I tend to go under the assumption that a lot of Mijello's "weird naming" stuff just comes from things getting lost in translation. It is a Korean brand after all. They have a genuine cerulean PB35 under "Cobalt Cerulean Blue" and a genuine cerulean PB36 under "Cobalt Cerulean Blue Deep". They also have a PB36 "Cobalt Green Deep" you might enjoy! It's a very pretty hue. As long as you know what you're getting yourself into, they're beautiful paints to work with.
You could be right about that. Strange naming isn't exclusive to Mijello. Many other brands have weird names for a few of their paints. Just goes to show that we should be looking at the pigment numbers rather than the paint name. Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏
These swatches are gorgeous! Phthalo Blue Red Shade is also my favorite blue. It’s the one must have blue on the palette and can be mixed to create pretty much all of the other blues from darks to lights. I use the Winsor & Newton and DaVinci versions and have yet to finish a tube of either. I also liked PB60 at first but don’t really find a use for it. I prefer the Holbein or Winsor & Newton Indigo for my deep dark blues now, though the Van Gogh Indigo is phenomenal. If I’d tried it first, I would have probably saved my coins on the professional versions, but I love all three. I can’t wait for your video on grays because the Van Gogh Payne’s Grey is, hands down, my favorite. It’s in all of my palettes and I’m curious to see if you have that one as well and how you feel about it. Looking forward to the next one!
Thank you 🙏 I much prefer the phthalo blue red shade over the green shade. Good to hear there are others who like it too. I'll get to the grays pretty soon. It might be in a video with my yellows as I don't have many of them. We'll see.
Thats a great collection of blues. I appreciate all these brand and color comparisons. I really like that most of your brands are quite different from mine. WN has a beautful Indanthrene blue that is brighter than others, but can still reach that deep dark blue shade. I wasnt crazy about granulation when I first started painting so I was excited to buy my first Schmincke finest and I still use it often. Ive aslo avoided Phthalo blues over the years because they are so very bright. I only use them in very diluted strengths. Ultramarine blue has to be my favorite blue. Thanks for the great video. I really loved the greens too. Im hoping you might make a video of PG7 & PG36 mixes for some realistic greens.
Jay, love this series. Personally I’ve never met a blue I didn’t like. But I mostly use the schmincke french ultramarine because it does give a lovely texture to a wash. It makes particularly pretty and soft greys when mixed on the paper with daniel smith burnt sienna. The other colour I’m intrigued with right now is the rembrandt indanthrene blue. Only just getting to really know it, but I think it’s quite lovely so far. Thanks for these videos, they are great!
Thank you very much for watching and commenting Trudi. 🙏 I agree, the Schmincke french ultramarine is really nice. I've kinda fallen out of love with the Rembrandt Indanthrene blue but I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying using it. ☺️
I just subscribed to your channel as I love how you swatch out all your colors and it's really helping to compare to my swatch cards, but it's upsetting that some of the brands that we both have like Cotman and Van Gogh are different as far as the colors on the screen and the colors on my cards, and it's hard to tell which is the true colors. Even the swatch sheets on their website are different, and I actually had to call one of the companies to get replacements for 3 different colors because of the huge difference - but I'll still continue to watch your videos - greetings from NYC!! 🤗🗽💖🕊️
I am blown away at the amount of blues you have! I also prefer phthalo blue, but since I don't sell my art I get to use Prussian blues without hesitation 😂
Haha yes I have way too many blues. Especially considering that I only use 2 or 3 in my palette at any one time. It's going to take me forever to get through them all 🤣
Such a nice collection of blues, the swatches look so satisfying! I mostly use pb60 or cobalt for a warm blue, indigo/paynes grey for dark and moody mixes and pthalos/turquoises for a cooler blue. Ocean blue from roman szmal is my current go to (although i cant use pans in my current location because of high humidity). Mijello ultramarine light is great, i prefer it to all other brands i currently have. Im about to order the rembrandt one so i hope its nice too. Thanks for sharing :)
You're very welcome. Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏 I was surprised how nice the Mijello ultramarine light was. Especially as it's pretty cheap here in Asia.
I have been really enjoying this series. My favorites are: Ultramarine: love how vibrant and clean of a color it is. Enjoy Cerulean/Cobalt as well. Used to use Phthalos and Prussians but I stopped. But I am getting back to using them again since they’re good mixing colors. Indanthrone blue, Payne’s Grey & Indigo love’em too. Love the dark mixes one gets.
i can't get enough of these swatch line ups :D i'm guessing you're probably just bored with indanthrene. i mix mine with PR122 and PB16. white nights' indanthrene doesn't get dark enough for me. and my favourite blues.... PB16 is a turquoise but i use it as a blue, hands down my fave. the holbein cerulean blue and rembrandt ultramarine deep.
I think I probably am just bored with it. I don't think I'll get it again once it runs out. I might have to try a PB16. For some reason I remember buying Holbein marine blue last year but I can't find the tube. Maybe I squeezed it in to a pan and put it somewhere? 🤣
@@JayNathanWatercolor i wonder if you'll like PB16 since you're not into turquoises but PB16 is hands down my favourite :D your indian red equivalent ;P hehe~
i like ultramarine, indanthrene, and phthalo blue red shade. mostly warm blues i prefer. lately, im not big on granulation because my sketchbook is hot pressed. cry
Surprised you didn't have a PB 35 here, although I remember you said in another video it always looks dirty to you. If you ever want to give it another try, Holbein makes the best PB 35, just called Cerulean Blue. And in my experience the difference between the Cotmans and artist grade is that some of the Cotmans I've got can not get to full masstone because they aren't pigmented enough, and you can see even the transparent pigments are opaque when painted on black paper, because they add fillers.
Yes I really don't like PB35. It's my most hated pigment. Lol! I like my Cotman paints. There are others I like more but they do the job just fine for me.
I think I'm getting that PB35 Holbein. Im hunting my perfect Cerulean, only have White Nights and Jackson's ones ans I love that color but it's too subtle so I'm thinking in Mijello or Holbein cuz they seems the most high tinting ones. Also was considering the Lukas one but don't seems as nice. Thank you
@@dramaticona Hey, my Mission Gold “Cerulean Blue” is actually PB 15:3 so check the pigments! I do love the Holbein. But since I originally wrote this comment, I also tried Sennelier from a dotcard (from Oto Kano) and found it to be as beautiful, if not more, than the Holbein. Jackson’s brand is made by Sennelier, as you probably know. So I think you might just have one of the most beautiful examples of it out there, already. Holbein does contain dextrin, so it acts a little differently,. Very much a personal preference.
@@jennw6809 Don't worry they have a real one is called Cobalt Cerulean Blue I think it's series G so it's very expensive. The Jackson's is very nice just a little bit to delucate for me, I use it in mixes so I need it with more tinting strength.
@@dramaticona I saw in a comment after that Mission Gold do have a real PB 35! I think you might give that one a try to find the strongest tint strength. Or M. Graham.
I love this series and I'm really looking forward to the red/pinks! But I have a question Nathan: would it be possible to make a video about watercolor paper? I'm really curious what your top picks would be and I'm on the hunt for a decent and very white paper that makes color stand out!
Thank you. I'm really glad you are enjoying the series. I'm not sure I'm the right person to ask about watercolor paper. I really only use Baohong Academy cold pressed. I have used another Chinese brand called Leyton which is ok (it's whiter than the Baohong) but I've never really tried the better known brands like Arches, Saunders Waterford, Fabriano or Canson. Baohong is such great value here so I just stick to that.
Those are alot of blues! My favorite blue seems to be ultramarine; it's the one in my full pan Sonnet set that's almost used up, way quicker than the others. I wonder how do you like the quality of the Lukas paints in general? I ask because it is one of the few artist grade WC paints that retail here (thinking about upgrading...)
Haha yes I definitely have far too many blues. I'll work my way through them all eventually though. I'm in two minds about recommending Lukas 1862 watercolors. I personally like them and find them to be ok for the way I paint but I'm not sure they are to everyone's tastes. They are more opaque than most other brands and have more of a pastel like effect in my opinion. I definitely like Lukas for my cadmiums and cobalts though. Great value for the expensive pigments.
You're very welcome. Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏 I like Prussian Blue but I prefer to use my favourite phthalo blue instead. I've never really painted with indigo but I might try it in my palette soon ☺️
I have both DV & WN PB16. They are both very beautiful and heavily pigmented. I use StPWN for the Russian brand when labeling. MG for M Graham and MMG for mijello mission gold.
@@TracyIndy thanks for the info)) Not that I`m looking, I was just surprised that there isn`t one among so many blues. And I googled it, seems to really be kind of a rare pigment, although not expensive. My favorite blues are both Schmincke`s - Cobalt blue deep and from this clip French ultramarine))
@@LowKey_izildura My first interest in PB16 is because of a Denise Soden video. Either RUclips or a Skillshare class. She used this Phthalo Cyan PB16 for a CMY primary color palette vs.the traditional Red, Blue, Yellow and ended up with less muddy mixes. I double checked and found I had the Maimeri Bleu brand as well. Ive heard people saying how they enjoy the helio turquoise. I havent tried it before. Schmincke does have some beautiful blues, but Ive only used their Ultramarine Finest.I have more cobalt greens and turquoises of theirs.
French Ultramarine usually is a shade of ultramarine that is more violet-leaning and has more pronounced granulation than normal Ultramarine. Sometimes it's very subtle difference, but schmincke's french Ultramarine is my favourite when I need a dramatic granulation in mixes! :) Meanwhile Van Gogh, I'm surprised they didn't name theirs as French Ultramarine because it's the same shade of blue as the professional ones.
"Deep" is a term paint manufacturers use to indicate a color that leans more toward blue/violet, not one that means it's darker. Therefore, it makes sense that the ultramarine deep is more violet. Just as confusing is the term "light" in paint colors, which generally means it leans more toward primary yellow, not a lighter version of a color. Of course, every manufacturer uses whatever color name they like, and everyone has their own idea of what a cool blue and a warm blue is, lol.
Mijello is a brand that I don't want to talk about a lot. Alyona from Alyona's Watercolour Creations don't like the Turquoise Blue as well. I watched her video about when she was talking about turquoise a while ago. With Mijello.. it's sometimes a fail. But they named their PB35 I think Cobalt Cerulean Blue. French Ultramarine is warmer in hue than Ultramarine it's just really hard to tell sometimes. I had Schmincke's Prussian Blue and I had an issue with that one... it had a grey undertone and lost mord of the blue when it started to dry. In an "ideal painting experience" it also should neutralize English Red but it mixed a muted purple. I wasn't happy with it and replaced it with Helio Cerulean. I mean.. Schmincke is always really nice to paint with but don't get their Prussian Blue. Get it from a different brand. I only tested 2 different Prussian Blue.. Winsor & Newton's keeps it's color a lot better but it can be more expensive outside of Europe. I heard that a lot of Schmincke, too. Sennelier looks fine to me. But you have to keep Prussian Blue away from direct sunlight. It could damage the pigment if it's exposed to sunlight for a very long time. Let's say.. a painting that is painted with Prussian Blue will not look as nice in about 30 years (24/7) hanging on the wall and big windows next to it. The uv-light can damage it over time... I heard it doesn't change in oil and acrylics. I also didn't try it in acrylics because I don't have a use for it yet. I always buy new tubes of acrylic paint if I really need them. It would be a waste of money if I buy a tube that I would never use. Manganese Blue Hue is actually a nice Blue to have. I like that one a lot. It also mixed a nice muted green with Yellow Ochre. Cobalt Blue is really good for landscapes, I think. I tried to adjust Ultramarine finest but I never liked the result.. It didn't look the same the sky will have the warm undertone of PB29. I also want to try different Ultramarine Blue just to see if I'm wrong. Maybe it's only me having a problem with using "the right" blue. I still have a tube of Ultramarine finest because I like the hue of it a lot and it's always a nice experience to paint with Schmincke they do PB29 really well.
I've never done my own lightfast tests with Prussian Blue PB27. I've read that it fades over time, when exposed to sunlight, but that it can also return back to it's original color if you then put it in the shade?
@@JayNathanWatercolor I think if you want to sell originals painted with that pigment you should tell your client that the blue will fade and grey out but it is fine when it doesn't get any direct sunlight to protect the pigment or.. you use the much brighter Phthalo Blue in your paintings. I also heard that Prussian Blue shouldn't fade in acrylics.
the difference between schmincke's ultramarine and french ultramarine ist, that the 'french' one granulates more. on the other side, the regular ultramarine is easier to handle, when it comes to use it in mixes for skies (at least central/northern temperature) becaues the granulation is a bit easier to handle. let's put it that way - a bit amateurishly explained
Wow, that's a lot of blues. Love seeing all the comparisons side by side in your swatches. TFS
The turquoise stands out most to me, I just love the colour.
I tend to go under the assumption that a lot of Mijello's "weird naming" stuff just comes from things getting lost in translation. It is a Korean brand after all. They have a genuine cerulean PB35 under "Cobalt Cerulean Blue" and a genuine cerulean PB36 under "Cobalt Cerulean Blue Deep". They also have a PB36 "Cobalt Green Deep" you might enjoy! It's a very pretty hue. As long as you know what you're getting yourself into, they're beautiful paints to work with.
You could be right about that. Strange naming isn't exclusive to Mijello. Many other brands have weird names for a few of their paints. Just goes to show that we should be looking at the pigment numbers rather than the paint name. Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏
THANKS!!!!
These swatches are gorgeous! Phthalo Blue Red Shade is also my favorite blue. It’s the one must have blue on the palette and can be mixed to create pretty much all of the other blues from darks to lights. I use the Winsor & Newton and DaVinci versions and have yet to finish a tube of either. I also liked PB60 at first but don’t really find a use for it. I prefer the Holbein or Winsor & Newton Indigo for my deep dark blues now, though the Van Gogh Indigo is phenomenal. If I’d tried it first, I would have probably saved my coins on the professional versions, but I love all three. I can’t wait for your video on grays because the Van Gogh Payne’s Grey is, hands down, my favorite. It’s in all of my palettes and I’m curious to see if you have that one as well and how you feel about it. Looking forward to the next one!
Thank you 🙏 I much prefer the phthalo blue red shade over the green shade. Good to hear there are others who like it too.
I'll get to the grays pretty soon. It might be in a video with my yellows as I don't have many of them. We'll see.
M Graham makes a beautiful turquoise, I use it a lot. Also the Schminke French UM is my favorite blue. Well for today, lol!
I've still not tried M. Graham yet. Definitely a brand to try in the future.
Thats a great collection of blues. I appreciate all these brand and color comparisons. I really like that most of your brands are quite different from mine. WN has a beautful Indanthrene blue that is brighter than others, but can still reach that deep dark blue shade. I wasnt crazy about granulation when I first started painting so I was excited to buy my first Schmincke finest and I still use it often. Ive aslo avoided Phthalo blues over the years because they are so very bright. I only use them in very diluted strengths. Ultramarine blue has to be my favorite blue. Thanks for the great video. I really loved the greens too. Im hoping you might make a video of PG7 & PG36 mixes for some realistic greens.
Thank you 🙏 I would possibly do a PG7 and PG36 mixing video in the future but I have to buy a PG36 first 🤣
@@JayNathanWatercolor I see how that could pose a problem. :(
Jay, love this series. Personally I’ve never met a blue I didn’t like. But I mostly use the schmincke french ultramarine because it does give a lovely texture to a wash. It makes particularly pretty and soft greys when mixed on the paper with daniel smith burnt sienna. The other colour I’m intrigued with right now is the rembrandt indanthrene blue. Only just getting to really know it, but I think it’s quite lovely so far. Thanks for these videos, they are great!
Thank you very much for watching and commenting Trudi. 🙏 I agree, the Schmincke french ultramarine is really nice. I've kinda fallen out of love with the Rembrandt Indanthrene blue but I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying using it. ☺️
@@JayNathanWatercolor could be because I’m going through a ‘dark and stormy skies’ phase👩🏽🎨⛈💨😉
I love using Cotman Cobalt Blue though I think that I’d be able to enjoy and fully use any of these. I’m just flexible lol
I just subscribed to your channel as I love how you swatch out all your colors and it's really helping to compare to my swatch cards, but it's upsetting that some of the brands that we both have like Cotman and Van Gogh are different as far as the colors on the screen and the colors on my cards, and it's hard to tell which is the true colors. Even the swatch sheets on their website are different, and I actually had to call one of the companies to get replacements for 3 different colors because of the huge difference - but I'll still continue to watch your videos - greetings from NYC!! 🤗🗽💖🕊️
I am blown away at the amount of blues you have! I also prefer phthalo blue, but since I don't sell my art I get to use Prussian blues without hesitation 😂
Haha yes I have way too many blues. Especially considering that I only use 2 or 3 in my palette at any one time. It's going to take me forever to get through them all 🤣
Such a nice collection of blues, the swatches look so satisfying! I mostly use pb60 or cobalt for a warm blue, indigo/paynes grey for dark and moody mixes and pthalos/turquoises for a cooler blue. Ocean blue from roman szmal is my current go to (although i cant use pans in my current location because of high humidity). Mijello ultramarine light is great, i prefer it to all other brands i currently have. Im about to order the rembrandt one so i hope its nice too. Thanks for sharing :)
You're very welcome. Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏
I was surprised how nice the Mijello ultramarine light was. Especially as it's pretty cheap here in Asia.
I have been really enjoying this series.
My favorites are:
Ultramarine: love how vibrant and clean of a color it is.
Enjoy Cerulean/Cobalt as well.
Used to use Phthalos and Prussians but I stopped.
But I am getting back to using them again since they’re good mixing colors.
Indanthrone blue, Payne’s Grey & Indigo love’em too.
Love the dark mixes one gets.
Thank you for watching and commenting. I'm glad you are enjoying the series 🙏
It sounds like you most blues are you favourites? 🤣
@@JayNathanWatercolor looks like it😆
i can't get enough of these swatch line ups :D i'm guessing you're probably just bored with indanthrene. i mix mine with PR122 and PB16. white nights' indanthrene doesn't get dark enough for me. and my favourite blues.... PB16 is a turquoise but i use it as a blue, hands down my fave. the holbein cerulean blue and rembrandt ultramarine deep.
I think I probably am just bored with it. I don't think I'll get it again once it runs out. I might have to try a PB16. For some reason I remember buying Holbein marine blue last year but I can't find the tube. Maybe I squeezed it in to a pan and put it somewhere? 🤣
@@JayNathanWatercolor i wonder if you'll like PB16 since you're not into turquoises but PB16 is hands down my favourite :D your indian red equivalent ;P hehe~
i like ultramarine, indanthrene, and phthalo blue red shade. mostly warm blues i prefer. lately, im not big on granulation because my sketchbook is hot pressed. cry
Ah I hated my hot pressed sketchbook. In my first few months of painting it almost made me give up.
Surprised you didn't have a PB 35 here, although I remember you said in another video it always looks dirty to you. If you ever want to give it another try, Holbein makes the best PB 35, just called Cerulean Blue.
And in my experience the difference between the Cotmans and artist grade is that some of the Cotmans I've got can not get to full masstone because they aren't pigmented enough, and you can see even the transparent pigments are opaque when painted on black paper, because they add fillers.
Yes I really don't like PB35. It's my most hated pigment. Lol!
I like my Cotman paints. There are others I like more but they do the job just fine for me.
I think I'm getting that PB35 Holbein. Im hunting my perfect Cerulean, only have White Nights and Jackson's ones ans I love that color but it's too subtle so I'm thinking in Mijello or Holbein cuz they seems the most high tinting ones.
Also was considering the Lukas one but don't seems as nice.
Thank you
@@dramaticona Hey, my Mission Gold “Cerulean Blue” is actually PB 15:3 so check the pigments!
I do love the Holbein. But since I originally wrote this comment, I also tried Sennelier from a dotcard (from Oto Kano) and found it to be as beautiful, if not more, than the Holbein. Jackson’s brand is made by Sennelier, as you probably know. So I think you might just have one of the most beautiful examples of it out there, already. Holbein does contain dextrin, so it acts a little differently,. Very much a personal preference.
@@jennw6809 Don't worry they have a real one is called Cobalt Cerulean Blue I think it's series G so it's very expensive.
The Jackson's is very nice just a little bit to delucate for me, I use it in mixes so I need it with more tinting strength.
@@dramaticona I saw in a comment after that Mission Gold do have a real PB 35! I think you might give that one a try to find the strongest tint strength. Or M. Graham.
I love this series and I'm really looking forward to the red/pinks! But I have a question Nathan: would it be possible to make a video about watercolor paper? I'm really curious what your top picks would be and I'm on the hunt for a decent and very white paper that makes color stand out!
Thank you. I'm really glad you are enjoying the series. I'm not sure I'm the right person to ask about watercolor paper. I really only use Baohong Academy cold pressed. I have used another Chinese brand called Leyton which is ok (it's whiter than the Baohong) but I've never really tried the better known brands like Arches, Saunders Waterford, Fabriano or Canson. Baohong is such great value here so I just stick to that.
Those are alot of blues! My favorite blue seems to be ultramarine; it's the one in my full pan Sonnet set that's almost used up, way quicker than the others.
I wonder how do you like the quality of the Lukas paints in general? I ask because it is one of the few artist grade WC paints that retail here (thinking about upgrading...)
Haha yes I definitely have far too many blues. I'll work my way through them all eventually though.
I'm in two minds about recommending Lukas 1862 watercolors. I personally like them and find them to be ok for the way I paint but I'm not sure they are to everyone's tastes. They are more opaque than most other brands and have more of a pastel like effect in my opinion.
I definitely like Lukas for my cadmiums and cobalts though. Great value for the expensive pigments.
@@JayNathanWatercolor Thanks for your thorough reply, I really appreciate it. Think I'll give them a pass, pastel like does not sound very attractive.
You need to try WN Indanthrene blue
I'm sure I will try it when I eventually get around to checking out the WN range. (Does WN mean white Nights or Winsor & Newton?)
Thank you for the swatch! I'm a sucker for prussian blues and indigos! :)
You're very welcome. Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏
I like Prussian Blue but I prefer to use my favourite phthalo blue instead. I've never really painted with indigo but I might try it in my palette soon ☺️
Oh I didn`t know PB16 was so rare across the brands.. as phtalo turquoise (I have Schmincke`s Helio turq. ) . Thanks for the video))
You're very welcome. The only PB16 I can think of is Holbein's Marine Blue.
Da Vinci Paint Co. also makes a PB16! and I believe W&N professional phthalo turquoise is also PB16!
I have both DV & WN PB16. They are both very beautiful and heavily pigmented. I use StPWN for the Russian brand when labeling. MG for M Graham and MMG for mijello mission gold.
@@TracyIndy thanks for the info)) Not that I`m looking, I was just surprised that there isn`t one among so many blues. And I googled it, seems to really be kind of a rare pigment, although not expensive. My favorite blues are both Schmincke`s - Cobalt blue deep and from this clip French ultramarine))
@@LowKey_izildura My first interest in PB16 is because of a Denise Soden video. Either RUclips or a Skillshare class. She used this Phthalo Cyan PB16 for a CMY primary color palette vs.the traditional Red, Blue, Yellow and ended up with less muddy mixes. I double checked and found I had the Maimeri Bleu brand as well. Ive heard people saying how they enjoy the helio turquoise. I havent tried it before. Schmincke does have some beautiful blues, but Ive only used their Ultramarine Finest.I have more cobalt greens and turquoises of theirs.
French Ultramarine usually is a shade of ultramarine that is more violet-leaning and has more pronounced granulation than normal Ultramarine. Sometimes it's very subtle difference, but schmincke's french Ultramarine is my favourite when I need a dramatic granulation in mixes! :) Meanwhile Van Gogh, I'm surprised they didn't name theirs as French Ultramarine because it's the same shade of blue as the professional ones.
Ah great. Thank you for the information. 🙏
"Deep" is a term paint manufacturers use to indicate a color that leans more toward blue/violet, not one that means it's darker. Therefore, it makes sense that the ultramarine deep is more violet. Just as confusing is the term "light" in paint colors, which generally means it leans more toward primary yellow, not a lighter version of a color. Of course, every manufacturer uses whatever color name they like, and everyone has their own idea of what a cool blue and a warm blue is, lol.
I like phtalo blue. also the red shade. but I can't handle it well. it is staining, isn't it
It is staining yes
Mijello is a brand that I don't want to talk about a lot. Alyona from Alyona's Watercolour Creations don't like the Turquoise Blue as well. I watched her video about when she was talking about turquoise a while ago. With Mijello.. it's sometimes a fail. But they named their PB35 I think Cobalt Cerulean Blue.
French Ultramarine is warmer in hue than Ultramarine it's just really hard to tell sometimes.
I had Schmincke's Prussian Blue and I had an issue with that one... it had a grey undertone and lost mord of the blue when it started to dry. In an "ideal painting experience" it also should neutralize English Red but it mixed a muted purple. I wasn't happy with it and replaced it with Helio Cerulean. I mean.. Schmincke is always really nice to paint with but don't get their Prussian Blue. Get it from a different brand. I only tested 2 different Prussian Blue.. Winsor & Newton's keeps it's color a lot better but it can be more expensive outside of Europe. I heard that a lot of Schmincke, too. Sennelier looks fine to me. But you have to keep Prussian Blue away from direct sunlight. It could damage the pigment if it's exposed to sunlight for a very long time. Let's say.. a painting that is painted with Prussian Blue will not look as nice in about 30 years (24/7) hanging on the wall and big windows next to it. The uv-light can damage it over time... I heard it doesn't change in oil and acrylics. I also didn't try it in acrylics because I don't have a use for it yet. I always buy new tubes of acrylic paint if I really need them. It would be a waste of money if I buy a tube that I would never use.
Manganese Blue Hue is actually a nice Blue to have. I like that one a lot. It also mixed a nice muted green with Yellow Ochre.
Cobalt Blue is really good for landscapes, I think. I tried to adjust Ultramarine finest but I never liked the result.. It didn't look the same the sky will have the warm undertone of PB29. I also want to try different Ultramarine Blue just to see if I'm wrong. Maybe it's only me having a problem with using "the right" blue. I still have a tube of Ultramarine finest because I like the hue of it a lot and it's always a nice experience to paint with Schmincke they do PB29 really well.
I've never done my own lightfast tests with Prussian Blue PB27. I've read that it fades over time, when exposed to sunlight, but that it can also return back to it's original color if you then put it in the shade?
@@JayNathanWatercolor I think if you want to sell originals painted with that pigment you should tell your client that the blue will fade and grey out but it is fine when it doesn't get any direct sunlight to protect the pigment or.. you use the much brighter Phthalo Blue in your paintings. I also heard that Prussian Blue shouldn't fade in acrylics.
the difference between schmincke's ultramarine and french ultramarine ist, that the 'french' one granulates more. on the other side, the regular ultramarine is easier to handle, when it comes to use it in mixes for skies (at least central/northern temperature) becaues the granulation is a bit easier to handle. let's put it that way - a bit amateurishly explained