Did you know that among our total of 266 Extra Fine Watercolors, only 7 colors are opaque? The rest are all transparent or semi-transparent. Click here to view or download our Watercolor Pigment Characteristics Chart – you can tap on the column headers to sort the colors however you like.

Learn more about two groups of colors in the DANIEL SMITH line – the opaques, as well as the Phthalos, in these video clips below from our recent Thursday Live session on Zoom and Facebook.

John paints swatches for some of our opaque watercolors and discusses their unique properties.

Giovanni Balzarani begins to create his swatch chart of the opaque and Phthalo watercolors in mass tone.

Angela Barbi shows us her paint-along swirls of color and how they blend with each other.

John chats with participating artists about how they like to work with our bright and beautifully staining Phthalo colors.

Giovanni completes his swatch chart, comparing mass tone to 1-2 layers of color diluted with 50% water.

Caroline Deeble talks about her paint-along sunflower art using some of the featured colors.