New Gamboge S1 Winsor & Newton Artist Watercolour 5ml

New Gamboge is a recently reformulated warm yellow pigment resembling genuine toxic Gamboge. Made from tree resin, genuine Gamboge was brought to Europe in 1603 and was believed to carry medicinal cures.

• High performance pigments ensure strength of colour and high permanence ratings
• Wide and balanced spectrum of colours in half pans, whole pans and in 5ml, 14ml and 37ml tubes
• Pigments are treated according to their individual nature and behaviour
• Single pigments have been used across the range to ensure excellent mixability

Series number: 1 Chemical description: Quinacridone, Azo Nickel Complex Colour index name: PR209 PY150 Colour index number: 48545 Permanence rating: A ASTM lightfastness rating: II Transparency/Opacity: ST

Winsor & Newton have been manufacturing their colours since 1832 and the quality of their paint continues to receive international acclaim.

Winsor & Newton watercolours are a familiar sight in most painters’ studios. With 80 single pigment colours in the range, Winsor & Newton offer the widest range of modern and traditional pigments for clean colour mixing.

New Gamboge – pigment change
Originally produced using Gamboge, a coloured gum from the Garcinia plant, Artists’ Water Colour Gamboge was discontinued in 2005, due to its toxic characteristics. Its replacement was a different shade, due to the pigments available and renamed New Gamboge.

Due to the above pigment discontinuation, New Gamboge, in both Professional Water Colour and Cotman, has been reformulated once again and, with advances in pigment technology, the colour is much closer to its original namesake, delivering greater authenticity within the spectrum.

The pigments have changed from Nickel Dioxine PY153 to Quinacridone PR209 & Azo Nickel Complex PY150