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Artist Grade · Est. 1976
Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors
A Seattle maker with one of the largest artist-grade watercolor ranges, more than 250 colors, including the PrimaTek line made from mineral pigments.
- Maker
- Daniel Smith Artists' Materials
- Based in
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Established
- 1976
- Medium
- Extra Fine Watercolor
- Grade
- Artist Grade
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Why it matters
The range is unusually wide in granulating and single-pigment colors, and Daniel Smith publishes the pigment codes for each one, which makes it easy to build a palette by pigment rather than by marketing name.
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Product lines
- Extra Fine Watercolors (15 ml and 5 ml tubes)
- PrimaTek mineral colors
- Half-pan sets
- Dot cards for swatching
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Dates
- 1976FoundedDan Smith, a printmaker, starts the company in Seattle making printmaking inks.
- 1993Extra Fine WatercolorsThe watercolor line launches with 15 colors.
- 1994PrimaTekColors made from minerals are introduced, according to the company's own timeline.
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