All of my Turquoise Watercolours [Updated]! | Swatches

[@LauraGYoung]

I appreciate videos like this, as I'm an artist with CVD (sometimes termed color blindness.) "Turquoise" and "teal" are colors that are invisible to me, so I have to closely rely on other's experiences. You have done an EXCELLENT job at describing each of these pigments. Thanks so much.

[@mskhartwatercolourwithmisu8598]

I love those turquoises. Those are my favorite. Thank you for sharing. It's good to see this. I was always not sure which one I should get when I see this much turquoise.

[@eyemakeuplooks]

Thanks for the video. A request, would you consider doing your fav color combos video? Your color choices are always so modern.

[@glorioskiola]

@Madge Muske wow, really? Thanks for the tip!

[@piperspurpose3005]

The swatch card looks like a swimming pool and I just want to dive right in ! 😍😍 Here in the desert southwest U.S. we are having record-breaking stretches of heat - this entire week it'll be upwards of 112 Fahrenheit with no rain in the forecast. 😣😣

[@AlyonasWatercolourCreations]

Piper's Purpose we had a week of solid 32-34 celsius and today 16 and rain 😵 I was looking at the thumbnail and thought the same! 👍🏼😆

[@BrendaArtist]

good luck, I would say sit in water all day long 🤭 here in the Netherlands it was 35/38°c (95 fahrenheit to 101 fahrenheit) for 1.5 week with on the end a humidity of 80% and I couldn't do anything 🥵 imagen your temperatures ... 🥵🥵🥵 I would drop dead.☠

[@jeanettegillings7202]

Thank you for such a thorough swatch... so many turquoises! Gorgeous.

[@zenishart2539]

Teal/Turquoise is my favorite colors. Thanks for making this video... You've invested a lot into doing that for us. My favorite has always been Qor and I ran out this year. However, I went out on a limb this year and replaced Qor with M. Graham's "Cobolt Teal.

[@mariagutierrez4721]

Thank You So Much Great Video Turquoise so Beautiful one of my favorite colors.

[@pagewhite61]

Thank you Alyona, beautiful turquoise colors!

[@priscillawarren9979]

I found your turquoise comparisons. My very favorite color. So glad to see DS fuschite genuine compared.

[@iadenicole931]

Great video. So many people LOVE turquoise and teal. It must be because these colours are very calming, peaceful colours. My favourite colour is green and these colours are cousins of green 😊. I have a lot of Mijello colours but not the one you presented. I have a beautiful cobalt turquoise from them . It’s number W590. It’s sort of like the W&N cobalt teal but more on the blue. It’s made with PB28. Also in Mijello, peacock blue W543 is very close to W&N phthalo turquoise. It’s made with PB15:3 and PG7 and it’s a beautiful smooth colour. I like the Mijellos because they are intense and rewet easily, but NOBODY beats Daniel Smith in granulating colours! Keep up the great work. I so enjoy your videos. You are like turquoise and teal, calm and peaceful. Your voice is so soothing and your information, spot on.😌

[@AlyonasWatercolourCreations]

Iade Nicole thank you so much! :) What do you think about Mijellos 1 pigment set? It looks so good and tempting... 😅

[@iadenicole931]

Alyona's Watercolour Creations I have it and I really like it. The colours mix well and you really don’t need a lot because they’re very intense. They also mix well with other brands.

[@jwilliams5273]

Art Spectum make an Australian Turquoise. It's soooooo beautiful. Thanks for the info.

[@MaryGadsby]

I like the color coordinated nail polish :D. I’ve said before, I love your sense of color and your work is beautiful to me.

[@glorioskiola]

So glad to have found this video!

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

My favorite is not a teal but cobalt turquoise from daniel smith..beautiful colors that i lovee to wear,,match my eyes...but i seldom find a use for ir in landscape or botanical paintings. Bought it fir painting waterlily part of koi pond..

[@delphilistener3632]

Thank you for the in-depth examination of turquoise colors! I so appreciate your effort and explanations but wonder if you might label the colors on your swatches in larger, clearer print (maybe a fine point Sharpie?). Trying to read them on an iPad is really challenging. Thank you for considering my request.

[@CherylGormanAuthor]

Gorgeous, delicious colors! 😍😍

[@mateusbottaro8728]

The schiminke watercolor is equal tube and pan, but if you use directly from the tube you probably gets more paint than reweating the dried pan. The formula is the same, it's like when we eat a hot new cake and a cold cake from the other day, one is moister but you eat more than the other that is dryer but you can control yourself better. Hope my delicious example helped.❤

[@lschimes6844]

My favorite turquoise is DaVinci's Cobalt Turquoise and DaVinci's Cobalt Turquoise Deep. I like Schmincke's Helio Turquoise however it's a bit too staining for my taste. W&N Cobalt Turquoise Light is a bit chalky for me but I still like it therefore it's my #3 turquoise color. Nice video and thanks for sharing!

[@kelseywood1582]

This video was so fun to watch!

[@lhemz2366]

Nice comparison.😍 I collect teal and turquoise (the cheaper ones) Holbein has 3 beautiful Turquoise. 1. Turquoise Blue 2. Cobalt Turquoise Light 3. Marine Blue Sennelier has a nice Turquoise Green. I like DS Cobalt Teal Blue, but still not buying. It's too expensive.

[@monicapaulista]

Same review ! I have the same point of view schminke has also a turquoise .

[@FuriedHearts]

I bought Daniel Smith's Cobalt Teal Blue a couple of years ago and I was extremely disappointed when I got home. To me it was too darkly valued, too green, and too dull. I was looking for a true bright Cyan color and still haven't found it. The closest I've found is Sennelier Turqoise Green. What would you say is a true/bright cyan color?

[@lhemz2366]

@@FuriedHearts You should watch@AllanJayQuesada. He previously suggested MissionGold Turquoise pure pigment. But he has a lot more collection from worldwide brands. Ther are also talk about the expensive QOR cyan. I already experimented with Neon mixes (i dont care much about lightfastness) and have some small breakthroughs with bright cyan. But the only real bright cyan that satisfied me is the cyan from QLED TV screens.😅

[@marsbeads]

I’m not familiar with working with the Misson Gold Turquoise Blue, but Phthalo Blue and Phthalo green are very good for mixing. I’m not a fan of using them on their own either.

[@reneaclark7689]

It's too bad you don't have the white nights cobalt turquoise pb28 it has amazing granulation and is super saturated. I like it better than my Daniel smith version.

[@ananya9135]

how similar or different are Mijello peacock blue v/s DS ulytramarine turq v/s DS thalo turq?

[@JKxox0]

Thank you so much for that video, such a helpfull comparison!😍 You said you had something against opaque watercolors for awhile - so not anymore? I have trouble using them and would love to know what you do with them!

[@AlyonasWatercolourCreations]

J Kr would love to share, great idea for a video! :)

[@susansacco7583]

Thanks for swatching these beauties out for us! Gorgeous! I have the Qor and sennelier versions. I think Qor might be bit more green. Love both.

[@PaintinHiding]

i love swatching videos too! :D thank you for sharing this video with us. it's as if you know i'm currently looking into turquoises haha~ also, if you like holbein's horizon blue, i wonder if you'll like Shinhan PWC's cobalt turquoise light :)

[@AlyonasWatercolourCreations]

Paint in Hiding uh not aware of this colour yet, will look into it! :)

[@tlembro]

Hi Alyona....package delivered July 31.... held at delivery depot for signature.

[@AlyonasWatercolourCreations]

Lynn Embro oh?! I asked my postman the other week he said there was nothing. Will have to go to the postoffice depot and complain! I pay for delivery from PO Box to my door and they just let the packages sit there. Thanks for letting me know. X

[@tlembro]

Alyona's Watercolour Creations the other package you are waiting for may be there as well. Go to USPS.com and I put the tracking number and you can see it.

[@pinkflamingo5628]

Thanks for this! I replied to a comment below, just wanted to bring Daniel Smith’s Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Genuine to your attention if it wasn’t already mentioned. Thanks again, I want all of them 🌺

[@AlyonasWatercolourCreations]

Pink Flamingo that one is too expensive for me! :)

[@pinkflamingo5628]

Alyona's Watercolour Creations I understand! In the US European brands are too expensive, and happily DS has an incredible sale once a year ;-)

[@YourMajesty143]

It's exactly the same as Cobalt Teal, only more expensive and even harder to rewet. Not worth it. The Amazonite and Fuschite are keepers though.

[@mitxelgl6559]

Thanks for the video, fyi, canson XL is not cotton paper, try it in a 100% cotton and you should notice how your colors really pop :)

[@AlyonasWatercolourCreations]

Mitxel GL I have started using my Strathmore Mixed Media sketchbook which has 100% cotton paper and everything looks so good on it! :) I have also ordered two large sheets of Canson Heritage which I think is 100% but there is also price difference! :))

[@natashajohnson5776]

I REALLY enjoyed this video and found the information incredibly interesting. Last month we did color studies using turquoise for an online art community (journalingthemagic.com/pages/wizarding-artist-society) that I partipate in. I only used the colors in my collection with the word "turquoise" in the name; otherwise, it would have been way more colors than I could manage for the activity we did. My favorite was Daniel Smith's Kingman Green Turquoise, which was the least blue of the bunch. However, I found your video interesting because it got me thinking about other colors that are similar (which maybe don't have "turquoise" in the name), but also about actual turquoise as a stone/gem. Turquoise comes in a variety of blues AND greens with veins of gray, black, brown, and tan. I really love the color blue and tend to be drawn to blues in general in terms of my paint choices, especially Cerulean, which is probably a good thing since I mostly paint land and seascapes. How did you decide which colors you chose for this study/video? Why didn't you choose any more greenish turquoises?

[@m072049]

I AGREE, KINGMAN TURQUOISE GREEN IS ABSOLUTELY LOVELY AND I MISS ALL THE GREYER TURQUOISE COLORS BESIDE THE BLUER ONES YOU HAVE SHOWN SO BEAUTIFULLY!!

[@pinkflamingo5628]

Re DS Kingman Genuine, they also have Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Genuine ... a beautiful sky blue pigment. A very delicate blue, lovely.

[@natashajohnson5776]

@@pinkflamingo5628 Yes, I have that one as well. It is beautiful indeed; however, I find I don't use it as often as the Kingman Green.

[@judicousineau]

Love love love this color in all hues and tones. Did you change the "turquoise" behind your logo? 💜

[@AlyonasWatercolourCreations]

Judi C on the packaging?

[@judicousineau]

@@AlyonasWatercolourCreations on your video? It looked different today ..🤗

[@AlyonasWatercolourCreations]

Judi C oh really?! Nope I haven’t changed anything, maybe because the video was very sunny, not sure. :)

[@judicousineau]

@@AlyonasWatercolourCreations very pretty regardless. 💜

[@urbangypsy69]

My favorite color ever! 💙💙💙/💚💚💚!!! Thank you for covering it! I may be saying something unpopular, but it’s so odd that when you see DS’s turquoise colors and the the Primatek ones swatched out on paper alongside one another plus brands worldwide, questions/statements arise. Mine is, “If it’s too good to be true, it’s likely not.” We own every one of these including the White Night’s and Rembrandt and Szmal and…and…omg, if it’s turquoise, I probably own it. I’ve also seen the difference between the pigments/manufacturing as I’ve painted. I have to say that it’s strange that many of the “Genuine” colors (not just turquoise) look like they have mica in them. They may not have much (perhaps), with the exception being the oddly thick contents in a tube of a Tiger’s Eye I got as a gift when it was first released. More rambling follows… My partner and I make handmade watercolors and we know we can never compare to a major manufacturer…but it’s just amazing seeing the various swatches side-by-side. To reiterate, some of the Primatek paints resemble lab created paints with a touch of “sparkle.” Even if Primatek is or isn’t “100% genuine stone suspended in gum Arabic and other trade secret chemicals” I’ll enjoy mine until they’re gone then make dupes. 😱 I thought I’d never write those words, but we’re watercolor collectors as well as artists and…we make paint. I hope it all gets 100% resolved. In fact, I stopped following the “Prima-Rip” content. Any new news from DS? Equally, after seeing my beloved W&N’s Hues perform poorly in lightfastness tests compared to cadmium’s and such, I’ll be responsible in disposal of utterly cut apart and used dead tubes…and will buy cadmiums. I’m super aware of environmental issues (trust me, if people did the research on electric car batteries, they’d still buy the electric cars, but would drive them until there was utterly zero way to repair one). My buyers shouldn’t have to be concerned that a painting of their favorite family member or beloved pet would just fade even behind UV glass in fifteen years or five or one. In the end, though, have fun. My hubby and I married our watercolor collections together and we do our own lightfastness checks. We’ve been startled at how amazing some Eastern watercolors outperform massive brand name ones at the three, six, one year and, for some, five year points since we test in both southern and western facing windows, and mass tone to heavily diluted. Last thoughts, thank you and others for doing simple comparison videos like this! 🌷- A flower for you! They’re great! We watch art YT as entertainment (we seem focused, huh?) and thank you for all comments, be they good, bad or indifferent. Everyone should have a voice. ❤️ to Art! It’s a lifesaver!

[@AlyonasWatercolourCreations]

Would love to try your handmade watercolours! I make my own too, and have such a love for pigments, always very curious about watercolours!! 🧡 If you prefer, DM me on Instagram: AlyonaCreates. 🧡

[@predragdjokic3761]

Thank you so much for this swatches Alyona.One question if you got a time to answer it is there any substitute for the cobalt pigment and that the color is also teal.I don't want to use heavy metal pigments i use earth friendly colors but Andrew Tischler oil painter also pointed out the many uses for cobalt teal and how with that color you can have endless range of mixes...It would be really cool to find some substitute with some synthetic or any other pigment then cobalt but to be teal.... I try to find in WhiteNights teal they have it but is also cobalt teal so that is a no no for me.... I can mix it with bright blue and emerald green to get turq. blue but that is not near cobalt teal color.

[@AlyonasWatercolourCreations]

Predrag Djokic I can’t think of any teals that would look like cobalt teal but have no cobalt in them. Maybe try going for a granulating green turquoise and add tiny bit of titanium white. :)

[@predragdjokic3761]

@@AlyonasWatercolourCreations I will try that Alyona thank you.

[@emmybears643]

How would one mix colors to make this? I’ve been looking for a tutorial on how to mix colors like the ones in the video.

[@YourMajesty143]

Combine Pthalo Blue (green shade) and Pthalo Blue (blue shade) together and you should be able to get a variety of teals & turquoises, depending on the ratio you use. Combining Viridian or Cerulean also adds a variety of shades.

[@marijamarija8620]

🦋👍🏼

[@BrendaArtist]

it are indeed very beautiful colours 😍 I have some of them. but won't repurchase most of them accept daniel smith or other vegan brands as I am fully moving to animal free art supllies including paper. (most of them use gelatin) 😉💗🐕🐒🐺🦊🐱🐀🐁🐿🦦🦡🐝🐙💗☺

[@katerudnitskaya8744]

My DS amazonite much more graish and it's sad :%

[@FuriedHearts]

Thank you so much for doing this video. I am currently on the hunt for a true "cyan" color-- a very bright true cyan that doesn't lean toward green or too blue. So far Sennelier Turquoise green is the best I have found (PG50). But I haven't tried many. The only other one I've tried is Daniel Smith's Cobalt Teal Blue and I hated it. It was too dull and dark valued and granulates super heavily and is too green. Oddly enough, this color is usually raved about and on screen it looks gorgeous. Mine was a flop. Maybe it just looks better on camera? Anyways, what would you say is the best, brightest, truest CYAN (CMY) color? All of these look beautiful on screen but I'm not sure they're as accurate on my end. Thank you!