Tag: PR179 – Perylene Maroon

Building Palletes Part 1 – Primary Triads

Building Palletes Part 1 – Primary Triads

Reading Time: 12 minutesThis is the first in a series of posts, leading up to a display and discussion of the various palletes (of which there are many) that I have acquired, put together and use in my watercolour practice. Both for the purposes of adding my opinions 

A. Gallo – YInMn Blue

A. Gallo – YInMn Blue

Reading Time: 6 minutesIn my quest to try every weird and wonderful pigment under the sun, I have of course had my eyes set on acquiring some YInMn Blue (PB86). For those who don’t know, YInMin Blue (also known as Oregon Blue, or Mas Blue) is a relatively 

Flowers – Wet on (very) Wet

Flowers – Wet on (very) Wet

Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter poppy that crept into my One Colour a Day book the other week I went off on a bit of a crazy exploration of wet on wet flowers over the last few days. This was very much an extensive exploration into how the paint 

Lemon Yellow (Nickel Titanate) – Winsor and Newton

Lemon Yellow (Nickel Titanate) – Winsor and Newton

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is a cool yellow containing PY53 as a single pigment. It is: Pigment(s) PY53 was developed in the 1960s and is may be known as as Nickel Antimony Titanium Yellow Rutile or Nickel Titanium Oxide. It has the chemical formula NiO·Sb2O3·20TiO2 – this is