After finally sitting down and playing a little, I find I'm not real impressed. At least on white paper. They might be better suited on darker or tinted paper or as a glaze over other colors for a pearl effect.
Also, they do not scan very well.
Those sampled are as follows:
Aquamarine - First time use the pigment was rock solid dried in the tube. It comes out a baby blue but ends up looking bluish green. (Actually had to take a sharp instrument and break a piece out of the end for sampling)
Oceanic Green - Has a yellowish green sheen to it.
Desert Bronze - Squeezes out greenish blue but on paper looks like bronze gold.
Saguaro Green - Squeezes out light pearl green but on paper it's bronze with slight green sheen.
Adobe - Squeezes out orange gold and basically shows on paper as the same.
Cactus Flower - vehicle separation when squeezing from tube. On palette surface looks violet but on paper looks bronze with a slight violet sheen.
Mauve - Squeezed out is bluish violet and on paper about the same.
Hibiscus - Squeezes out violet, add water and looks more blue, and on paper violet.
Pearlescent White - Vehicle separation when squeezed out. Basically white with a little sheen
Pearlescent Shimmer - Appears like a clear liquid loaded with silver glitter.
UPDATE: I guess from what I'm understanding after going back and reading......... these specialized pigments are meant to enhance or change the hue of other pigments.
I also have some of their other specialized watercolors in various colors but I don't think I'm going to do color charts on them.
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3 comments:
I like the witch's hat in any color!
I had fun with the subject....lol You can see where my head is right now with autumn just around the corner.
Hey I know this is a few years old but the key thing about these duochromes is that they completley change their look when they are painted over a black surface.
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