Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Half Pan - Cadmium Red Hue
Cotman Watercolor
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Product details
- Blick SKU
- 00337-3330
About this product range
- Quality student-grade range
- 40+ colors, including modern and historic pigments
- Strong tint strength
- Reliable transparency and lightfastness
- Uniform consistency for beginners and students
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolors deliver the quality the brand is known for at an accessible price for students and beginners. The range includes over 40 colors chosen for their tone, undertone, strength, and mixability. Whether you're building a basic palette or exploring color mixing, Cotman delivers smooth, even washes with vibrant results.
Made with both traditional and modern pigments—from natural earths to organic compounds—these watercolors offer a range of effects, from easy-lifting hues to more staining, expressive shades. Most colors are transparent, and the consistent feel across the range makes Cotman especially friendly for beginners.
By replacing a few of the more expensive pigments with cost-effective alternatives, this line delivers reliable performance at a smart price—without compromise. Rated good to excellent for permanence, Cotman is a solid choice for students, hobbyists, or any artist seeking vibrant, dependable color at great value.
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.
Perylene Red
- Pigment code
- PR149
- Type
- organic, anthraquinone
- Chemical formula
- C40H26N2O6
- Properties
- Perylene Red is a moderately intense, semi-opaque, medium red pigment, appearing somewhere between a Cadmium Red and a Cadmium Deep Red hue. It has excellent brightness and tinting strength. Its partial transparency makes it useful as a glazing color.
- Permanence
- Perylene Red has good lightfastness and permanence. Its tints may darken after extended exposure to sunlight. It is not considered suitable for exterior use.
- Toxicity
- Perylene Red has no significant acute toxicity. Its long term hazards are currently unknown.
- History
- Perylenes have been used as vat dyes since 1912, but they were not manufactured and sold as pigments until 1957. For artists, they are a replacement for historic colors that were made with berries, and are significantly more lightfast.
- Description
- Perylene Scarlet
Coral Red
- Pigment code
- PR255
- Type
- organic
- Properties
- Ciba describes PR255 as a yellowish red pigment with medium hiding power and excellent weather resistance, recommended for use in high grade decorative and industrial paints.
- Permanence
- Pigment Red 255 has excellent lightfastness and weatherfastness at full strength, and can be used for outdoor applications.
- History
- Pigment Red 255 has been used in paint, plastics, printing inks, and automotive finishes.
- Description
- Pyrrole Scarlet.
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