Enviro-Friendly Brown Iron Oxide, watercolor paint by Daniel Smith

created at: 2026-05-12

Enviro-Friendly Brown Iron Oxide by Daniel Smith watercolor swatch Enviro-Friendly Brown Iron Oxide 178 by Daniel Smith (a part of the Extra Fine Watercolors Standard Set range) is a low staining ◭ half-transparent highly granulating GG paint with color separation and excellent lightfastness ***.


Pigment composition, 1 pigment:


PBr6 - Iron Oxide Hydroxide Brown. PBr6, also known as Burnt Umber, is a deep brown pigment made from calcined natural earth. It is opaque to semi-transparent, highly lightfast, and granulates well. Common in landscapes and portraits, it is often used for shadows and neutral mixes.
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Compare to other Iron oxides: Umbers, Siennas, Ochre, Prussian Blue, and Caput Mortuum
Compare to other Grey and Gray, Brown, Forest, Shadow, Urban
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