Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor Half Pan - Indigo

High quality Daniel Smith extra fine watercolor in half-pan format. The extraordinary fineness of color is achieved by the hand-making process in which 3 or 4 stages of pouring are carried out over several months. High concentration of ground pigments that provide great lightfastness to colors. The range covers an extensive spectrum that goes from historical pigments, natural earth or pigments obtained from minerals extracted in the most diverse corners of the world to quinacridones, based on synthetic pigments.

DANIEL SMITH Indigo formula mixes Indanthrone Blue with Lamp Black for an extremely lightfast, intense dark that closely matches true Indigo. Transparent, yet high in tinting strength, this Indigo leaves a gentle faded blue denim stain when blotted from a damp state paint. Blueberries, blackberries and plums are a few subjects to play with using this technique. Use Indigo wherever dusty purples are desired. Indigo evokes a feeling of atmospheric depth used for expressive, moody skies. Try flowing short strokes of Indigo into water, add touches of Sepia and Quinacridone Burnt Orange to create branches and birch trees. Historically Indigo, used since the early Egyptian times, has been a very important blue dye in fabrics as well as art materials, though not lightfast like DANIEL SMITH’s Indigo Watercolor. Natural Indigo is a deep blue colorant named anil. It is obtained from the sprigs of the indigofera plant. In the late 1600’s, the major source of indigo was the French West Indies, where large crops of indigofera was grown and harvested just before the plant bloomed. Once picked, the plant was processed in vats where it was water filtered, then dried into cakes for export.

👉 Features:

• Pigment: PB 60, PBk 6 | Series: 1
• Lightfastness: I – Excellent
• Transparency: Transparent
• Staining: 3-Medium Staining
• Granulation: Non-Granulating