Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolour Jane’s Grey 15ml

Jane’s Grey (PB 29, PBr 7) Gris Jane

Jane’s Grey is a unique colour in the market. Most grays, whether Payne’s Gray, Neutral Tint or others, are made with a black pigment, and often phthalo blue is included. Artist Jane Blundell wanted a gray without the often-dulling effect of a black pigment and without the staining effects of phthalo blue.

She wanted a liftable gray and granulating gray to create the lovely look of stormy skies and softened shadows. It will also work as a neutral tint, darkening colours without changing them.  A gray made with palette colours maintains colour harmony in an artwork.

Many artists mix ultramarine blue and burnt sienna as they work, but no one was making this gorgeous mix as a convenience colour, so she did to make it easy to create rich darks with ease. Initially, she mixed it in individual pans and palettes, but the demand from her students meant she started to make it in tubes.

The Signature Series, Jane’s Grey, is semi-transparent, granulating, low staining and has excellent lightfastness.

• Pigment names: Ultramarine Blue/Burnt Sienna PB 29, PBr 7
• ASTM Lightfastness Rating: 1-Excellent
• Transparency: Semi-Transparent
• Granulating: Granulating
• Staining: 2-Low Staining
• Series: 2 
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