Brand reference
Daniel Smith
103 Daniel Smith paints measured in CIE L*a*b*, across watercolor.
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Paint lines
Daniel Smith groups its paints into ranges that differ in price, consistency and pigment load.
Extra Fine Watercolors
103 paints
Lightfastness
How well the colour resists fading. ASTM I is the most permanent; V is fugitive.
I
101 paints
II
1 paint
III
1 paint
Opacity
How much the paint covers what is underneath.
Transparent
50 paints
Semi-Transparent
21 paints
Semi-Opaque
21 paints
Opaque
11 paints
Pigments
64 distinct pigment codes across these paints. The most widely used are shown below; 56 more are used less often.
PBr7
9 paints
PBk9
9 paints
PV19
6 paints
PB29
5 paints
PY129
5 paints
PO73
4 paints
PR254
4 paints
PR101
4 paints
Colours compared across brands
Each page sets this colour side by side with every brand that makes it, measured in CIE L*a*b*.
- Burnt Sienna
- Burnt Umber
- Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue
- Cerulean Blue
- Chromium Oxide Green
- Cobalt Blue
- Cobalt Green
- Green Gold
- Hooker's Green
- Indian Red
- Indian Yellow
- Indigo
- Ivory Black
- Lamp Black
- Naples Yellow
- Olive Green
- Payne's Grey
- Prussian Blue
- Quinacridone Magenta
- Quinacridone Red
- Quinacridone Violet
- Raw Sienna
- Raw Umber
- Sap Green
- Titanium White
- Ultramarine Blue
- Ultramarine Violet
- Venetian Red
- Viridian
- Yellow Ochre
