DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolor Duochrome Radiance 5 Tube SetIntroducing luminescent pigments to your watercolor palette brings more to your painting than shimmer and shine. What many artists have discovered is that while these pigments do possess refl ective qualities, they also add dimension, brightness, tone and texture to your paintings when mixed with standard watercolors.
Color Shifting Mixtures with Duochrome Pigments
Mixing with Duochrome pigments is equally challenging and rewarding. These mysterious pigments shift hue as you view them from different angels.
For example, Duochrome Oceanic is a vibrant blue-green from one angle and a reflective gold from the other. Mixed with a standard pigment, like Cerulean Blue, it produces an entirely new blue hue. When you tilt your paper, the gold color shift is still visible but only about half as intense. Imagine painting sunlit ocean waves with this color combo.
The Douchrome Radiance set includes 5 - 15ml tubes of:
- Duochrome Arctic Fire - Shifts from reflective green to violet.
- Duochrome Autumn Mystery - An earthy russet that shifts to a vibrant copper metallic.
- Duochrome Lapis Sunllight - Shifts from reflective green to blue.
- Duochrome Tropic Sunrise - Shifts from reflective green to red.
- Duochrome Violet Fantasy - Shifts from reflective violet to green.
See our tutorial, "The Magic of Daniel Smith Interference Watercolors", for great ways to add shimmer, sparkle, and luster to your next painting.