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Sparkling Luminescent paints are an intriguing addition to our acrylic palette. They add a shimmer to shells, a glisten to flower petals, a sparkle to white snow, and a sheen to flesh colors. Luminescent paints achieve their shimmer through light wave interference and refraction. Luminescent paints have to be viewed from a slight angle, so artists are challenged to make the painting work with and without the interference effect. They can be applied transparently, opaquely over dark colors—which makes the color appear deeper—or mixed with other paints.

Lightfastness Rated I — Excellent.

60ml Tubes  $7.14
4oz Jars  $11.67
16oz Jars  $34.56

Choose from 4 Luminescent Acrylic types:




Interference
Interference Colors shimmer, shifting in light from the colors found in their names to more subtle, nuetral complements. They really "pop" when brushed over dark colors.



Iridescent
Iridescent Colors have a consistent, all-over gleam and come in a broad spectrum of colors from brights to metallics to rich antique metallics. Mixed with your favorite standard colors or used alone, they add intriguing complexity and visual depth to your work.



Duochrome
Duochrome Colors are punchy and exciting. They reveal two distinctly different hues depending on how the light strikes them.



Pearlescent
Pearlescent Colors offer a similar pearly shimmer, without the Interference Colors' light-shifting qualities.


Blue
60ml 4oz Pint
Copper
60ml 4oz Pint
Gold
60ml 4oz Pint
Green
60ml 4oz Pint
Lilac
60ml 4oz Pint
Red
60ml 4oz Pint
Silver
60ml 4oz Pint

Interference Colors

DANIEL SMITH Interference colors consist of transparent mica particles coated with highly refractive titanium dioxide. The combination results in the interference of the light wave.  Differing thickness of the titanium layer causes different colors of the spectrum to become manifest.  The best way to use interference paints is mixed with your favorite colors from your regular palette. Interference Blue, for instance, when mixed with Cobalt Blue yields a beautiful blue color.  The combination of Interference Blue with a color other than blue will give you two colors — a dual-effect when viewed straight on and at an angle. For instance Quinacridone Magenta and Interference Blue is seen as a pastel magenta or a sparkling bluish violet.



Amethyst
60ml 4oz
Aztec Gold
60ml 4oz
Electric Blue
60ml 4oz
Garnet
60ml 4oz
Goldstone
60ml 4oz
Moonstone
60ml 4oz
Topaz
60ml 4oz
Bronze
60ml 4oz Pint
Copper
60ml 4oz Pint
Gold
60ml 4oz Pint
Russet
60ml 4oz Pint
Antique Bronze
60ml 4oz Pint
Antique Copper
60ml 4oz Pint
Antique Gold
60ml 4oz Pint
Antique Silver
60ml 4oz Pint

Iridescent Colors

DANIEL SMITH Iridescent paints—of which there are two types—have both color and a similar colored interference sparkle.

The first type, the copper and gold iridescent pigments, consists of transparent mica particles coated with highly refractive red and yellow iron oxide pigments (rather than the colorless titanium dioxide of the “interference” paints). The difference between the Interference and Iridescent paints is readily apparent when you compare Interference Gold with Iridescent Gold. Only the iridescent paint has color when not viewed at an angle.  When applied reasonably heavily these iridescent paints are opaque and replicate copper and gold. In a wet on wet application they create a wonderful textural effect.  In the case of Iridescent Scarab Red, the layer of iron oxide pigment is of such thickness that the interference sparkle is green!

The second type of Iridescent colors are convenient paints consisting of regular pigment colors together with an interference color of the same or similar hue. An example in the chart is Iridescent Electric Blue.



Cactus Flower
60ml 4oz Pint
Adobe
60ml 4oz Pint
Desert Bronze
60ml 4oz Pint
Saguaro Green
60ml 4oz Pint
Aquamarine
60ml 4oz
Blue Silver
60ml 4oz
Hibiscus
60ml 4oz
Mauve
60ml 4oz
Oceanic
60ml 4oz

Duochrome Colors

DANIEL SMITH Duochrome dual effect colors are now offered conveniently mixed in one tube. You can check this out by comparing, a combination of Phthalo Green blue shade and Interference Gold with — Duochrome Oceanic. The colors Duochrome Hibiscus and Quinacridone Magenta mixed with Interference Red appear similar to one another when viewed straight on but the duochrome paint is quite different—a blue violet when viewed at an angle.



White
60ml 4oz Pint
Shimmer
60ml 4oz Pint
Black
60ml 4oz Pint

Pearlescent Colors

Pearlescent Colors will enhance your art with a pearly shimmer, similar to our Interference Colors, but without the Interference Colors' light-shifting quality. They create richly illuminated highlights and are great for lustruous shell and floral paintings, or create winter landscapes that glisten and glow!

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SETS
Interference
Interference Set
-7 Colors



Iridescent Gem
Iridescent Gem Set
-7 Colors



Iridescent Metallic
Iridescent Metal
Set -4 Colors



Iridescent Antique Iridescent
Antique Set
-4 Colors



Duochrome Southwest
Duochrome
Southwest Set
-3 Colors



Duochrome Southwest
Duochrome
Southwest Set-4 Colors



Duochrome Exotic Duochrome
Exotic Set
-5 Colors



Duochrome "Joshua Tree Sparrow"
Duochrome Set
-4 Colors

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