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

Pigment Information

This color contains the following pigments:

-Genuine Sleeping Beauty Turquoise

Pigment Name

-Genuine Sleeping Beauty Turquoise

Pigment Type

Chemical Formula

Properties

It is lightfast and permanent, with none of the transient color fade that plagues most turquiose. Turquoise has a unique porous nature that produces granular washes. Drybrush work has the intense texture found only in a mineral pigment. Semi-transparent. Non-staining.

Permanence

Excellent

Toxicity

History

A unique and vibrant blue, the gemstone comes from Sleeping Beauty Mountain in Arizona. 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.