Shop All Rublev Colours Watercolors

Lazurite is an intense deep blue color from the precious lapis lazuli stones used in historical painting. It is a semi-transparent, medium grained color with moderate tinting strength.

Smalt is an intense deep blue color used by watercolorists in the 18th and 19th centuries and used in painting since at least the 16th century, although it has been found in paintings much earlier than that time.

Prussian Blue is an intense deep blue color used by watercolorists since its inception in the 18th century. Often called the first of the modern pigments, Prussian blue was introduced in the early 1700s.

Verditer Blue is a historic blue watercolor that is semi-transparent and moderate staining. Verditer blue is artificial basic copper carbonate, which was popular in distemper and water-based paint during the 17th to 19th centuries.

Ultramarine Blue (Green Shade) is made using the greenest shade of ultramarine blue pigment we know. Ultramarine blue is a synthetic inorganic blue pigment consisting of a double silicate of aluminum and sodium with sulfide and occurs in nature as a component of the semi-precious stone, lapis lazuli.

Cobalt Zinc Blue is a semi-transparent pigment with moderate tinting strength. When it dries, it appears lighter and less saturated. Although pigment particles are very fine, they flocculate, giving a grainy appearance in watercolor.

Cobalt Chromite Blue is an intense green-blue that has good opacity, is chemically inert, heat resistant, and stable to ultraviolet light. It is non-bleeding and non-migratory. It has exceptional durability and hiding power.

Cobalt Aluminate Blue watercolor is a medium blue, low-staining color with moderate tinting strength and gentle texture, ideal for skies, cool light, and clean blue mixtures. Its semi-transparent character lets you build luminous layers without overpowering adjacent colors.

Cobalt Turquoise is an intense green-blue that has good opacity, is chemically inert, heat resistant, and stable to ultraviolet light. It is non-bleeding and non-migratory. It has exceptional durability and hiding power.

Chromium Oxide, also known as chromium sesquioxide or chromia, is one of four oxides of chromium. It was commonly called chrome green when used as a pigment; however it was referred to as viridian when it was first discovered.

Malachite is basic copper carbonate mineral, described as bright bluish green or sometimes as pale green. Our malachite is from mines in Nizhniy Tagil, Ural Mountains, Russia in a fine grade of bright green hue.

Nicosia Green Earth is the mineral glauconite, a greenish earth of hydrated iron potassium silicate, known as green earth or terre verte. This glauconite is a cool dark green earth from Nicosia, Cyprus.

Verona Green Earth is a transparent deep green with blue undertones, medium-grained, and low tinting strength. Our Verona green earth is from basaltic tufa deposits in Brentonico near Santa Cristina (Verona).

Antica Green Earth is a greenish earth of hydrated iron potassium silicate, known as green earth or terre verte from northern Italy.

Victoria Green watercolor is a pale, cool green hue with low tinting strength and subtle granulation. This semi‑transparent color is non‑staining and easy to lift, making it ideal for glazing, botanical work, and soft landscape passages.

Rublev Colours Viridian pigment is a blue-green hydrated chromium sesquioxide specifically manufactured for use in artists’ materials, personal care, and cosmetics. It is moderately opaque in oils and lightfast is most artists’ mediums.

Rublev Colours Cobalt Green Light is a green cobalt zinc oxide, semi-transparent of limited hiding power discovered by Rinmann in 1780. Due to its permanence, it can be used in all painting techniques.

Rublev Colours Cobalt Green Light is a green cobalt zinc oxide, semi-transparent of limited hiding power discovered by Rinmann in 1780. Due to its permanence, it can be used in all painting techniques.

Ambrogio Yellow Earth is a natural iron oxide hydroxide mineral (goethite) from quarries in northern Italy. It is a deep golden yellow that is semi-transparent, permanent.

Blue Ridge Yellow Ocher is a transparent yellow with good tinting strength, medium grained that makes gold tints.

Lemon Ocher is a transparent yellow with good tinting strength, medium grained that makes pale beige half tints. Our yellow earth is quarried in Northern Italy.

Italian Yellow Earth is a semi- transparent deep golden yellow with moderate tinting strength, medium grained that makes pale bright yellow tints. Our yellow earth is quarries in Northern Italy.

Italian Dark Ocher is a semi-transparent orange-brown with good tinting strength, medium grained that makes orange tints. Our dark ocher is quarries in Northern Italy.

Cobalt Yellow (commonly called aureolin) is a potassium cobalt nitrite. It is an intense yellow that has high tinting strength and low opacity, popular as a watercolor. In watercolors, cobalt yellow is a transparent, lightly staining, intense yellow.

Chrome Yellow Primrose — Artist Watercolor. A light greenish‑yellow with a delicate primrose hue. This watercolour is known for its strong hiding power and smooth handling, making it well suited for highlights, mixing vibrant greens, and historical palette work.

Natural Yellow Oxide is an opaque golden yellow to brown with good tinting strength. Our yellow oxide is a single pigment color made of natural iron oxide mineral from the last remaining ocher deposits in southern France.

French Yellow Ocher Light is from the last remaining European company operating the ocher deposits in the French quarries of Gargas and Rustrel nested in a 12 mile long enclave in the heart of the Luberon Mountains, the ocher country.

Yellow Ocher Dark is from ocher deposits in the French quarries of Gargas and Rustrel nested in the heart of the Luberon Mountains.

A bright primrose yellow with a cool undertone, Cadmium Yellow Light watercolor delivers strong coverage and rich tinting power. This opaque pigment maintains excellent lightfastness and performs reliably in washes and mixtures.

A deep, warm yellow with a subtle orange undertone, Cadmium Yellow Dark watercolor offers powerful coverage and strong tinting strength. This opaque, granulating color is lightfast and ideal for rich mixtures and bold passages.

Rublev Colours Benzimidazolone Yellow is a high-performance green shade yellow benzimidazolone pigment, designed to have improved weatherfastness and higher tint strength than pre-existing Pigment Yellow 151 grades.

Orange Ocher is a semi-opaque ocher with good tinting strength. It is an ochre from the last remaining European company operating the ocher deposits in the French quarries in the heart of the Luberon Mountains, the ocher country.

Bright Cadmium Orange watercolor produces a vivid warm orange hue with an opaque mass tone and very high tinting strength. This strong single‑pigment color is best reserved for highlights, intense oranges and mixing vibrant skin tones, where its permanence and stability are prized.

Red Sartorius Earth is a semi-opaque, deep warm red earth with warm tints. Our red earth comes from quarries in Northern Italy.

Pozzuoli Red is an opaque deep red earth with warm undertones. Our Pozzuoli Red comes from quarries near Pozzuoli, Italy.

Ercolano Red is a semi-opaque red earth with warm tints and high tinting strength. Our Ercolano Red comes from mineral deposits near Ercolano, Italy.

Venetian Red is a semi-opaque deep red earth with cold tints. Our Venetian Red is a natural red ocher from quarries near Venice, Italy.

Indian Red is an opaque, deep red with high tinting strength. It is a single pigment color made with natural iron oxide mineral from hematite deposits in India.

French Red Ocher is a semi-transparent, deep red ochre from the last remaining European company operating the ochre deposits in the French quarries of the Luberon Mountains, the ochre country.

Pink Pipestone, is a pink clay from Minnesota; the clay stone was carved by Native Americans into pipes and also used as a pigment.

Cinnabar watercolor exhibits a rich scarlet‑red mass tone with a distinct reddish‑orange undertone. Opaque and highly tinting, it lays down a smooth, even field of color and is best used full strength or in strong tints for icon painting, manuscript illumination and other work where a bold historic red is desired.

Potter’s Pink is a lightfast, semitransparent, moderately staining, a dark valued, moderately subdued red pigment. Historically used since the 18th century as a watercolor pigment, under the name “pinkcolor.”

Alizarin Crimson is the synthetic analog of the colorant from the roots of the plant Rubia tinctorum and that in past centuries was used to make madder lakes, the principle coloring substance which is alizarin.

Crimson Ocher is a semi-transparent deep red with purplish-pink undertones, fine grained. The red ocher comprising Crimson Ocher is a red iron oxide earth from quarries in Lori province of northern Armenia.

Armenian Brown Mummy is a semi-opaque, brownish red, fine-grained with average tinting strength. Armenian Brown Mummy derives its name from the Russian word мумия that denotes the pigment of brownish red color from ground mummies. Armenian Brown Mummy is from red iron oxide earth deposits in the Vayotz Dzor province of Armenia.

Hematite is a natural red iron oxide from the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The high iron content (over 80%) makes it a strong tinting pigment.

Rublev Colours Cadmium Red Light pigment is cadmium zinc sulfoselenide (CdS, CdSe) produced by co-precipitating and calcining, at high temperature, a mixture of cadmium sulfide and selenide sulfide in varied ratios forming a partially crystalline structure.

Rublev Colours Cadmium Red Medium pigment is cadmium zinc sulfoselenide (CdS, CdSe) produced by co-precipitating and calcining, at high temperature, a mixture of cadmium sulfide and selenide sulfide in varied ratios forming a partially crystalline structure.

Rublev Colours Cadmium Red Maroon pigment is cadmium zinc sulfoselenide (CdS, CdSe) produced by co-precipitating and calcining, at high temperature, a mixture of cadmium sulfide and selenide sulfide in varied ratios forming a partially crystalline structure.

French Raw Sienna is from the last remaining European company operating the ochre deposits in the French quarries of Gargas and Rustrel nested in a 12 mile long enclave in the heart of the Luberon Mountains.

French Burnt Sienna is from the last remaining European company operating the ochre deposits in the French quarries of Gargas and Rustrel nested in a 12 mile long enclave in the heart of the Luberon Mountains, the ochre country.

French Burnt Umber is from the last remaining European company operating the ochre deposits in the French quarries of Gargas and Rustrel nested in a 12 mile long enclave in the heart of the Luberon Mountains, the ochre country.

French Raw Umber is from the last remaining European company operating the ochre deposits in the French quarries of Gargas and Rustrel nested in a 12 mile long enclave in the heart of the Luberon Mountains, the ochre country.

Italian Raw Sienna is a semi- opaque yellow brown with good tinting strength. Our Italian sienna is from quarries in the Siena region of Italy.

Italian Burnt Sienna is a semi- opaque reddish brown with good tinting strength. Our Italian sienna is from quarries in the Siena region of Italy.

Cyprus Raw Umber Light is a semi-transparent brown with good tinting strength, medium grained.

Cyprus Raw Umber Medium is a semi-transparent brown with good tinting strength, medium grained. Our Cyprus Raw Umber Light is from Cyprus.

Cyprus Raw Umber Dark is a semi-transparent brown with good tinting strength, medium grained. Our Cyprus Raw Umber Dark is from Cyprus.

Cyprus Burnt Umber is a semi-opaque brown with good tinting strength, medium granulating and comes from Cyprus.

Cyprus Burnt Umber Warm is a semi-opaque reddish brown with good tinting strength, medium grained, from Cyprus.

Italian Green Umber is a semi-opaque brown with good tinting strength, medium grained, from quarries in Tuscany, Italy.

Italian Burnt Umber is a semi-opaque brown with good tinting strength, medium grained. Our Italian Burnt Umber is from quarries in the Umbria region of Italy.

Italian Burnt Umber Warm is a semi-opaque brown with good tinting strength, medium grained. Our Italian Burnt Umber is from quarries in the Umbria region of Italy.

Italian Brown Ocher is a semi-transparent brown with average tinting strength, medium grained that makes beige yellow tints. Our natural earth pigment is quarried in Northern Italy.

Nicosia Raw Umber is a semi-transparent brown with good tinting strength, medium grained, and is from Nicosia, Cyprus.

Nicosia Burnt Umber is a semi-opaque brown with good tinting strength, medium granulating and comes from Nicosia, Cyprus.

Violet Hematite is a deep reddish purple hue that tints toward subtle violets when mixed with white. It is useful in flesh tints, shadows and its purple bias makes good grays.

Purple Ocher is bluish red with average tinting strength. It is semi-opaque, fine grained and has medium tinting strength.

Rublev Colours Ultramarine Violet offers a unique violet shade that is very clean, bright.

Ultramarine Violet is a synthetic inorganic pigment composed of a complex silicate of sodium and aluminum with sulfur, or sodium aluminum sulfosilicate. Ultramarine violet is made using the same process as ultramarine blue but is mixed with ammonium chloride, heated to 200–250° C, and exposed to air for four days until the violet color develops. Other methods are also used to produce ultramarine violet.

Rublev Colours Cobalt Violet

The remarkable range of pigments that could be produced with cobalt included cobalt violet, is known since 1859. Salvetat first described the preparation of cobalt violet in Comptes Rendus des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences XLVIII in an article titled, "Matieres minerales colorantes vertes et violettes." The dark variety is anhydrous cobalt phosphate which was made by mixing soluble cobalt salt with disodium phosphate. It was washed and then heated at a high temperature.

Zinc White watercolor presents a crisp, cool white color with a subtle bluish undertone. Semi‑transparent and low‑tinting, it mixes cleanly with other colors to produce delicate tints and soft highlights without overpowering them.

Barite White is an opaque white made using the natural mineral barite (barium sulfate). Used by British watercolorists in the 18th and 19th centuries as a body color, it was often called "Constant White" or "Permanent White." Derived from the natural mineral barite, this color has low tinting strength and no staining, making it useful as a body color or for softening mixtures without overpowering them.

Bone Black is made from charred animal bone and horn but not from ivory. It is a neutral opaque black that has high tinting strength and is highly staining. The term 'ivory black' is currently applied to this same high-grade bone black by other watercolor manufacturers.

German Vine Black is a semi-opaque warm-black with good tinting strength.

Roman Black is a natural black earth from slate deposits in the vicinity of Rome that is a semi-opaque black, and is absolutely permanent. It is comparatively neutral in undertone, wets easily, and is non-greasy, when compared to carbon blacks.