Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor, Duochrome Set of 4

Daniel Smith Duochrome Watercolors, Set of 4

Daniel Smith's Duochrome colors have been super popular with our customers, so we made this four-tube set to introduce new artists to the magic of these dual-toned watercolor paints.

What makes Duochrome so amazing? It doesn't just have one fixed color, but reacts to the layers underneath and the light above to produce a surprising range of shimmering shades. Duochromes are generally more intense on dark backgrounds, appearing pearlescent white in the tube and gaining serious intensity only when layered.

Included in this set are four full-sized Duochrome tubes: Duochrome Cabo Blue (pale pearl blue on white background; metallic gold on black background), Duochrome Mauve (shiny pink on white background; metallic blue-violet on black background), Duochrome Adobe (soft peach on white background; rose gold on black background), and Duochrome Lapis Sunlight (very pale blue on white background; metallic green on black background).

Four 15 mL tubes. Made in the United States.

About Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor:

Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor is not just the premier brand of American watercolor—it is the widest, most experimental range of watercolors in the world, with 266 colors and a never-ending flow of new ideas. Still based in Seattle after 50 years, Daniel Smith also remains at the forefront of art materials innovation. The Pacific Northwest's premier color house popularized quinacridones for artist use, created the first commercial versions of key colors on the contemporary palette, and pioneered new mineral colors by creating the pigments from scratch, literally grinding down the stones and binding them in an easy-to-use traditional watercolor.

Compared with the other brands of professional watercolor on the market, Daniel Smith stands out for its dense pigmentation, matte finish, and strongly adhesive binder. Taken together, these three qualities make Extra Fine Watercolors the unparalleled leader in sheer amount of pigment attached to the page. Even without layering, and even on wet paper, it's easy to build up a completely saturated masstone of most colors.

Each Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor is individually rated for lightfastness, granulation, staining, and opacity. Most colors carry the highest lightfastness rating, meaning colors won't fade for hundreds of years.