Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour
- Brilliance, transparency and purity of colour unparalleled by any other watercolour
- High performance pigment ensure deep vibrant colours on application
- 80 single pigment colour offers great flexibility, transparency and tinting strength, Ensures colour stability so artists can mix stronger washes with less paint
- 106 out of 109 colours in the range are classed as 'permanent for artists' use' which aids the longevity of paintings
- Unrivalled Transparency due to unique pigment dispersion in manufacture; Dissolves quickly in water to minimise set up time
- Professional quality Water Colour made in France; Conforms to ASTM D4236
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour offers artists the widest and most balanced choice of pigments with the greatest possible permanence. The brilliance, transparency and purity of colour is unparalleled to any other watercolour. Since 1832 when Henry Newton and William Winsor introduced the first moist watercolours to the world, much of Winsor & Newton's reputation for supreme quality has stemmed from the Professional Water Colour range. Each colour within this wide and balanced spectrum of 109 colours, has been selected and formulated to offer the greatest choice so that artists can use a unique palette that best suits their work.
The Professional Watercolour range offers a wide and balanced spectrum of colours in Half Pans, Whole Pans and in 5ml, 14ml & 37ml tubes.
Pigments
Winsor & Newton use single pigments wherever possible. Single pigments ensure the widest choice of colours and pigment characteristics or positions, such as hue, particle size, transparency, tinting strength, etc. This helps broaden the artist’s creative expression. Single pigment formulations are purer in hue and cleaner in colour than mixtures of pigments, providing a larger number of colour mixes before resulting in muddy effects. Within the new Professional Watercolour range there are 80 single pigments amounting to 74% of the range.
Permanence
Since 1832, one of Winsor & Newton's founding principles has been to offer a range of Professional Watercolours that has the greatest possible permanence. Fortunately, the 20th century featured enormous improvements in the lightfastness of colours, helping W&N in their quest. 106 out of 109 colours in the Professional Water Colour range are classed as 'permanent for artists' use'. This means that 97% of our Professional Water Colour are rated AA or A for permanence to ensure that the colours used today will appear the same for generations to come.
Transparency & Opacity
Winsor & Newtons Professional Watercolours exhibit unrivalled transparency due to the unique pigment dispersion in the manufacture of the colour. This is particularly important because transparency is the key characteristic of water colour. As a result of the thinness of the water colour film, all colours have a transparent quality on paper, allowing the reflective white of the paper to shine through. However, pigments do retain their natural characteristics to some degree. For example, transparent pigments refract light in much the same manner as stained glass, making jewel-like brilliance and clean mixing. Opaque colours such as cadmiums are likely to cover significantly more than transparent colours.
The varying transparency and opacity of a pigment will affect the optical character of the individual colour as well as how the colour mixes with other colours. The most transparent colours will enable you to create a pure glazing effect by applying several washes on top of one another. The more opaque colours give flatter washes and greater covering over previous washes. Opaque colours are also useful for toning down colour mixtures.
The addition of Gum Arabic will also increase transparency. By adding Gum Arabic to a colour wash, you will achieve even greater transparency and luminosity from your washes.
Colour Series
The Professional Watercolour range is split into 4 groups termed 'Series'. The series indicates the relative price of the colour and is determined mainly by the cost of the pigment. Series 1 is the least expensive colour and Series 4 the most expensive.
Granulation
In water colour, colours with granulating properties are marked as ‘G'. Many artists use granulation to add visual texture to their paintings. Traditional pigments granulate, e.g. cobalt’s, earths, ultramarines and modern organic pigments do not, e.g. Winsor colours.
Staining
As water colour relies upon the relative absorbency of the paper surface for stability, more powerful colours such as Prussian Blue, Alizarin Crimson, and the modern organic pigments such as Winsor colours penetrate or stain more than others. These colours cannot be lifted completely with a damp sponge. The traditional inorganic colours and earths tend to lift more easily from the paper.
Lifting
Lifting colour entails sponging water colour from a surface. It can include anything from a complete wash down under running water, to getting a “smoky“ background, to the sponging out of a small area in order to lighten or rescue it. Winsor & Newton Lifting Preparation helps ensure that colours, including those that stain, can be more easily lifted from paper with a wet sponge or brush. Lifting Preparation must be applied to the paper first and allowed to dry before removal.
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Lemon Yellow Hue ( 347 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Bismuth Yellow ( 347 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium Lemon ( 025 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium-Free Lemon ( 025 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Lemon ( 086 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Yellow ( 086 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Lemon Yellow Deep ( 898 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Aureolin ( 898 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Transparent Yellow ( 722 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium Yellow Pale ( 722 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium-Free Yellow Pale ( 730 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Turners Yellow ( 730 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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New Gamboge ( 730 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium Yellow ( 348 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium-Free Yellow ( 348 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Yellow Deep ( 016 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Indian Yellow ( 016 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium Yellow Deep ( 653 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium-Free Yellow Deep ( 653 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium Orange ( 118 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium-Free Orange ( 118 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Orange ( 907 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Transparent Orange ( 907 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Orange Red Shade ( 649 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium Scarlet ( 649 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium-Free Scarlet ( 267 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Scarlet Lake ( 267 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium Red ( 267 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium-Free Red ( 108 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium Red Deep ( 108 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium-Free Red Deep ( 890 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Red ( 890 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Rose Dore ( 731 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Quinacridone Red ( 731 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Red Deep ( 319 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Permanent Alizarin Crimson ( 319 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Alizarin Crimson ( 111 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Permanent Carmine ( 111 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Permanent Rose ( 891 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Rose Madder Genuine ( 891 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Opera Rose ( 089 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Quinacridone Magenta ( 089 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Permanent Magenta ( 899 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Violet ( 899 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Permanent Mauve ( 724 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Quinacridone Violet ( 724 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Ultramarine Violet ( 650 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Violet Dioxazine ( 650 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Indanthrene Blue ( 723 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Blue Deep ( 723 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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French Ultramarine ( 106 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Smalt (Dumont's Blue) ( 106 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Ultramarine Green Shade ( 903 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Blue ( 903 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Blue Red Shade ( 603 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Antwerp Blue ( 603 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Prussian Blue ( 094 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Blue Green Shade ( 094 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cerulean Blue (Red Shade) ( 901 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cerulean Blue ( 901 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Manganese Blue Hue ( 097 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Phthalo Turquoise ( 097 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Aqua Green ( 895 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Turquoise Light ( 895 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Turquoise ( 726 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Green Deep ( 726 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Green ( 726 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Green Blue Shade ( 576 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Viridian ( 576 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Green Yellow Shade ( 548 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Terre Verte ( 548 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Perylene Green ( 725 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Oxide Of Chromium ( 725 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Hooker's Green ( 466 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Permanent Sap Green ( 466 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Olive Green ( 466 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Terre Verte (Yellow Shade) ( 004 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Green Gold ( 004 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Naples Yellow ( 004 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Naples Yellow Deep ( 479 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Yellow Ochre Light ( 479 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Yellow Ochre ( 502 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Raw Sienna ( 502 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Gold Ochre ( 502 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Quinacridone Gold ( 587 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Brown Ochre ( 587 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Magnesium Brown ( 587 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Burnt Sienna ( 448 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Light Red ( 448 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Venetian Red ( 545 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Indian Red ( 545 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Brown Madder ( 489 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Potters Pink ( 489 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Perylene Maroon ( 192 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Perylene Violet ( 192 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Caput Mortuum Violet ( 491 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Raw Umber ( 491 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Burnt Umber ( 550 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Vandyke Brown ( 550 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Sepia ( 672 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Indigo ( 672 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Payne's Gray ( 733 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Neutral Tint ( 733 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Ivory Black ( 733 ) Series: 4
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Lamp Black ( 321 ) Series: 4
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Mars Black ( 321 ) Series: 4
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Davy's Gray ( 180 ) Series: 4
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Chinese White ( 180 ) Series: 4
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- Brilliance, transparency and purity of colour unparalleled by any other watercolour
- High performance pigment ensure deep vibrant colours on application
- 80 single pigment colour offers great flexibility, transparency and tinting strength, Ensures colour stability so artists can mix stronger washes with less paint
- 106 out of 109 colours in the range are classed as 'permanent for artists' use' which aids the longevity of paintings
- Unrivalled Transparency due to unique pigment dispersion in manufacture; Dissolves quickly in water to minimise set up time
- Professional quality Water Colour made in France; Conforms to ASTM D4236
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour offers artists the widest and most balanced choice of pigments with the greatest possible permanence. The brilliance, transparency and purity of colour is unparalleled to any other watercolour. Since 1832 when Henry Newton and William Winsor introduced the first moist watercolours to the world, much of Winsor & Newton's reputation for supreme quality has stemmed from the Professional Water Colour range. Each colour within this wide and balanced spectrum of 109 colours, has been selected and formulated to offer the greatest choice so that artists can use a unique palette that best suits their work.
The Professional Watercolour range offers a wide and balanced spectrum of colours in Half Pans, Whole Pans and in 5ml, 14ml & 37ml tubes.
Pigments
Winsor & Newton use single pigments wherever possible. Single pigments ensure the widest choice of colours and pigment characteristics or positions, such as hue, particle size, transparency, tinting strength, etc. This helps broaden the artist’s creative expression. Single pigment formulations are purer in hue and cleaner in colour than mixtures of pigments, providing a larger number of colour mixes before resulting in muddy effects. Within the new Professional Watercolour range there are 80 single pigments amounting to 74% of the range.
Permanence
Since 1832, one of Winsor & Newton's founding principles has been to offer a range of Professional Watercolours that has the greatest possible permanence. Fortunately, the 20th century featured enormous improvements in the lightfastness of colours, helping W&N in their quest. 106 out of 109 colours in the Professional Water Colour range are classed as 'permanent for artists' use'. This means that 97% of our Professional Water Colour are rated AA or A for permanence to ensure that the colours used today will appear the same for generations to come.
Transparency & Opacity
Winsor & Newtons Professional Watercolours exhibit unrivalled transparency due to the unique pigment dispersion in the manufacture of the colour. This is particularly important because transparency is the key characteristic of water colour. As a result of the thinness of the water colour film, all colours have a transparent quality on paper, allowing the reflective white of the paper to shine through. However, pigments do retain their natural characteristics to some degree. For example, transparent pigments refract light in much the same manner as stained glass, making jewel-like brilliance and clean mixing. Opaque colours such as cadmiums are likely to cover significantly more than transparent colours.
The varying transparency and opacity of a pigment will affect the optical character of the individual colour as well as how the colour mixes with other colours. The most transparent colours will enable you to create a pure glazing effect by applying several washes on top of one another. The more opaque colours give flatter washes and greater covering over previous washes. Opaque colours are also useful for toning down colour mixtures.
The addition of Gum Arabic will also increase transparency. By adding Gum Arabic to a colour wash, you will achieve even greater transparency and luminosity from your washes.
Colour Series
The Professional Watercolour range is split into 4 groups termed 'Series'. The series indicates the relative price of the colour and is determined mainly by the cost of the pigment. Series 1 is the least expensive colour and Series 4 the most expensive.
Granulation
In water colour, colours with granulating properties are marked as ‘G'. Many artists use granulation to add visual texture to their paintings. Traditional pigments granulate, e.g. cobalt’s, earths, ultramarines and modern organic pigments do not, e.g. Winsor colours.
Staining
As water colour relies upon the relative absorbency of the paper surface for stability, more powerful colours such as Prussian Blue, Alizarin Crimson, and the modern organic pigments such as Winsor colours penetrate or stain more than others. These colours cannot be lifted completely with a damp sponge. The traditional inorganic colours and earths tend to lift more easily from the paper.
Lifting
Lifting colour entails sponging water colour from a surface. It can include anything from a complete wash down under running water, to getting a “smoky“ background, to the sponging out of a small area in order to lighten or rescue it. Winsor & Newton Lifting Preparation helps ensure that colours, including those that stain, can be more easily lifted from paper with a wet sponge or brush. Lifting Preparation must be applied to the paper first and allowed to dry before removal.
The Galeria Acrylics line consists of 60 magnificent colors in 60ml tubes and 500ml Jars making it ideal for art & design students, hobbyists, muralists, decorative painters and fine artists who work on a grand scale.
Although Galeria Acrylics are sometimes referred to as a fine grade acrylic, their high pigment levels deliver professional results with significantly better covering power than many similarly priced brands
