DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolor 15ml Paint Tube, Alizarin Crimson by Best Art Supplies ★★★★★ $12.24 Buy Now amazon.com Description DANIEL SMITH is the Innovative Manufacturer of Beautiful Watercolors for Artists Worldwide, and makes the largest range of watercolors of any manufacturer, more than 240 colors. 240+ color collection includes the exciting PrimaTek watercolors made from minerals(like Amethyst) &other colors (like Moonglow) & Luminescent Watercolors which allow artists to capture the luminescent colors that regular watercolors cannot capture! Alizarin Crimson is the oldest synthetic deep red-crimson pigment.It is a lake pigment which when applied in strength& kept from the direct sunlight will last for many decades. A beautiful bluish-red pigment from the staining family, Alizarin Crimson is listed on the basic palette of a vast majority of artists. Intense and dark in value, Alizarin Crimson mixes cleanly with most pigments to create dark mixtures and warm neutrals. Conforms to ASTM D4236 , PR83 Combination of Aureolin(Cobalt Yellow)& French Ultramarine with Alizarin renders a surprising range of colors resembling everything from Burnt Sienna &Umber to Payne's Gray, while Alizarin Crimson with French Ultramarine creates an intense purple. Fugitive Lightfastness, Transparent, Non-granulating, Medium staining. User reviews ★☆☆☆☆ I placed an order yesterday for the primatek sampler and 9 tubes (15 ml) of other daniel smith paint. The buff titanium was sold by THE BT GROUP, the only item on my order sold by that seller. Was surprised and pleased to notice while looking at the tracking that it would arrive today, so that part was great. Inside the box, it was further wrapped in a ziplock baggie. Good sign, I thought. However, the tube itself is dented in several different places, which immediately made me wonder if it had been previously sold and then returned. Even worse, when I opened the cap, there is a noticeable amount missing. If you look into the tube, you can see about an inch deep into the paint tube where the paint (should?) be. This is my very first daniel smith paint so not sure if they normally pack their tubes like that but considering the price I doubt it. I have bought tubes of mission gold and they were all so full that I had to be careful to keep contents from spilling when opening for the first time. The mission gold tubes tubes had NO empty room for dents even if they were to get smooshed! Further disappointment came when I swatched out the "buff titanium". It looks like cheap taupe gauche, and there's ZERO granulation on the paper -- luscious granulation is supposed to be a hallmark of the daniel smith paints! I have serious concerns regarding the authenticity of this paint But IF this really is genuine daniel smith paint, then it's total crap and not worth the money at all. I have no idea what to do because I've never had a problem before with anything I've ever ordered. I was prepared to buy a TON of daniel smith paint because everybody raves about it but not if it all looks like this. Who knew the cheapest gauche from Holly Lobby was as good as daniel smith?! ★★★★★ The Buff Titanium makes the other watercolors a beautiful pastels. The Daniel Smith watercolor paints are wonderful to work with. Creamy and rich. ★★★★★ I LOVE this undersea green color! It's very much like seaweed (having grown up in RI), and a very difficult color to replicate in attempting to mix to an artists' liking. Has gold qualities to it, a rich, deep green. Beautiful color best used on its own. LOVED it so much, I bought another. Any watercolorist would very much enjoy this paint color. View all reviews
