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Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor Half Pan - Quinacridone Gold

Watercolor Half Pan

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Product details
Blick SKU
01683-9090
About this product range
  • Professional quality
  • Widest color range available on the market
  • Same renowned formula as Daniel Smith tube colors
  • Compact and portable for plein air or travel
  • Hand-poured in the USA

Daniel Smith Watercolor Half Pans and Sets are a tribute to paint craft and color innovation. Made with the same expertly milled, concentrated pigments and pure gum arabic formula as the brand’s professional watercolor tubes, each pan is meticulously hand-poured over several months in Seattle. The result is even pigment dispersion and powerful, responsive color that activates instantly with a wet brush.

With a dazzling range of over 200 colors—including many truly unique pigments found only from Daniel Smith—artists can curate the perfect palette for any style or subject. Every batch is rigorously tested and analyzed to meet and exceed the highest industry standards, so you can trust that your work will stand the test of time.

Pigment information

General reference notes about pigments can describe other media (such as oil). They do not verify this product’s exact formulation or behavior.

Quinacridone Gold

Pigment code
PO48
Type
organic, quinacridone
Chemical formula
C20H12N2O2 or C20H10N2O4
Properties
Quinacridone Gold is a high performance pigment. It lacks brightness and cleanliness in tints, and it may disperse unevenly. It has an average drying time. Quinacridone pigments have relatively low tinting strength in general. For this reason, quinacridone colors are often expensive, because more pigment is required in the formulation.
Permanence
Quinacridone Gold has excellent lightfastness and is considered the most lightfast pigment in its shade range.
Toxicity
Quinacridone gold is not considered toxic. Overexposure to quinacridone pigments may cause skin irritation. Quinicridone pigments contain a compound found to be a skin, eye, and respiratory irritant.
History
Although quinacridone compounds became known in the late 19th century, methods of manufacturing so as to make them practical for use as commercial pigments did not begin until the 1950s. Quinacridone pigments were first developed as coatings for the automotive industry, but were quickly adopted by artists.
Description
Pigment Orange 48, Quinacridone Orange, Quinacridone Burnt Orange

Nickel Azo Yellow

Pigment code
PY150
Type
inorganic
Chemical name
nickel azomethine yellow
Chemical formula
C30H18Cl2N6NiO4
Properties
Nickel Azo Yellow is a transparent, moderately staining yellow pigment with high tinting strength. It is considered a good color match in botanical and landscape painting for natural gamboge (NY24), a historic yellow pigment with fair to poor lightfastness.
Permanence
Nickel azomethine yellow has excellent lightfastness.
Toxicity
Nickel azo yellow pigment is mildly toxic, and is often labeled as hazardous. Avoid respiratory and skin exposure to pigment dust. It should be disposed of properly with other hazardous wastes, not washed down the sink.
History
Nickel azomethine yellow has been developed as an artist pigment becasue it is a close match for gamboge, a historic yellow.
Description
Gamboge Hue, New Gamboge.

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