Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor - Indanthrene Blue, 5 ml Tube
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Product details
- Size
- 5 ml
- Blick SKU
- 00319-5341
About this product range
- The trusted choice of professional watercolorists since 1832
- Expansive range of 100+ colors
- Majority single-pigment formulations for optimal mixing
- Lightfast, permanent, and tested for color strength
Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor Tubes are renowned for their enduring quality and heritage dating back to 1832. Trusted by renowned artists like John Singer Sargent, these watercolors combine historical recipes with modern advancements in pigment technology. Powerful, luminous, and unparalleled in their clarity, an expansive range of over 100 colors allows artists to create a palette that best suits their work.
Individually crafted for optimal pigment dispersion, over half the range features single-pigment formulations for predictable and accurate color mixtures. Colors are thoroughly tested for lightfastness and tint strength to ensure your work remains vibrant over time. A range of granulating colors allows artists to achieve beautiful textures that can be maximized through mixing.
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Pigment information
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Indanthrene Blue
- Pigment code
- PB60
- Type
- organic, vat dyes
- Chemical name
- complex, insoluble anthraquinone
- Chemical formula
- C28H14N2O4
- Properties
- Indanthrene Blue is a clear, clean, deep blue organic pigment. It has moderate to high tinting strength and is not as overpowering as Phthalo Blue. Hansa Yellow Deep, Benzimidazolone Orange, and Raw Umber are its best mixing complements.
- Permanence
- Indanthrene Blue is permanent with excellent lightfastness in both masstone and tints.
- Toxicity
- Indanthrene Blue varies in its acute toxicity, though toxicity is generally slight.
- History
- Indanthrene Blue is the oldest vat dye, discovered and patented in 1901 by Rene Bohn. It is considered the first anthraquinone vat dye, a group of dyes characterized by excellent lightfastness. The pigment originates from this dye.
- Description
- Indanthrone.
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