One of my favorite pigments to work with, was PG50, a bright cobalt teal, or bright turquoise that is very much in fashion in art today. It holds a super vibrant and bright middle between blue and gold, although I prefer those that lean more towards the blue. I say it ‘was’ one of my favorite colors, since Rembrandt has brought forth a contender in their new collection, a turquoise made of the PB28 pigment.
Both the PB 28 and the PG50 pigments granulate, which makes them a perfect first layer for texture paintings.
I use this paint in a great many of my paintings, even when the many layers on top no longer show this color. So I was a little apprehensive to see that Talens had added a PB28 turquoise to their collection instead of a PG50 and of course I needed to test and compare these two pigments side by side. So I did a little video testing Rembrandt, Horadam, Qor, Daniel Smith, Sennelier and Kremer.
Do you like to use cobalt teal or turquoise in your work? And which one of the paints I used in my video would you prefer? Below you can see the strips with the swatches.
Paints used in this video:
- Daniel Smith cobalt teal blue, PG50
- Rembrandt cobalt turquoise blue (#586), PB 28
- Schmincke Horadam cobalt turquoise (#509), PG50
- Golden Qor cobalt teal, PG50
- Sennelier turquoise green (#843), PG50