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Sennelier French Artists' Watercolor - Ultramarine Light, 10 ml Tube

Artists' Watercolor

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Product details
Size
10 ml
Blick SKU
01755-5304
About this product range
  • Professional-quality
  • Pure pigments, Kordofan gum arabic, and honey
  • Palette inspired by the French Impressionists
  • Creamy consistency for vivid even washes
  • Crafted in France with over a century of expertise

Sennelier L’Aquarelle Watercolors are renowned for their luminous color, rich texture, and exceptional quality. Handmade in France with superior pigments and Kordofam gum arabic, these colors deliver brilliant intensity and remarkably smooth application. Sennelier’s signature use of honey not only preserves the paint but enhances its brilliance and workability.This enhanced formulation offers superior flow and blendability—perfect for both delicate glazes and bold color layering.

Rooted in the traditions of the Impressionist movement, Sennelier collaborated with artists from across the globe to develop a watercolor that captures the beauty of natural light. The result is a paint that offers vivid, transparent washes with rich, saturated color.

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.

Ultramarine [Blue]

Pigment code
PB29
Type
inorganic
Chemical name
complex silicate of sodium and aluminum with sulfur
Chemical formula
Na8-10Al6Si6O24S2-4 or Na6-8Al6Si6O24S2-4
Properties
Ultramarine is the standard warm blue, a brilliant blue pigment that has the most purple and least green in its undertone. It has a moderate to high tinting strength and a beautiful transparency. Synthetic Ultramarine is not as vivid a blue as natural Ultramarine. Ultramarine dries slowly in oil and tends to produce clean, though granular, washes in watercolor. French Ultramarine mixes well with Alizarin colors in oil and watercolor form to create a range of purples and violets. It can dull when mixed with white in acrylic form, but mixes well with other colors. The shade varies based on manufacturer. Considered a great color for glazes, it is not suitable for frescoing.
Permanence
Ultramarine has excellent permanence, although synthetic Ultramarine is not as permanent as natural Ultramarine. It may discolor if exposed to acid because of its sulfuric content.
Toxicity
Ultramarine has no significant hazards.
History
The name for this pigment comes from the Middle Latin ultra, meaning beyond, and mare, meaning sea, because it was imported from Asia to Europe by sea. It is a prominent component of lapis lazuli and was used on Asian temples starting in the 6th century. It was one of the most expensive pigments in 16th century Europe, worth twice its weight in gold, and so was used sparingly and when commissions were larger. Ultramarine is currently imitated by a process invented in France in 1826 by Jean Baptiste Guimet, making blue affordable to artists and extending the range of colors on their palettes.
Description
Artificial Ultramarine, French Blue, French Ultramarine, Gmelin's Blue, Guimet's Blue, Permanent Blue, Royal Blue, Synthetic Ultramarine. New Blue describes particular shades of Ultramarine. Armenian Blue and Lazuline Blue are names for genuine Lapiz Ultramarine. Sky Blue is a pale tone of Ultramarine.

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