Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolours
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These Watercolours are made with the finest pigments to create a range of unique colours. These paints are available in 5ml and 20ml tubes.
Wallace Seymour created this range of watercolour paints in response to the changes in the paint manufacturing industry. They felt that over the last 10-15 years, the quality and availability of traditional colours in watercolour have decreased.
Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour range offers a range of colours to discerning artists who value quality.
from £6.50
Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Brilliant Yellow
£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.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Lemon Yellow (Nickel Titanate)
£11.15 £9.48
Lemon Yellow (Nickel Titanate) (PY53)
Modern, opaque metal mineral pigment. Very good hiding power.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Horton Lemon
£7.65 £6.50
Horton Lemon (PY3)
Synthetic organic pigment, very intense – cool lemon shade. Transparent when diluted to a wash.
from £7.44
Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Cadmium Lemon Yellow
£8.75 £7.44
Cadmium Lemon Yellow (PY35)
Opaque, intense, dense. Slightly transparent when compared to Cadmium Yellow.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Cadmium Yellow
£8.75 £7.44
Cadmium Yellow (PY35)
Opaque, intense, dense. Good hiding power. Shows some transparency on dilution.
from £6.84
Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Chrome Yellow hue
£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.
from £11.30
Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Cobalt Yellow
£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.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Weld-Reseda
£13.30 £11.30
Weld-Reseda (NY 2)
Hand-processed from plant stuff. Lemon yellow shade, semi-transparent.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Stil de Grain
£13.30 £11.30
Stil de Grain (NY 13)
Natural plant colour, hand processed from plant stuff. Transparent, glowing warm yellow.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Indian Yellow - Nickel Azo Yellow, Synthetic Organic
£8.75 £7.44
Indian Yellow - Nickel Azo Yellow (PY150)
Modern synthetic organic pigment, showing strong almost ‘mustard’ shade at full strength but when diluted give glowing and transparent shade. Extremely good tinting strength and excellent in mixtures with blues to gain green shades.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Quinacridone Yellow-Gold
£11.15 £9.48
Quinacridone Yellow-Gold (PO 48) (PY 150)
Blend of modern synthetic organic pigments. Very lightfast. Intense deep golden ‘burnt’ orange-yellow shade at mass tone – when diluted to wash gives warm glowing, almost earthy tones.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Naples Yellow Light Genuine
£11.15 £9.48
Naples Yellow Light Genuine (PY 41)
Lead-tin-antimony matrix. Characteristic pale bright lemon shade. Dense, opaque but flushes out to a semi-transparent wash with water.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Naples Yellow Deep Genuine
£11.15 £9.48
Naples Yellow Deep - Genuine (PY41)
Genuine, traditional Naples Yellow from one of the last British artisan pigment houses . Opaque and dense as mass tone. Granulates to some extent upon dilution.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Naples Yellow Reddish
£7.65 £6.50
Naples Yellow Reddish (PY 42) (PR 4) (PW 6)
Blended to match older mixtures of pink-red Naples Yellow. Permanent. Opaque.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Orange Madder Genuine Natural
£11.15 £9.48
Orange Madder Genuine Natural (PR 9) (NY 2)
Developed in the dye vat from plantsuff of Reseda and roots of Madder, then carefully washed and struck to alumina base. Transparent. Less permanent when exposed to direct sunlight.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Fauve Orange
£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
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Cadmium Orange Deep
£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.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Cadmium Orange Light
£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.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Cinnabar, Monte Amiata - Genuine
£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.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Vermilion - Genuine
£13.30 £11.30
Vermilion - Genuine (PR106)
Mercuric sulphide – this early metal mineral pigment has been
Essential in the artist’s palette since medieval times. Opaque, dense with good covering power – a gentle bright red when compared to Cadmium Red.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Horton Red
£7.65 £6.50
Horton Red (PR112)
Modern synthetic organic pigment, Napthol Red. A core primary colour which shows excellent tinting strength and transparency when diluted.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Cadmium Red
£8.75 £7.44
Cadmium Red (PR108)
Deep, intense and opaque metal mineral pigment. Solid and covering, even when heavily diluted.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Greave's Red
£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.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Venetian Rose
£8.75 £7.44
Venetian Rose
Blend of pigments to create a soft rose-pink shade. Semi opaque, gentle. Beautiful.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Rose Dore Genuine, Natural Madder
£13.30 £11.30
Rose Dore Genuine, Natural Madder (NR 9)
Hand-processed natural lake from plant roots. Own production. Delicate shade of madder lake.
Transparent. Reduced permanence when exposed to direct sunlight.
from £13.64
Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Rubies Pure Mineral Colour
£16.05 £13.64
Rubies Pure Mineral Colour
Specially prepared from Ruby in mineral form. The translucent stone is carefully pulverised to create a beautiful, crystalline gentle pink. Granulates effectively when diluted to a wash.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Thuilite, Pure Mineral Colour
£13.30 £11.30
Thuilite, Pure Mineral Colour
Crystalline pale lilac shade, from gemstone. Hand-processed. Granular, semi-translucent. Very lightfast.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour London Rose, Original Shade, Genuine Natural Rose Madder
£13.30 £11.30
London Rose, Original Shade, Genuine Natural Rose Madder (PR 9)
Madder production in London ceased around ten years ago, with the relocation of the last producer abroad. This hand-made Madder Rose is carefully produced over a period of months to provide as close a match as possible to the type of madder lakes familiar to watercolour artists working in the 1980s, 1990s.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Cadmium Rose
£11.15 £9.48
Cadmium Rose (PR 108)
Special production of cadmium pigment with silicate. Granular, semi-transparent. Unique. Permanent.
from £6.84
Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Cinabrese, Flesh Tint
£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.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Quinacridone Red Gold
£8.75 £7.44
Quinacridone Red Gold (PO48)
Synthetic organic pigment with brilliant intensity and glowing red-orange undershade.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Velvet Rose
£11.15 £9.48
Velvet Rose (PR 122)
Synthetic organic pigment. This quinacridone red-violet is supper strong and extremely stable to light. Deep velvet red-violet shade as mass tone, dilutes to form delicate pink washes.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Potter’s Pink
£8.75 £7.44
Potter’s Pink (PR233)
Gentle, warm dark pink colour. Granulates upon dilution to a wash. Semi-opaque, showing transparency when diluted.
Historic ceramic pigment.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Laque de Garance
£8.75 £7.44
Laque de Garance (PR 83) [Alizarin Crimson, Production 1980s]
Synthetic organic pigment. Deep red-crimson shade with glowing undertones. This 1980s production gives a redder shade than the modern American product.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Madder Lake Genuine, Natural
£11.15 £9.48
Madder Lake - Genuine (NR9)
Natural madder lake, deep red-brown shade as mass tone, pulling out to a warm red-rose tint as wash. Small batch production of natural plant colour – unique and exceptional.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Carmine - Natural
£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
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Carmine - Munich Lake. Purple Red
£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
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Cadmium Red Deep
£8.75 £7.44
Cadmium Red Deep (PR108)
Deep, intense and opaque metal mineral pigment. Solid and covering, even when heavily diluted.
from £6.84
Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Rosa Magenta
£8.05 £6.84
Rosa Magenta (PV19)
Bright pink based on quinacridone pigment, transparent – lower tinting strength when compared to Velvet Rose.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Scala Pink
£8.75 £7.44
Scala Pink (PR122, Rhodamine)
Blend of quincardione pigment and Rhodamine (fluorescent). Vivid, intense pink-rose shade with excellent tinting strength. Will show some fading when exposed to strong sunlight.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Cobalt Violet
£11.15 £9.48
Cobalt Violet (PV14)
Pure, bright violet, semi-transparent. Unique pigment. Shows granulation when diluted to a wash.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Ultramarine Pink
£8.05 £6.84
Ultramarine Pink (PV 15)
Soft, gentle pink-violet. Shows slight granulation as a wash. Very lightfast.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Ultramarine Violet
£8.05 £6.84
Ultramarine Violet (PV15)
Pale low tinting strength violet. Transparent.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Manganese Violet
£8.75 £7.44
Manganese Violet (PV 16)
Semi-opaque metal mineral pigment. Dense as mass tone, revealing some transparency in washes. Permanent.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Thioindigo
£8.75 £7.44
Thioindigo (PR 88)
Deep red-blue-violet, very intense, almost opaque in mass tone but transparent as a wash. Permanent.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Horton Violet
£7.65 £6.50
Horton Violet (Dioxazine) (PV23)
Extra strong Dioxazine synthetic organic pigment with unrivalled tinting power. Transparent.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Blue John, Pure Mineral Colour
£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.
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Wallace Seymour Vintage Watercolour Iron Plum
£8.75 £7.44
Iron Plum (Rudstone PR 101, Backbarrow Blue PB 29)
Unique blend of Backbarrow Blue, a form of Ultramarine as produced at Backbarrow, to the south of Windermere, milled with Yorkshire Rudstone. Strong, plummy blue-violet shade. The two colours are revealed when strongly diluted. Semi-transparent. Granulates.
