow than Burnt Sienna but typically more orange than Yellow Ochre (PY42). Lightfastness Four months of light seem to have had no effect on this. Great! Comparison to Other Colors Da Vinci – Raw Sienna Deep (PY42) This … Read more
Color Spotlight: Cascade Green (PBr7+PB15)
A combination of blue and brown that results in a granulating cool green with flecks of gold-brown and teal blue.
Color Spotlight: Quinacridone Fuchsia (PR202)
A dark magenta, slightly darker and more muted than PR122 or PV19 quin rose.
Color Spotlight: Naphthamide Maroon (PR171)
A deep, violet-toned red, most comparable to the more common Perylene Maroon. As far as I know, this Daniel Smith paint is the only available watercolor with this pigment.
Color Spotlight: Cobalt Green (PG50)
A version of PG50, which I’ve previously spotlighted as Cobalt Turquoise! WN also has a Cobalt Teal PG50, but this one is much more tilted toward green, resulting in a granulating semi-opaque mint green.
Color Spotlight: Ultramarine Violet (PV15)
A relatively weak, single-pigment blue-toned purple with granulation.
Color Spotlight: Lavender
Like most commercial Lavender mixes, Daniel Smith’s Lavender is a mix of Titanium White (PW6), Ultramarine Violet (PV15), and Ultramarine Blue (PB29). This is a convenience mix; you can mix it yourself if you have the components, although my personal mix didn’t granulate as much as DS’s premixed one.
Lavender can be used as a sky color on its own or as a component in a bright/light sky blue (for example, with Phthalo Blue or Phthalo Turquoise). I can also imagine it being a convenient mix for hazy, distant mountains, flowers, snow, and shadows.