Comparing 12 Viridian Green Watercolors Part 2 - Colossal Color Showdown S3, Ep. 10

[@stas61690]

I have the M Graham PG18 Viridian. It's one of the only M Graham paints that totally sets up in the pan. It works really well. The payload is good and it stands up in mixes. As always, such a fun episode!

[@matthewpower7148]

For someone who is new to watercolor and feeling overwhelmed picking colors, this entire series is extremely helpful. thank you :)

[@SarahNotSara]

Thank you for making this video. Wish you'd included Roman Szmals Viridian but I understand you can't include every single brand available. 💜

[@alexehrhardt1104]

I have the Winsor and Newton Viridian and I LOVE it! One of my favorite hues ever! It is a little hard to rewet straight from the tube, but I tend to add a little glycerin to it before it dries so that it’s easier to use. But even without that, it’s not too bad. I think maybe I’ll try the M. Graham version soon to see how they compare, but I think I’ll always have a Viridian on my palette!

[@kristinlarson7086]

M Graham’s rewets soooooo much better in my experience.

[@ms.rocketscience4924]

Roman Szmal also rewets really well.

[@salome.artist]

I love viridian! I should use it more but it's expensive :')

[@valasafantastic1055]

Loving the series! I love real viridian (pg 18) for mixes and it’s great to have and learn about all the pigments for what that pigment is string in. Pg7 Pthalo however is an entirely different colour and pigment and works completely differently. I feel Senellier made the worst choice by mixing the two options you can’t buy it as a base for custom mixes as you get a mix already. However it might be fun to make my own Senellier style mix but I’ll do tests to see if it’s ‘worth’ doing. Paper really effect smoothness and cauliflowering.

[@danielleb.7055]

Thank you for all of your brand comparisons. It super helpful and I truly appreciate it. I don't know how you have time to swatch, research, record and edit but you do and always provide great quality videos. So thank you! Have an amazing day!

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

I wish she showed scans but she might on her Patreon. Her videos are so helpful.

[@marlenaamalfitano2727]

I love these comparions, such a great he!p when looking for new colors a d updating a palette

[@laurarios1911]

This was very helpful. My original viridian was a W&N Cotman and I really only like it mixed with a little alizarin crimson or burnt sienna. I recently got a DS pthalo green (blue shade) which I bought to function as my new viridian. I have yet to swatch it mixed with other colors so I may end up getting one of these pigments too! 😁

[@kimesch9698]

I love my Holbein viridian.!

[@LavenderDebs]

I loved this! Was looking forward to the mixing section. But dang... I think mine is Schmincke. I'll figure it out. Thank you!

[@Scottlp2]

Glad to hear you found some brands which did rewet. I don’t use veridian, but I vaguely remember reading that even brands which rewet easily for most colors eg m Graham and Daniel Smith were less than optimal for Veridian.

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

Thank you.

[@jaysea5873]

Thank you Oto! I love this series. I have M Graham’s Viridian and love it. So easy to rewet.

[@annenglish2935]

First of all, I'm a beginner and my first use of viridian was Winsor Newton Cotman... PG7, I just wanted a viridian watercolor of better quality! I just received Da Vinci Viridian, which is PG18, and I thought something wasn't right... I liked the vivid color in a PG7 apparently... so I figured it would be bright. I like Da Vinci ... have 4... anyway always appreciate your help... I probably would have ordered Sennelier had I watched this first... Thanks 😊 for sharing another great lesson!!! A California Gramma ♥️

[@liannejohnson5491]

Thanks Oto!

[@maryannprzybycien2013]

I don't have any PG18s, but I do have a few PG7s that came with paint sets. Including Turner.I don't really like the color on it's own, but I will use it for mixing colors.

[@melaniehellum1281]

I was very interested in this. Because I have been painting for a very long time. I have bought Ceridian that is like the real and some that was like pthalo found this confusing . Now I can look at the pigment and understand how to use it. Good education thank you.

[@ari_9354]

The winsor newton one looks so nice, i never thought to get the winsor newton one, its not too pale and not too dark, i was planning to get the m graham but the w&n looks promising as well

[@joycesnodgrass7068]

I have Daniel Smith. Mission Gold and Holbein.

[@syrinx9196]

Some of these "PG 18" paints are goosed with PG 7. This is a case where the more intense and deeper green color is not a good thing. The best thing to do is to get some of the pure pigment, have it lab verified to have no PG 7, make your own watercolor sample, then compare it with the brands. Anything that is significantly more intense, dark, and staining is goosed. Some of Handprint's casual home tests can also help.

[@acgleason]

thank you so much for all the hard work that you do!

[@alisonamacher]

Fantastic help. Thanks

[@katefarmerpallotta9710]

Useful and enjoyable

[@ann-ingridhelik3056]

Hi, i have the Daniel smith & the sennelier which i use the most. I have from 50 years ago Winsor and newton tubes but i would have to cut the tube open, one day i might but for the moment I'll stick to my 2 newer paints! Love these comparisons videos,very helpful, thank you

[@eileencollins3126]

As always, I find your Color Showdowns interesting and informative. I recently bought some Turner watercolor paints as an alternative practice paint to my Daniel Smith paints. All of them are now in half pans. I got out the Viridian this morning, which has been in the half pan for at least 2 weeks undisturbed after my initial reference color swatching. I had no problems rewetting the paint in the pan. One thing I have found with Turner is some sort of mixing inconsistency, with random tubes having an extraordinary amount of Gum Arabic ( I think) at the top of the tube. I read that you can massage the tube before squeezing out paint, but fail to see how to do that with a brand new tube. I have also had quite a few tubes which contained a lot of air. I guess you get what you pay for.

[@suzannemeeker2698]

I use a loopy plastic kitchen scrubber to remove salt and have never had a problem. Looks like a donut with a center knob and strings of plastic

[@rdfjfgjyfdhfghy67456]

I'm beginning to realise that Van gogh just loves to cauliflower! I used to think it was just my water control 😂😂😂

[@kmeldrom6932]

Terrific review

[@jhorne3180]

Thanks! Great information.

[@alejandromorales9516]

Team M. Graham for my Viridian ... I do want to get a small tube of Schmincke's to try out as I hear it's very good. This is also a pigment I keep getting more and more drawn to as I like the granulating glowy greens you get with like a Nickel Azo Yellow and the purply greys you get mixing with magenta/violet colors. With Viridian (as with Potter's Pink) I usually give it a little scrub with a waterbrush and give them a few seconds and they tend to rewet fine after that.

[@jenniashbart8233]

My M. Graham PG18 Viridian is the -only- M. Graham color that has dried in the pan after 3 years. LOL But Viridian is my favorite mixing green and I loooove the softness that the genuine pigment mixes make. I'd like to try the Daniel Smith because of the granulation but I'm too scared to get a non-honey paint in this pigment.

[@valasafantastic1055]

I’m planning to get the m.graham asap! Seems wonderful and the price is better where I live (Canada).

[@MsMoniqueWilson]

I have just found your channel. What you do is so very helpful!! I live in Canada so am lucky to get Daniel Smith at a reasonable-ish price. So am leaning towards DS for my Viridian. But - I did notice you did not include Roman Szmal in your comparison which I know is PG18. Can you say why?

[@mikepolo2887]

I use pg7 and pg18… interchangeably as the best green for mixing greens, blues/violets and neutrals. As I always wirk with limited palettes, I choose one or the other depending on whether there is a big area on the painting where I do or don’t want a green to granulate, and how much texture I want in general. If I already have ultramarine and cerulean blue there, there will be enough texture anyway. Differences in tinting strengths never deterred me from combining colors on my palette.

[@katieakr]

Ok. After watching this I might consider Holbein or M. Graham after my Schmincke is gone, Sty with the Schmincke, or try DaVinci since DV is affordable in the US. But I still think I might not repurchase.

[@alanah3905]

very interesting thanks

[@alajnabiya]

These 2 videos were useful to me. I'm sorry you don't seem to be posting this last year. I kept hearing that veridian was great for mixing green, but nothing i did came out like the mixes i saw others do. I have the Van Gogh pans. I looked up the color numbers on their website and wondered why the Veridian and phthalo green had the exact same number, PG7. I wonder if there is any difference between them? Anyway, thank you, and I hope the reason you stopped posting is all good news.

[@kristinlarson7086]

I enjoy my m. graham viridian. I find the rewetability very nice. Winsor and Newton's was so frustrating in that regard,

[@sherrikent6628]

Great

[@petiteflower5259]

I have Qor and I suspect it's pretty similar to M Graham, anyone tried both of them?

[@jeanling6985]

Has anyone been able to give u feedback regarding this? I'm still curious about it as I'm wondering if the intensity in hue as well as the color separation are comparable

[@VeretenoVids]

If I had to choose just one, the Holbein gets my vote. The M. Graham is luscious, but I have enough strong greens that I'd prefer a paler viridian.

[@Goldi-Luc]

i wonder about the qor one

[@Kaninchenbau]

Oddly drawn to the Sennelier one

[@annenglish2935]

Me too... PG7 was my first experience with Viridian... it was Winsor Newton Cotman... a beginner paint... I just bought a viridian from Da Vinci, which was PG18, and kind of disappointed it wasn't brighter! That's why I love my dot sample charts... not every brand has them, but they're worth it!!!