which turquoise?

 

Although turquoise has never been in my regular palette of colors, except for one tube of Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Genuine (a Daniel Smith Primatek paint) that I tried years ago — it dried up hard in the tube before it was used much. I’ve tried Winsor & Newton’s Cobalt Turquoise Light off and on but haven’t found reason to use it much before.

But lately I have fallen in love with turquoise and teal as colors and wish to have one really good one as an “extra, just for fun” color. Years ago I filled a ring binder with the sample sheet dots from Daniel Smith, so I’m checking out their turquoise options.

Their Cobalt Teal Blue is the same pigment as my Cobalt Turquoise Light (PG50) — a bit on the pale side, though it is exactly the color of the swimming pool. I have a tube of Phthalo Turquoise  (phthalo blue + phthalo green but more convenient) — love its deep teal color!

But I’m really leaning towards Cobalt Turquoise  (PB36) — wonderful granulation!