DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolor 15ml Paint Tube, Indigo (284600046)

DANIEL SMITH is the Innovative Manufacturer of Beautiful Watercolors for Artists World wide, and makes the largest range of watercolors of any manufacturer, more than 240 colors. The 240+ color collection includes the exciting PrimaTek watercolors made from minerals (like Amethyst) plus other unique colors (like Moonglow) not to be had in other places, and Luminescent Watercolors which allow artists to capture the luminescent colors that exist in nature that regular watercolors cannot capture!
Our 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 couple of subjects to play with the use of 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 for the reason that early Egyption times, has been a vital blue dye in fabrics in addition to art materials, though not lightfast like DANIEL SMITH’s Indigo Watercolor. Natural Indigo is a deep blue colorant named anil. It’s obtained from the sprigs of the indigofera plant. In the late 1600’s, the major source of indigo was once the French West Indies, where large crops of indigofera was once grown and harvested just before the plant bloomed. Once picked, the plant was once processed in vats where it was once water filtered, then dried into cakes for export.
Excellent Lightfastness, Transparent, Non-granulating, Medium staining
PB 60, PBk 6
Conforms to ASTM D4236