NEW HUES PERYLENE GREEN

Discover a new colour every month

Wintry days call for dramatic colour choices and there is none finer than Perylene Green. This synthetic, organic pigment only crept into watercolour ranges in the 1950s, yet it has become a staple for many landscape and floral artists. Like Prussian Blue, when applied neat it appears almost black – Perylene’s core pigment, PBk31, is a black after all – yet it dilutes to a still-intense green with a high tinting strength, ideal for cool shadows and dense foliage.

“IT SEEMS TO ME MADNESS TO WAKE UP IN THE PAINT” MORNING AND DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN — Frank Auerbach