This deep blue-grey is our go-to favourite for moody skies, stormy seascapes, and dark shadows. A wonderful addition to any palette for landscape, botanical, still life, and illustration work, Delft  Blue is beautiful when used full strength or in subtle washes.

Artist’s Notes: Delft Blue mixes well with other colours and is useful for depicting the natural blue-greys found in nature as well as mountains and distant hills.

Opacity: Opaque

Paint Maker’s Notes: The only Stoneground watercolour created using two pigments, Delft Blue is a combination of Ultramarine Blue (PB 29) and Raw Umber (PBr 7).

Pigment Number: PB 29 + PBr 7

Pigment Type: Synthetic Inorganic

Pigment Composition: Complex silicate of sodium and aluminum with sulfur, and iron oxide hydroxide.

Lightfastness: Not Rated

Toxicity: Non-toxic

Available in the following Stoneground palettes: