
Watercolour
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These pigment rich paints give you more pigment per mL and better results. You can start small with pans and then move onto tubes as you gain experience and look for more colours. We recommend DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolours, which are known for their granulation, available in artist sets which simplify colour selection, 15mL tubes and 12ml sticks. For the best value artist grade pigments, see WHITE NIGHTS Artist's Watercolours from St Petersburg, available in travel palettes, full sized pans and 10mL tubes. Best value beginner watercolour set for adults is WHITE NIGHTS Metal Set 12 and for students, SONNET Watercolours.
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DANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Perylene Maroon (PR179)
Perylene Maroon is a super staining dark red-brown. Perylene Maroon allows glowing washes that can emanate from a saturated source emerging into su...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Perylene Red (PR178)
DANIEL SMITH makes beautiful watercolours, many with granulation, to help you mimic the textures of the outdoor world. These are the 15mL tubes whi...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Perylene Scarlet (PR149)
Perylene Scarlet is medium staining and semi-transparent. It creates vivid, dark washes with a clean, vivid orange hue. This sedimentary pigment of...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Cobalt Green Pale (PG19)
Cobalt Green Pale, a green-blue, is similar in application as Cobalt Green. All inorganic, they are considered transparent and non-staining (or low...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Red Jasper Genuine
DANIEL SMITH makes beautiful watercolours, many with granulation, to help you mimic the textures of the outdoor world. These are the 15mL tubes whi...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Pyrrol Red (PR254)
This fire engine red is cleaner than Cadmium or Permanent Red. It is a modern synthetic-organic pigment. While close in value to its cousins the Pe...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Spring Green (PY53,PG36,PY151)
A lovely clear, bright green. Combining two yellow pigments and one green pigment, it is semi-transparent and reveals a very slight granulation in ...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Anthraquinoid Scarlet (PR168)
A deep, transparent orange. In a wash, it’s a light peach tint and transparent at full strength, it moves to a deep, red-orange lipstick color with...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Aureolin (Cobalt Yellow)(PY40)
DANIEL SMITH makes beautiful watercolours, many with granulation, to help you mimic the textures of the outdoor world. These are the 15mL tubes whi...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Red Fuchsite (Genuine)
The mountains of Brazil yield a beloved and treasured gemstone. Paint this soft, reddish dusky rose and watch as the mineral iridescent sheen rises...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Quinophthalone Yellow (PY138)
A clean, bright yellow. Because it’s low staining, you can paint with it full strength and pull the colour back to almost paper white.
DANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Hematite Violet Genuine
Hematite is ground from a heavy silvery-black mineral rich in iron. In a thick wash, the heavier iron particles settle, creating bold granulation, ...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Mayan Violet (PV58)
joy a saturated fuchsia with a rich tone and velvet finish. This stunning watercolour revives the bold colour used by the ancient Mayan people to a...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Bronzite Genuine
A warm honey-bronze colour with lustrous sparkle provided by very fine films of iron oxide. The fibrous, fairly fragile Bronzite stone from Brazil ...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Mayan Yellow (PY223)
A saturated yellow with a rich history, you’ll love its transparency and smooth working properties. A natural looking yellow with a very slight gre...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Mayan Red (PR287)
DANIEL SMITH makes beautiful watercolours, many with granulation, to help you mimic the textures of the outdoor world. These are the 15mL tubes whi...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Mayan Dark Blue (PB83)
Mayan Dark Blue is darker and warmer than Mayan Blue Genuine. Mix it with Mayan Orange to make a fantastic array of subtle greys and violets for co...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Black Tourmaline Genuine
Can be as dark as night or as pale as a wispy fog. This intriguing PrimaTek color is made from a semi-precious stone thought to bring luck, dispel ...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Azo Yellow (PY151)
DANIEL SMITH Azo Yellow Watercolour almost jumps off the paper, it’s so brilliant, sunny and bright. The very essence of yellow, it’s clear, powerf...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Quinacridone Burnt Orange (PO48)
Add to French Ultramarine and create dramatic sky washes with a gray-blue mix that renders a full value scale. Use Quinacridone Burnt Orange to mod...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Rare Green Earth (Natural Iron Oxides)
A medium grey-green in mass tone and in washes, with the slightest hint of blue, it suggests the hue of distant evergreens. It’s good for atmospher...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Quinacridone Magenta (PR202)
This deep red violet disperses evenly and moves from deep darks to clear, glowing washes. Like all Quinacridone, it is an extremely lightfast organ...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Organic Vermilion (PR188)
This low-staining deep orange is sometimes called Scarlet Lake or Rose Carthame. Oranges can be very difficult to work with, but this one excels in...
View full detailsDANIEL SMITH Watercolour - 15mL - Green Gold (PY150 PY3 PG36)
Green Gold's bright yellow undertones shine in thin applications allowing for golden highlights with just a hint of green. Use in concentrated appl...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 263 French Ultramarine (PB29)
French Ultramarine is a rich transparent blue. It was created by French chemist Guimet in 1828 as a synthetic but chemically identical alternative ...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 667 Ultramarine (Green Shade) (PB29)
Ultramarine (Green Shade) is a rich deep transparent blue with green undertones, differing from the red undertones of French Ultramarine. French ch...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 537 Potters Pink (PR233)
Professional grade watercolour range with a reputation built on optimal pigment dispersion to deliver vibrant and even washes.
WINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 470 Perylene Violet (PV29)
Perylene Violet is a single pigment colour made using PV29. The masstone colour is a very dark and intense maroon, which shifts toward a dull red v...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 448 Opera Rose (PR122)
Opera Rose is a vivid magenta rose colour. Professional grade watercolour range with a reputation built on optimal pigment dispersion to deliver vi...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 379 Manganese Blue (Hue) (PB15)
Manganese Blue Hue is a clear greenish azure blue colour. It is based on the now obsolete Manganese Blue made of Barium Manganate. Professional gra...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 285 Gold Ochre (PY42)
Gold Ochre is an earth pigment, and as such, has been used since prehistoric times. It is a warm brownish yellow colour. It has been made synthetic...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 125 Caput Mortuum Violet (PR101)
Caput Mortuum Violet is a soft mauve-brown colour. It is an opaque pigment. It was called Caput Mortuum (meaning 'head of the dead') by the Romans,...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 430 Neutral Tint (PB15,PBk6,PV19)
Neutral Tint is a grey black pigment. It is an opaque watercolour with staining properties. Professional grade watercolour range with a reputation ...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 217 Davy Grey (PBk19,PBk6,PG17,PW5)
Davy's Gray is a soft grey colour traditionally including powdered slate pigments. It was developed by Winsor & Newton for the 19th c English a...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 311 Hookers Green (PG36,PY110)
Professional grade watercolour range with a reputation built on optimal pigment dispersion to deliver vibrant and even washes. Hooker's Green is a ...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 317 Indian Red (PR101)
Professional grade watercolour range with a reputation built on optimal pigment dispersion to deliver vibrant and even washes. Indian Red is an opa...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 319 Indian Yellow (PO62,PY139)
Indian Yellow is a vibrant yellow pigment which has been used by artists such as Turner. Originally a colour created in India from the urine of cow...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 331 Ivory Black (PBk9)
Ivory black is a stable all-round black colour with brown undertones and excellent tinting powers. Its name stems from the traditional method for o...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 337 Lamp Black (PBk6/7)
Lamp Black is one of the oldest pigments. It is made of pure carbon, originally from the residual soot of burnt oil lamps. It is a black with a blu...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 381 Magnesium Brown (PY119)
Magnesium Brown is an orange brown colour. It is an opaque pigment and very lightfast watercolour. Professional grade watercolour range with a repu...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 386 Mars Black (PBk11)
A heavy opaque pigment, Mars Black is a dense black colour with a brown undertone. It is made from mineral iron oxide and was therefore named after...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 422 Naples Yellow (Pbr24,PW6)
Naples Yellow is an opaque pinkish-yellow pigment. Originally a lead antimonite pigment, it can be found in Babylon tiles dating 5th c BC. Its name...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 425 Naples Yellow Deep (PBr24)
Naples Yellow Deep is a warm opaque yellow pigment. Originally its name comes from natural deposits in Mount Vesuvius, Naples. Made artificially si...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 150 Chinese White (PW4)
Chinese White is a zinc based opaque white colour. Winsor & Newton were the first to sell Chinese White in England in 1834. It was named after ...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 447 Olive Green (PB15:6,PR101,PY65)
Olive green is a soft brownish green colour named after the soft tones of a natural green olives. Professional grade watercolour range with a reput...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 538 Prussian Blue (PB27)
Prussian Blue is a deep blue colour. It was made by German chemist Diesbach around 1704 making it the first synthetic blue pigment. It quickly gain...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 609 Sepia (PBk6,PR101)
Sepia is a black brown colour. Originally made in the 18th century from the ink sacks of cuttlefish, it is now made from a mixture of carbon and um...
View full detailsWINSOR & NEWTON Professional Watercolour - 14mL - 637 Terre Verte (Yellow Shade)
Professional grade watercolour range with a reputation built on optimal pigment dispersion to deliver vibrant and even washes.