Lunar Black (PBk11) Noir de Lune

Imagine a transparent black with an expansive value range and pigment particles that react like magnetic shavings attracting and repelling each other.

Unique pigment properties make Lunar Black a radically reticulating colour. When dry, a Lunar Black wash resembles a marbled moonscape. This mottled stony texture can be successfully glazed. You can gently paint into a wet to damp Lunar Black, dropping in watery pigment-virtually any combination of favourites.

Lunar Black is an inorganic neutral black watercolour pigment and a Daniel Smith exclusive. Think Black Magic-and re-think black.

• Pigment names: Mars Black - Oxyde de fer Noir PBk11
• ASTM Lightfastness Rating: Excellent - Not yet rated by ASTM - Rating based on Daniel Smith's independent testing.
• Transparency: Transparent
• Granulating: Yes
• Staining: Low
• Series: 1

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Many traditional colours are relied upon by all artists, and there are many “truly unique” colours made only by DANIEL SMITH, which have become essential to watercolour artists.

PrimaTek Watercolours are made from minerals, often semi-precious minerals, which have been ground into pigments, mixed with gum arabic (the binder) and milled into PrimaTek Watercolours. The first was Lapis Lazuli Genuine in 1998; since then, many more have been added, colours such as Amethyst Genuine, Piemontite Genuine and Serpentine Genuine. Most of these colours have excellent granulating effects that some artists have called “magical.”

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Cadmium Hues, DANIEL SMITH, has developed safe and vibrant Cadmium Hues with the density and richness of cadmium colours without the cadmium pigment. Virtually identical in colour to their namesakes, they are cleaner in mixtures and much more robust in tints. The functional properties - staining power, semi-transparency and excellent lightfastness - are nearly identical to those of the low-soluble cadmium colours DANIEL SMITH previously manufactured.

Other Unique Watercolours from pigments that DANIEL SMITH has sourced, often from particular locations, colours like Burgundy Yellow Ochre, Monte Amiata Natural Sienna and Roasted French Ochre. Some are created exclusively by DANIEL SMITH, such as Cascade Green, Deep Sap Green and Green Gold.

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