Description

• 15221 – 15311 IWA-Enogu®

  Colors from Japan

  For the last few centuries Japanese painting technique has made use of a new quality of pigments for
  watercolour painting and woodblock printing. This particular technique is called Enogu, for which pigments
  are made in exactly specified particle sizes- the particles are basically all the same size and shape. In
  comparison, normal pigments usually come in a range of particle sizes, for example 0-80 µm. Colors of a
  unique particle size appear more brilliant.
  The following 8 pigments represent our attempt to introduce this technique to Europe and North America.
  We offer them in the particle size no. 12 which is very fine and appropriate for all techniques, such as oil,
  acrylic, tempera and watercolour. They are all in the red spectrum, where their purity and brilliance set them
  apart from other colours. They consist of sodium-aluminium-silicate glass coloured with metal oxides:
  15221 Kibeni Orange vanadium-chromite-spinel
  15222 Iwabeni Scarlet Cd-S-Se-Zr-Ti
  15231 Iwahi Red Cd-S-Se-Fe
  15241 Iwaaka Carnation Red Cd-S-Se-Zr-Ti
  15251 Benishinsya Red Cd-S-Se-Ti
  15252 Iwashikou Crimson Cd-S-Se
  15253 Shinsia, blackberry
  15261 Iwamomo, pink
  15311 NEW: Usukuchi-Murasaki, lilac-violet

• For the last few centuries Japanese painting technique has made use of a new quality of pigments for watercolor painting and woodblock printing. This particular technique is called Enogu, for which pigments are made in exactly specified particle sizes – the particles are basically all the same size and shape. In comparison, normal pigments usually come in a range of particle sizes, for example 0–80 microns. Colors of a unique particle size appear more brilliant. The following pigments represent our attempt to introduce this technique to Europe and North America. We offer them in the particle size No.12, which is very fine and appropriate for all techniques, such as oil, acrylic, tempera and watercolor.

• Lightfastness – medium: 8 (1 is bad, 8 is best)
• Lightfastness – thinned: 8 (1 is bad, 8 is best)
• Lightfastness – concentrated: 8 (1 is bad, 8 is best)
• Suitability: Acrylics, Ceramic, Oil, Tempera, Watercolor / Gouache
• Colors: Violet