Duochrome Saguaro Green (PW20, PW6, Iron Oxideé/Oxide de fer) Vert Saguaro Duochrome
Duochrome Saguaro Green, one of the Luminescent oil colours, shifts from golden metallic olive green to metallic Yellow Ochre. This shift is more pronounced when the colour is thinned and painted over dark.
- 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 creates unique luminescent colours, and many artists have asked about the differences between these and between Iridescent, Interference, Duochrome, and Pearlescent watercolours.
- 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 considered to haveonal 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!
