Duochrome Aquamarine (PW 20, PW 6, Iron Oxide/Oxyde de Fer) Alque-Marine Duohrome

One of our Luminescent colours, Duochrome Aquamarine, has a colour shift between metallic emerald green and metallic blue depending on the angle; think of the colour shift you see on a peacock's tail feathers. When painted over darker shades, the slightly metallic emerald green shift to metallic blue becomes more pronounced.

DANIEL SMITH Luminescent Watercolours add a unique touch of colour found in nature that regular colours cannot match. They're made from mica pigment, thin transparent particles coated with highly reflective metal oxides. Luminescent Watercolours show best as glazes over darker colours and are excellent mixed with other colours, adding a bit of their luminescent glow.

• Pigment name: Mica - Mica PW 20, Titanium White - Blanc de titane PW 6, Iron Oxide - Oxide de fer
• Lightfastness: I (NR) – Excellent
• Transparency: Transparent
• Granulation: Granulating
• Staining: 1 - Non-Staining
• Series 1

DANIEL SMITH Luminescent Watercolour created unique luminescent colours that many artists have asked about the differences between DANIEL SMITH Luminescent Watercolours, Iridescent, Interference, Duochrome, and Pearlescents.

• Iridescent: Reflection – a particle of light hits the paint/pigment matrix and bounces back, much like a mirror.
• Interference: Refraction – a particle of light enters the paint/pigment matrix and scatters light.
• Duochrome: one pigment that bounces between two colours.
• Pearlescent: This adds opalescence—like an opal or pearl—to the colour; it can be mixed or glazed.

DANIEL SMITH Luminescent Watercolours are lovely for painting the special visual effects found in nature that have optical surprises in the colours you see in birds' feathers, insects, fish, and seashells. Many flowers also have a pearly, dewy sheen. Consider the iridescence of a snail's trail or a silvery spider's web. Other things also have a sparkle or glow depending on the light: a silvery or golden moon, clouds aglow at sunset, rainbows, the sparkle of snow and ice, and the glint of water reflections. Don't forget the sheen of metals like pewter, copper, silver, and gold. There are also mythological subjects often thought of as having exceptional iridescence, such as fairies, dragons, mermaids, and other fantasy figures.

These excellent subjects beg for special paints, and the DANIEL SMITH Luminescent Watercolours are perfect for painting subjects like these!