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Abbreviations and bibliography concerning

the pigments used in watercolor
Publié le 12/05/2018 à 02:45
Par Désiré Herman

AJ V ŠAMORÍNE

Abbreviations and
Bibliography
Guideline to Analyse my Color
Swatches
It took me nearly 2 years to paint more than 1000 different
swatches of watercolor paints made by a lot of different
brands. Most are professional grade or "extra-fine" watercolor
paints, but I also included some student grade or "Fine"
watercolors.
I decided to paint these to help professional and amateur wa-
tercolorists to have a preview of the behavior of different
brands, pigments, and formulations.
I'm not a scientist, nor a great master, so my opinion is just
personal and I do prefer that my readers make their own.
I just want to let you know that I'm not sponsored by any
brand and that, on behave of some test dots, I had to buy all
these paints by myself. So I think that I can say that I'm not
influenced.

Swatches

Explanation of setup: how I paint swatches

Name of Color used by Manufacturer: I use here the name

given by the manufacturer to its hue
Lightfastness: These are the indications given by the manu-
facturer. According to the brands, there are qualifications ran-
ging from 3 to 5 stars for excellent resistance to light.
Manufacturer's Brands: Here I use abbreviations mentioned
below:
AR: Arteza
B : Blockx
DR : Daler Rowney
DM : Dr. Ph. MARTIN
DS : Daniel Smith
DV : Da Vinci
H : Holbein
I : Isaro
JA: Jackson’s
K : Kuretake
MG : M. Graham
MMG : Mijello Mission Gold
MB : MaimeriBlu
OH : Old Holland
PM : Dr. Ph. Martin
Q : QOR
S : Schmincke followed by T = tube followed by
G ou P = Pan
SE : Sennelier followed by T = tube followed by
G ou P = Pan
SP : Saint Petersburg White Nights
SHW: ShinHan Professional Watercolours Extra-
Fine
SHP : ShinHan Professional Watercolours Fine
R : Rembrandt by Talens
VG : Van Gogh by Talens
W : Winsor & Newton followed by T = tube follo-
wed by G ou P = Pan
WN : Winsor & Newton followed by T = tube fol-
lowed by G ou P = Pan
Manufacturer's reference: Here is referenced the number
given by the manufacturer identifying this hue.
Regarding the pigment used; it is internationally abbrevia-
ted name. To better understand, a quick summary. The first
letter P is the abbreviation for pigment. The letter (or letters)
indicates the color, the abbreviation used are English. Y
means yellow, R means red, B means blue, O means orange,
V means purple, G means green, Br means brown, Bk
means black and W means white. Follow the number to iden-
tify the pigment.
Opacity :

Symbols Opacity : Transparent - Semi-Transparent - Semi-

Opaque - Opaque

Force Teintante :

Symbols for staining: Staining - Non or Light Staining - Heavi-

ly Staining

Granulation :

Symbols for Granulation: Granulate - Non-Granulating - N/A

omitted by the manufacturer

First rounded rectangle with black bar: Here I use a fresh

paint bucket or tube, just slightly diluted. I paint above a black
line (Water resistant, traced with a black marker), which al-
lows observing the opacity of the paint
Second rounded rectangle: Here I use in the wet a gradient
wash in order to better see the tones in the dilution. On
the left, I apply a painting out of the tube and dilute gradually
with water. This also gives an indication of the coloring power
of the paint.
Third rounded rectangle: Here I paint the rectangle with dif-
ferent strength of dilution and after drying for 12 hours, I open
the whites (repented) with a rather hard synthetic brush. We
can see the tinting strength of the paint.
Fourth rounded rectangle: Here I wet the site very hard and
I put a little paint in the middle and let it do its "thing". This al-
lows seeing the ability of the painting to spread. As the paper
does not always buckle the same way, there is more towards
the right or left, but the observation is the same if the painting
shows a denser heart, it is that does not dissolve completely
and is less able to broadcast. The information is that found
on manufacturers' color charts. You can see that it is not al-
ways correct. Especially at the level of transparency/opacity,
there is an opportunity to review this position.
All the samples were painted on Fabriano Academia paper, a
100% cellulose paper of 240g glued outside and in the heart.
This gives you a homogeneous overview. Note that if you use
a paint on another paper, be it 100% cotton, mixed or cellu-
lose, there will certainly be differences, either in hue or
characteristics.

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