Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml - Sepia 120074
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Sepia is a black brown colour. Originally made in the 18th from the ink sacks of cuttlefish, it is now made from a mixture of carbon and umber. It is a highly permanent colour.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml - Cadmium Red Hue 171562
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Cadmium Red Hue is a strong mid-range red colour. It is a carefully selected combination of pigments closely matching genuine Cadmium Red.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml - Purple Lake 120016
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Purple Lake is a transparent, cool dark purple.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml - Raw Umber 120032
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Raw Umber is a rich brown pigment made from the natural brown clays found in earth. It was named after Umbria, a region in Italy where it was mined.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml - Prussian Blue 120008
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Prussian Blue is a deep blue colour. It was made by German chemist Diesbach around 1704 making it the first synthetic blue pigment. It quickly gained favour as an alternative to genuine Ultramarine.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml - Permanent Rose 171570
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Permanent Rose is a bright rose violet. It is a transparent quinacridone pigment and was introduced in the Winsor & Newton range in the 1950s.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml - Cobalt Blue Hue 119847
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Cobalt Blue Hue is a clean blue pigment closely resembling Cobalt Blue. Genuine Cobalt was discovered in 1802 by French chemist Thénard as an alternative pigment to the expensive Lapis Lazuli blue.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml - Intense Blue (Phthalo Blue) 119928
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Intense Blue (Phthalo Blue) is a deep intense blue which when undiluted, forms an inky blue-black. It is made from the modern pigment Phthalocyanine which was introduced in the 1930s.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml - Vandyke Brown 120090
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Vandyke Brown is a brown pigment named after the Flemish painter Van Dyke who used it in many of his paintings. It is an earth pigment, and is often used for shading.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml - Hooker's Green Dark 119889
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Hooker's Green Dark is a rich dark green with a blue tint. A mixed pigment colour, it was originally created by 19th c English botanist illustrator William J Hooker.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml - Cadmium Yellow Hue 119805
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Cadmium Yellow Hue is a warm mid-range yellow made from arylide pigments to resemble genuine Cadmium Yellow. It is a reddish yellow with good tinting properties. Arylide yellow is part of the Hansa Yellows which were first developed in the early 1900s in Germany by the Hoechst company
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml - Intense Green (Phthalo Green) 119936
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Intense Green (Phthalo Shade) is a brilliant transparent green pigment with a yellow undertone. A modern pigment, it was introduced in 1930s.