Feb 21, 2016 · I have several blues on my palette, but mainly use Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue and Winsor Blue. Ultramarine as a general purpose blue which also with browns makes a wide range of greys and black. Winsor blue for skies as it produces very smooth washes, and Prussian blue mixed with burnt sienna to make conifer greens.

Feb 28, 2020 · Ultramarine Blue sorta’ spans the gap between a true Blue, that plots on the color wheel at, or close to, the “Blue” spoke of the color wheel (that most artists would call “Violet”), and the primary color, Cyan, best represented by Pthalocyanine Blue, or Thalo Blue (PB15).

Apr 20, 2016 · Ultramarine blue, pb 29 Ultramarine violet, pv 15. Can a small portion added zinc white increase their lightfastness? I will use liquin as the only medium. Will the alkyd increase lightfastness? Zinc White will decrease lightfastness of Ultramarine Blue (PB 29). The more ultramarine oxide it has (i.e, the more reddish it is), the more it will fade.

Jan 16, 2018 · Using oils, a few months ago, I replaced Ultramarine Blue (UB) with Indanthrone Blue (IB), and I love it. At least in Gamblin brand, the hues are about the same (leans slightly purple). The IB is moderately transparent (not as much as UB), and of course there is a huge difference in chroma and masstone darkness.

Sep 22, 2015 · Option 1: If you want a limited palette, then have Ultramarine as your only blue pigment. Option 2: If you want a split-primary palette, then have Ultramarine as a warm blue, and Phthalo Blue as a cool blue. Use the mix of Ultramarine and Phthalo for sky. Use Phthalo blue to mix with yellow for green. In either case, you don’t need Cobalt.

Nov 25, 2016 · To my eye, cobalt blue is very much greener than ultramarine. Maybe a deep shade of cobalt would do it, but I haven’t seen it. Indanthrone is too dull to be a real substitute for ultramarine. The only true replacement is PB74 cobalt blue deep, but it’s a bit duller and greener too, plus it granulates and it’s crazy expensive.

Mar 9, 2013 · If you’re going to get one, I’d recommend a middle ultramarine, unless you specifically want it to be for a limited palette that includes a greenish/cyan blue and a reddish blue. In that case the deep or french ultramarines are good, but then again I have Old Holland’s regular ultramarine and it’s plenty reddish enough for that.

Jul 12, 2015 · Ultra blue is also sold as French blue, Gmelin’s blue, Royal blue and New blue. Different brand-names offer different strengths, degree of grinding, and consequently, differences in tinting power. Armenian blue and lazuline blue are old names for genuine lapis ultramarine. Personally, I prefer Da Vinci’s ultramarine blue.

Aug 1, 2012 · On Bruce MacEvoy’s Handprint website, he says ultramarine blue is “the modern replacement and color match for the historical pigment lapis lazuli” I assumed that meant it was of entirely different composition. He also says French Ultramarine is the reddish shade of UM Blue.

Aug 11, 2015 · Both ultramarine blue and burnt sienna are low value paints, especially ultramarine blue. Except for black, ultramarine blue is one of the lowest value paints on the palette. They are near complements, not perfect complements, but they don’t need to be perfect complements because of subtractive mixing, the result is a much lower value, or in ...