Comments on: Paynes Grey (Exploring Paint Colors in Depth) https://www.watercoloraffair.com/paynes-grey/ Learn the Art and Techniques of Watercolor Painting Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:40:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Anthony https://www.watercoloraffair.com/paynes-grey/comment-page-1/#comment-26696 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:40:48 +0000 https://www.watercoloraffair.com/?p=9210#comment-26696 In reply to June.

Hi June
I wonder if that might be an error by Blick – since Daniel Smith’s website still say the pigments are PB 29 and PBk 9 ?
https://danielsmith.com/color-stories/watercolors/paynes-gray-watercolor/

]]> By: June https://www.watercoloraffair.com/paynes-grey/comment-page-1/#comment-26683 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 01:58:11 +0000 https://www.watercoloraffair.com/?p=9210#comment-26683 Daniel Smith seems to have changed their formula for Payne’s gray.

I have the version that you mention, PB 29, PBk 9, in a large tube, but when I looked it up on Blick just now, the formula is listed as:
PB29-Ultramarine [Blue]
PY42-Yellow Iron Oxide
PBk9-Ivory Black

I don’t know whether this will make an appreciable difference in how the paint will look on paper when used alone, but as there are now three pigments, not two, in the mix, this will make for muddier outcomes when combined with other paints, no?

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