Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor - Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Genuine, 15 ml Tube

Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor - Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Genuine, 15 ml Tube

Experience the quality of Daniel Smith Watercolor Paints!

A unique and vibrant blue, the gemstone comes from Sleeping Beauty Mountain in Arizona where we found a deposit that lives up to our high expectations. It is lightfast and permanent, with none of the transient color fade that plagues most turquoise. Turquoise has a unique porous nature that produces granular washes. Juicy washes flow from the brush and drybrush work has the intense texture found only in a mineral pigment. Traditional mineral pigments often have a muted feel and our unique Turquoise Genuine has a true brilliance. We use the highest grade mineral that is found closest to the earth's surface, where environmental factors have enhanced the structure to gemstone quality and deepened the tonal richness to a remarkable blue. Historic references of Turquoise date back as far as Egypt's first dynasty. Turquoise from the American Southwest has been unearthed in Aztec ruins and Persian turquoise was used as trading currency.

• ASTM Lightfastness Rating: Excellent
• Transparency : Semi-Transparent
• Granulating: Yes
• Staining: No
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• Unsurpassed purity and permanence
• Quality watercolor with a wide array of colors and effects
• Packed with rich pure pigment
• No fillers or waxes