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Schmincke Aqua Drop Watercolor - Amber, 30 ml
Aqua Drop Watercolor
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$9.38
Blick Art Materials · recorded 2026-10-21T07:56:43.078952000Z
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Product details
- Size
- 30 ml
- Blick SKU
- 86324-8133
About this product range
Offering long-term, lightfast performance across a wide range of techniques, Schmincke Aqua Drop Watercolors are brilliant, pigment-based watercolors in a versatile fluid format. Ready to use directly from the bottle, apply them with the included dropper top, brushes, dip pens, and airbrushes (nozzle size 15.00 mm and up) for vivid, transparent color. Excellent for traditional watercolor techniques, colors can also be thinned with water for subtle washes. Every color in the line is formulated with permanent pigments and rated ‘good’ to ‘excellent’ for lightfastness.
Opaque White can be used alone or added to mixtures to create tints and increase opacity. It is not suitable for use with Aqua Drop Liners alone or in mixtures.
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.
Diarylide Yellow 83
- Pigment code
- PY83
- Type
- organic, disazo
- Chemical formula
- C36H32Cl4N6O8
- Properties
- Diarylide Yellow is a semi-opaque, moderately staining, intense deep reddish yellow pigment with good tinting strength.
- Permanence
- Diarylide Yellow 83 has very good lightfastness and permanence. However, it can fade in tints, so some artists do not consider it suitable as an artists' color. Many other diarylide yellow pigments are reported to have fair to poor lightfastness, and some are completely fugitive. Diarylide Yellow 83 is reputed to be one of the most permanent of the entire group.
- Toxicity
- Diarylide Yellow has no significant acute hazards, but chronic hazards have not been well studied.
- History
- Diarylide Yellow comes from a family of azo pigments called Diarylide. These yellow hued pigments were developed around 1940 and are very important in printing inks.
- Description
- Benzidine Yellow, Diazo Yellow.
Dioxazine Violet
- Pigment code
- PV23
- Type
- organic
- Chemical name
- carbazole dioxazine
- Chemical formula
- C34H22Cl2N4O2
- Properties
- Dioxazine Violet is transparent and has very high tinting strength. It is a staining pigment, very dark valued when it is used at full strength. Concentrated, it paints out nearly black, but it mixes with Titanium White to form bright, opaque tints of purple. PV23 produces slightly redder shades than PV37. Because the hue can vary with the conditions of preparation and grinding, it may be offered in red shade, blue shade, and so forth.
- Permanence
- Dioxazine Violet has good lightfastness. There may be some concern about it fading or shifting in color in tints and washes. Some artists have reported that PV37, a molecular variant, is more lightfast than PV23.
- History
- Two molecular variants of Dioxazine Violet, PV23 and PV37, are available. They have similar properties, but mix slightly differently.
- Description
- Dioxazine Purple, Chromothal Violet, Mauve, Carbazole Violet.
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