£13.30 £11.30
Azurite Pale Pure Mineral Colour "Church Beck"
Natural mineral colour with variegated particle size (large grit is darker, pale grit is lighter in shade). Granulates when diluted and has textured finish. Semi-opaque. In former times, the Church Beck Mine in the Copper Mines Valley at Coniston yielded good quality Azurite and Malachite.
£16.05 £13.64
Azurite Genuine, Bright Blue, Crystalline, Fine Quality PB 30
Natural Copper carbonate. Highest grade stones are used in the production of this pigment, carefully ground, washed and sieved by hand. Bright, deep blue shade, crystalline, granular. Semi-opaque.
£8.75 £7.44
Beara Blue (PR101, PY42, PB27)
A special blend of Prussian Blue, Italian Ochre and Italian Red Earth – a special ‘marine’ colour, initially created for painting the wild south west coast of Co. Kerry….
£13.30 £11.30
Blue John Pure Mineral Colour
Gentle lilac from pure ground mineral. Crystalline structure, shows translucency and granulation when diluted. Unique mineral colour from the old mine cavern in Derbyshire.
£11.15 £9.48
Blue Verditer (Copper carbonate)
Synthetic Copper carbonate, produced in hand-made process, using Copper salts with wet lime (Buxton, Derbyshire) and water from Sheffield: blended at very cold temperature to develop the finished pigment. Bright but delicate blue, with crystalline, granular structure. Transparent.
£8.05 £6.84
Bohemian Green Earth Genuine (PG 23)
Natural green earth, from Czech Republic. This highly prized ‘terre verte’ has very good tinting strength. Very transparent.
£8.05 £6.84
Borders Red
Native red ochre form Scotland. Hand-dug, then washed, sieved to gain soft, gentle colour. Granulates when applied as a wash.
Semi-transparent.
£7.65 £6.50
Brilliant Yellow (PW 6, PY 53)
This is a special grade of Nickel Titanium Yellow pigment, blended with best quality Titanium dioxide to create this off-white shade. Ideal for highlights, where white alone is too invasive. Opaque as mass tone, some transparency as a wash. Permanent.
£7.65 £6.50
Buff Titanium (PW 28)
Unbleached titanium. Heavy, dense buff shade with good covering power. Opaque.
£8.05 £6.84
Puisaye Burgundy Yellow Ochre (PY42)
Hint tinting strength ochre, from the north of Burgundy. More powerful than Provence ochres, deep, warm shade. Granulates as a wash. Semi-opaque.
£8.05 £6.84
Burnt Sienna, Bagnoli, Monte Amiata (PR101)
Very bright, clean calcined Raw Sienna, finite stocks from 1970s production at Bagnoli, Siena Province in the south of Tuscany.
Transparent. High tinting strength, gentle granulation as a wash.
£7.65 £6.50
Burnt Umber (PBr7)
Calcined Cyprus Umber. Warm red shade. Transparent, with gentle granulation as a wash.
£7.65 £6.50
Burnt Umber Extra Dark (PBr 7)
Natural earth from Cyprus, calcined (in Italy) to a dark shade. Transparent, deep shade brown. Permanent.
£8.75 £7.44
Cadmium Lemon Yellow (PY35)
Opaque, intense, dense. Slightly transparent when compared to Cadmium Yellow.
£8.75 £7.44
Cadmium Orange Deep PO 20
Pure cadmium pigment, from the English Potteries. Dense, opaque as mass tone, revealing some transparency as a wash. Permanent.
£8.75 £7.44
Cadmium Orange Light (PO 20)
Pure cadmium pigment, from the English Potteries. Dense, opaque as mass tone, revealing some transparency as a wash. Permanent.
£8.75 £7.44
Cadmium Red (PR108)
Deep, intense and opaque metal mineral pigment. Solid and covering, even when heavily diluted.
£8.75 £7.44
Cadmium Red Deep (PR108)
Deep, intense and opaque metal mineral pigment. Solid and covering, even when heavily diluted.
£11.15 £9.48
Cadmium Rose (PR 108)
Special production of cadmium pigment with silicate. Granular, semi-transparent. Unique. Permanent.
£8.75 £7.44
Cadmium Yellow (PY35)
Opaque, intense, dense. Good hiding power. Shows some transparency on dilution.
£8.05 £6.84
Caput Mortuum Violet Deep, natural (PR 101)
Deeper in shade when compared to Morrelone. Variegated particle size pigment, with red-violet oxide inclusions. Granulates. Semi-opaque.
£13.30 £11.30
Munich Lake. Purple Red (NR 4)
Developed from Cochineal insect, this special natural lake pigment is hand-produced in Italy in small batches. Compared to standard Carmine, the colour is more purple-red and deeper in shade. Unique. Transparent. Reduced permanence when exposed to direct sunlight
£13.30 £11.30
Carmine – Natural (NR 4)
The commercial production of standard Carmine pigment continues in the Canaries and Peru. The Cochineal insect is the base of a powerful red dye, which is further developed into a lake pigment. As used by the top cosmetic houses for lipstick but also still used as a natural base food colorant.
As a watercolour it is intense and very transparent. Reduced permanence when exposed to direct sunlight
£8.75 £7.44
Cerulean Blue (PB35)
Semi-opaque metal mineral colour, which dilutes to a soft, slightly granular texture as a wash (showing greater translucency when diluted).
£7.65 £6.50
Chinese White, Zinc White (PW 4)
Classic Zinc oxide white. Semi-opaque but reveals more transparency at heavy dilution. Ideal as a mixing white and to create ‘body’ colour where blended colours are applied in an opaque manner.
£8.05 £6.84
Chrome Yellow hue (PR4, PY3)
Mixed shade to replace genuine Chrome Yellow (obsolete, toxic). Blend of two synthetic organic pigments: strong and intense, showing some transparency when diluted to a wash.
£8.05 £6.84
Chromium Oxide Green (PG17)
Deep, intense and saturated, opaque. Excellent covering power.
£8.05 £6.84
Cinabrese, Flesh Tint
Red Oxide with Titanium White – provides flesh tone when applied in gentle glazes over Verdaccio, in the Florentine Renaissance manner. Semi-opaque.
£13.30 £11.30
Cinnabar, Monte Amiata - Genuine (PR106)
Natural vermilion from crushed hydro-thermic Cinnabar “Strawberries” from the Tuscan volcano, Monte Amiata.
Bright, strong mid-red, with granular effect when diluted to a wash.
£8.75 £7.44
Cittadella Grey Schist
Natural Italian earth, from our own production. Variegated particles, with good granulation. Soft grey shade. Transparent.
£11.15 £9.48
Cobalt Blue (PB74)
Standard Cobalt Blue, semi-opaque showing slight granulation upon dilution. Very stable to light.
£11.15 £9.48
Cobalt Blue Deep (PB 72)
Bespoke production, from the English Potteries. Strong, deep blue shade, slightly granular as a wash. Semi-transparent. Permanent.
£11.15 £9.48
Cobalt Green (PG50)
Mid green, semi-opaque, very lightfast.
£11.15 £9.48
Cobalt Green Blue Oxide
Pure, gentle turquoise green. Semi-opaque, show granulation when diluted.
£8.75 £7.44
Cobalt Turquoise Light - Genuine (PB36)
High key pure Cobalt Turquoise in its most vibrant form. We mill the pigment without filler to guarantee the most brilliant turquoise possible. Semi-opaque, shows granulation upon dilution.
£8.75 £7.44
Cobalt Turquoise Light -Deep Lustre (PB 36) (PBk 10)
Complex matrix of silver-graphite and intense pure Cobalt Turquoise Light. Dense, permanent, granular on dilution with transparency as a wash. Unique.
£11.15 £9.48
Cobalt Violet (PV14)
Pure, bright violet, semi-transparent. Unique pigment. Shows granulation when diluted to a wash.
£13.30 £11.30
Cobalt Yellow (PY40)
Also known as ‘Aureolin’. Metal mineral pigment: deep, intense slightly warm shade at mass tone – glowing and transparent upon dilution.
£8.05 £6.84
Davy’s Grey, Oxford Mudstone
Native earth, from North Oxfordshire mudstone. Extracted from working quarry in lump form. Carefully pulverised to 50micron. Gentle, pale green-grey as a wash, showing very slight granulation. Very transparent. Can be used to moderate strong colours – adding perhaps 80% Davy’s Grey to 20% synthetic colour (e.g. Horton Blue) to control staining pigments.
£8.75 £7.44
Dufy (PB 15, PG 7)
The painter and Designer Raoul Dufy often used transparent, luminous turquoise-blues. This saturated, intense blend of Phthalocyanine Blue and Green creates a unique shade of turquoise, with excellent transparency upon dilution.
£8.75 £7.44
Dughet Green (PB15, PO 34)
Gaspard Dughet was the brother in law of Poussin and is noted for his Roman Campagna landscapes, where deep, recessive greens are employed in substantial passages of woodland scenery. Very intense, dense, almost black in mass tone. Washes out to reveal excellent transparency. Permanent.
£13.30 £11.30
Egyptian Blue (PB 31)
Copper silicate. Artificial copper based pigment, from the English Potteries. Granular, soft blue-grey shade. Very good transparency.
£7.65 £6.50
Fauve Orange (PR 4) (PY 3)
Bright orange shade, based on close blending on the paint mill of two synthetic pigments.
Transparent. Good permanence
£7.65 £6.50
Granulation White
A special fine glass watercolour, which can be added to any colour, to create illusion of granulation. Typically, add 50-50 with any colour as a starting point. Low tinting strength. Semi-transparent, with granular effect.
£7.65 £6.50
Greaves Red (PR4)
Synthetic Organic ‘Permanent Red’ is similar in shade to Horton red but has a more gentle edge. Named after mid 20C English watercolourist ….Greaves.
£8.05 £6.84
Green Earth Light (PG 23)
Rare, delicate shade of natural green earth, from end stock of pigment – no longer produced. Transparent. Permanent
£8.75 £7.44
Green Gold (PY129)
Unique synthetic organic pigment, with intense staining power. Mass tone is a strong, ‘warm’ green but when diluted, shows a warm yellow green tone, with glowing transparency.
£8.75 £7.44
Honister Green Slate Pale – Cumbria
Metamorphic slate from the famous Honister Slate Mine, still in production today. The cuttings from slate-making are carefully washed and sieved into a variety of cool green shades. Gentle granulation as a wash. Semi-transparent.
Granulates