Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor - Antwerp Blue, Half Pan

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Product details
Blick SKU
00319-5910
About this product range
  • The trusted choice of professional watercolorists since 1832
  • Curated, travel-friendly sets in tube or half pan format
  • Majority single-pigment formulations for optimal mixing
  • Lightfast, permanent, and tested for color strength

Perfect for plein air painting, Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolors feature a thoughtfully curated selection of vibrant, luminous colors in either a tube or half-pan format. Each color offers unmatched clarity and depth—and more than half of the range is made of single pigments, ensuring clean, consistent mixing. The colors are carefully formulated for superior dispersion, lightfastness, and tinting strength so your work stays brilliant over 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.

Antwerp Blue

Pigment code
PB27
Type
inorganic
Chemical name
ferric ammonium ferrocyanide
Chemical formula
C18Fe7N18
Properties
Antwerp Blue is a slightly warm and less saturated blue with good transparency and undertone clarity. It is a pale variety of Prussian Blue with 75% inert pigment. It has similar properties to pure Prussian Blue, but its overall performance is inferior.
Permanence
Antwerp Blue can fluctuate, fading in the light and recovering in the dark. In watercolor form, it fades when mixed with white pigment or extender. Although it has reasonably good lightfastness and permanence, it is not considered ideal for permanent painting.
Toxicity
Antwerp Blue is mildly toxic by ingestion, but is considered safe for external use. In the United States, ferric ferrocyanide is permitted as a coloring ingredient for externally applied cosmetics, but not for lipsticks or internal use. If the pigment is
History
Antwerp Blue was developed through experimentation with Prussian Blue.
Description
Haarlem Blue, Mansa Blue, Mineral Blue

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