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Our Duochrome Emerald is the slightly reflective green of tender new shoots or buds in the Spring. Many living things have a slightly luminous quality to them that cannot quite be painted in regular watercolors. DANIEL SMITH Luminescent watercolors, unlike anything ever seen in watercolor, simulate the luster of a bird’s feather, the iridescence a butterfly or insect, the luminous quality of flowers and leaves. They’re made from mica pigment, thin transparent particles coated with highly reflective metal oxides. Duochrome Emerald shifts between two different shades of green—a lovely emerald and a very slightly reflective green-gold. All the DANIEL SMITH Luminous watercolors mix well with other colors and lend their luminosity in proportion to the mix. Mixing our Luminous watercolors with other colors is an ideal way to use them!
Starting with 10 parts water to 1 part paint (by weight) in the palette, our chemist paints the top half of the swatch uniformly with a round brush to show the paint’s color and characteristics. For the bottom half, he dips a ¾” flat brush into the paint well just once, then applies the color in stripes until the brush is dry, which shows the color’s tone and behavior through a wash. We use these swatches for color matching during the manufacturing process.
SKU: 284640042
Pigment: PW 20, PW 6 | Series: 1
Lightfastness: I – Excellent
Transparency: Transparent
Staining: 1-Non-Staining
Granulation: Granulating
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