Daniel Smith Extra-Fine Watercolor Primary Triad Set, 15ml Tubes

Daniel Smith Watercolors are formulated to meet and exceed the highest industry standards, every batch is thoroughly analyzed for its performance qualities – lightfastness, color value, tinting strength, clarity, vibrancy, undertone, particle size, density and viscosity.  Made in the USA.

Bright primary colors multitask as foundations for other hues. An important tool for students and new watercolorists, the Primary Color Set lets you customize basic colors.

Set includes 1 each/15ml tubes: Perylene Red, Hansa Yellow Medium and French Ultramarine

Perylene Red is medium staining and semi-tranparent. It creates vivid, dark washes with a clean brilliant red-orange. This sedimentary pigment offers an additional health plus, as it is made from a metal-free red. Clean modern pigments such as this will put accidental mud-making in the past.  Pigment: PR 178 / Series: 3 / Lightfastness: Excellent / Transparency: Semi-Transparent / Staining: 3-Medium Staining / Granulation: Non-Granulating

Hansa Yellow Medium is a high-tinting, organic pigment. Considered the ‘perfect yellow’, Hansa Yellow Medium offers more control when mixing. Painters admire the purity of this primary pigment and adjust its temperature while avoiding a gray from a hidden complement.  Pigment: PY 97 / Series: 2 / Lightfastness: Excellent / Transparency: Semi-Transparent / Staining: 2-Low Staining / Granulation: Non-Granulating

French Ultramarine is medium-to-dark warm, reddish-blue is highly lightfast and has medium tinting strength. It’s sedimentary quality increases its versatility. Mixed with various portions of other blues, French Ultramarine is a wonderful sky pigment.   Pigment: PB 29 | Series: 2 / Lightfastness: Excellent / Transparency: Transparent / Staining: 3-Medium Staining / Granulation: Granulating