Description
Horadam watercolors are made with only the finest raw materials and are bound with Kordofan gum arabic from the southern Sahara. This gum arabic does tend to differ slightly year on year, which is why Schmincke continuously tests the ingredient and the best of the batch is selected to ensure the highest quality is achieved. Among the range are 139 colors, with 95 single pigment hues for clean mixing.
Lightfastness:Â **** Good
lightfastnessOpacity:Â Semi-opaqueStaining/Non-staining:
Semi-StainingColour Index:Â PR178Perylene Dark Red has been
introduced to replace the now discontinued Dark Red. Very nearly
the same colour however now has greater lightfastness.In order to
achieve high standards regarding lightfastness, resolubility and
stability, Schmincke Horadam watercolours contains only the finest
raw materials. The paints are bound with Kordofan gum arabic from
the southern Sahara. Due to the natural source of the binder, the
gum arabic does tend to differ slightly year on year. Schmincke
continually test the ingredient and the best of the batch is
selected to ensure the highest quality is achieved. This means
paint which has dried onto your palette can be easily re-wetted and
painted with again. Among the range are 139 colours, with 95 single
pigment hues for clean mixing.