Potter s Pink~Half-Pan~ Greenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: Potter s PinkPigment: Potter s Pink, Chrome Tin PinkColor Index No.: PR233 Description:  A cool, deep, earthy pink with a wide value range and moderate tinting strength. Potter s Pink was developed by a ceramicist in the late 1700s.  This pigment is also known as Pinkcolor, the name given…
Pyrrole Red~Half-Pan~Greenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: Pyrrole RedPigment: Pyrrole RedPigment Index No.: PR254 Description: A bright, fiery red.  Dilutes to a rosy pink.  Intense tinting strength, fine particle side, moderate dispersion and value range, rather opaque and staining.      Like our Quinacridone Magenta, Quinoxalinedione Yellow, and Phthalocyanine Blue and Green, Pyrrole…
Quinacridone Magenta~Half-Pan~Greenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: Quinacridone MagentaPigment: Quinacridone MagentaPigment Index No.: PV19 Description: An intense, cool red that leans towards purple.  Wide value range, intense tinting strength. Excellent choice as a primary and for color mixing. Mixes beautiful purples. Like our Quinoxalinedione Yellow and Phthalocyanine Blue, this is a synthetic natural hybrid, which means it is…
Quinoxalinedione Yellow~Half-Pan~Greenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: Quinoxalinedione YellowPigment: Quinoxalinedione YellowPigment Index No.: PY213 Description: An intense, cool to neutral yellow. Limited value range, intense tinting strength for a yellow. Excellent choice as a primary and for color mixing.  Like our Quinacridone Magenta and Phthalocyanine Blue, this is a synthetic natural hybrid, which means it is a synthetic single…
Smalt~Half-Pan~ Greenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: SmaltPigment: SmaltColor Index No.: PB32 Description:  A luminous velvety blue.  Moderate to larger particle size and low to moderate tinting strength.  The intensity builds with the applications of layers.  Similar in hue to Ultramarine Blue, but with entirely different behavior and characteristics. Smalt is the oldest known man-made pigment, able to be traced…
Soot~Half-Pan~Greenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: SootPigment: Soot (Carbon)Pigment Index No.: PBk7 Description: A transparent cool black with a wide value range, fine particle size, and a very strong tinting strength.       We work with standard white plastic Half-Pans.  They are therefore durable and lightweight.  They also fit into most metal bijoux…
Chromite~Half-Pan~Greenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: ChromitePigment: ChromitePigment Index No.: N A Description: A cool, dark brown with a glorious tendency to granulate and variegate.  Shows displays of warm brown and cool dark grey brown.  Reasonable intense tinting strength and wide value range without quite touching black.      We work with standard…
Ultramarine Blue~Half-Pan~Limited EditionGreenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: Ultramarine BluePigment: Ultramarine BlueColor Index No.: PB29 Description:  A brilliant, high chroma, warm Blue.  Wide value range going to nearly black at most concentrated.  Very fine pigment particle size.  Disperses nicely.  Compatible with a dip pen.  This is the synthetic form of Lapis Lazuli.     We work with…
Ultramarine Purple~Half-Pan~ Limited EditionGreenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: Ultramarine PurplePigment: Ultramarine PurpleColor Index No.: PV15 Description:  A brilliant, high chroma Purple.  Wide value range going to nearly black at most concentrated.  Beautiful granulation on cold press watercolor paper.  Very fine pigment particle size.  Disperses nicely.  Compatible with a dip pen.     We work with standard…
French Red Ochre Watercolor Paint, Half Pan Greenleaf & Blueberry Professional Handmade Watercolors  Color Overview  Color Name Venetian Red Pigment Red Ochre from Venice, Italy Pigment Index No. PR102 Chemical Formula Feâ‚‚O₃ Series No. Series 2 Lightfastness Rating 5 5 Very Lightfast Toxicity 1 5 No Known Toxicity Hue Red Category Chroma 3 5…
Verditer~Half-Pan~Limited EditionGreenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: VerditerPigment: VerditerColor Index No.: PB30 Description:  Smooth jewel-tone blue, similar in hue to natural Azurite, but with handling characteristics more similar to an Ochre pigment.  Verditer is a historical pigment and the synthetic form of Azurite.  It is a basic copper carbonate and was widely used in…
Vine Charcoal~Half-Pan~Greenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: Vine CharcoalPigment: Vine Black (Which is charcoal made from vines.) Color Index No.: PBk8 Description:  A deep, warm black with an easily buildable opacity and fine particle size.  While this color can be used with dip pens, it is slightly unruly as an ink because of its tendency to spread and…
Viridian Watercolor Paint, Half Pan Greenleaf & Blueberry Professional Handmade Watercolors Color Overview  Color Name Viridian Pigment Viridian (Hydrated Chromium Oxide) Pigment Index No. PG18 Chemical Formula Cr2O3 • 2 H2O Series No. Series 5 Lightfastness Rating 5 5 Very Lightfast Toxicity 2 5 California recognizes trace amounts of a possible manufacturing bi-product a possible carcinogen Hue…
YImMn Blue~Half-Pan~Greenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: YInMn BluePigment: YInMn BluePigment Index No.: PB86 Description: A very intense, subtly warm blue with a moderate value range, intense tinting strength, and high opacity. This is the most recently discovered blue pigment and is named for the elements it contains: Yttrium (Y), Indium (In), Manganese (Mn). Our YInMn Blue, like all of…
Mayan Blue~Half-Pan~Greenleaf & Blueberry Artisanal Handmade Watercolors  Color Name: Mayan BluePigment: Mayan BluePigment Index No.: N A Description: True indigo blue. A green-blue hue with moderate to low tinting strength. A tendency to some flocculation, but still subtle dispersion in wet-on-wet washes. Wide value range. Some granulation, especially on more textured papers. A completely different pigment and…