Horadam Gouache offers excellent flow properties. The range of 48 finest gouache colours may be diluted with water and can also be mixed within the range. After drying it can be wetted and reworked on all types of absorbing and non-absorbing paper, carton and canvas. Due to the extra-fine pigment grain sizes these finest artists' colours can also be applied using a 0,15 mm fine airbrush. Horadam Gouache's effect derives from the rich, opaque, pastel-like, intensive pigment layer.

Highly stable pigments are used to imitate the asphalt colour which was widespread in the 19th century, a translucent, deep brown of low stability which was able to show through the colour layers.

Pigment: Red iron oxide-Quinacridone-Lamp blackCI number: PR 101/PV 19/PBk 7

On the basis of many years of scientific experience in the field of artists' colours, Schmincke continues to use a broad and diverse scope of artists' oils, which it combines with the most suitable natural dammar resin from Palembang, Indonesia. The amount of dammar resin which is added in colloidal solution depends on the oil requirements of the pigment concerned. The use of different variants of linseed oil purified by means of highly sophisticated processes also predominates in the Mussini artists' resin-oil-colours.The microscopic evaporation pores enable oxygen to penetrate more effectively into the inner layers, thus providing for more even drying of the surface and inner layers. This, in turn, reduces the danger of wrinkling and surface tension during the drying process.

Pigment: Titanium dioxide, Rutil-nickel-tin-titanium, Chromium-antimonytitanium-yellowLightfastness: ****Opacity: OpaqueDescription: Imitation with anorganic pigments of the originally toxic lead pigment. The white contents creates opacifying character.

Colour Index: PW6/PY53/PBr24



To achieve the outstanding characteristics, like reusable paint when dried on a palette and the high control of paint flow even on soft water-colour papers Schmincke only use the best raw materials. In its coloristic appearance the total assortment is particularly harmonious, balanced and complete.

One main ingredient of the water-colour binding medium is Kordofan Gum Arabic from the southern Sahara region. Like most natural products this traditional water-colour binding medium differs from year to year. Therefore Schmincke is testing Gum Arabic every time before purchase and selects only the best crop of the respective year. This adds small but significant quality advantages. Other formula ingredients are selected equally carefully and of course are integrated in each formula in an individual optimised way to obtain a harmonious assortment, that can be easily picked up by the brush.

Another traditional quality criterion is the re-usability of the Horadam Aquarell water-colours while using the same formulation for tubes and pans. Both properties, the reusability and the control of the paint flow can only be achieved by pouring water-colours into pans in a liquid state, which is really unique.

Lightfastness: **** Good lightfastnessOpacity: Semi-transparentStaining/Non-staining: Semi-StainingColour Index: PV55In order to achieve high standards regarding lightfastness, resolubility and stability, Schmincke Horadam watercolours contains only the finest raw materials. The paints are bound with Kordofan gum arabic from the southern Sahara. Due to the natural source of the binder, the gum arabic does tend to differ slightly year on year. Schmincke continually test the ingredient and the best of the batch is selected to ensure the highest quality is achieved. This means paint which has dried onto your palette can be easily re-wetted and painted with again. Among the range are 139 colours, with 95 single pigment hues for clean mixing.

Removable colourless masking fluid for water-colours. Especially for fine details.

Masking fluid makes specific fields water resistant. Dry thoroughly before painting. Do not leave masking fluid longer than 2 days on the paper.

Rubs off easily with finger or eraser. Also recommended for airbrush.

pdf=schmasks.pdf Schmincke Watercolour Masking Fluid Safety Data

The water-based, high-quality aqua-Linoprint colours contain natural binders such as gum Arabic as well as organic/inorganic pigments. They are easy to apply due to optimum open-times and result in even, sharp prints with fast drying times (wipe-resistant after approx. 15 minutes).

All colours offer maximum light fastness (4 and 5 stars) and an excellent intensity (especially black). The formulation for the colours in tubes and jars is the same. Due to its fluid consistency all aqua-Linoprint colours can easily be applied to different surfaces such as paper, felt, cardboard and suitable also for wood engraving and printing with various materials.

The smooth colours are of pleasant odour and can be overprinted with other colours. They are intermixable, ready to use and can be diluted with water.

Aero Colour Professional are highly light-resistant, brilliant air-brush colours from the Schmincke company developed specially for the air-brush spray-gun but also very good to use with retouching pens, dip-pens and brushes.Aero Colour Professional is distinguished by its ideal qualities. Schmincke's finest air-brush colours have a pleasant odour, are easy to use, resistant and can be used on almost all fat-free surfaces. All colours are ready-to-use and can also be used undiluted due to their very fine pigmentation. If required, they can be diluted with Aero Medium (Art.-No.50 602) or water. All colours come in tough 30 ml pipette jars and some are also available in plastic 250 ml and 1000 ml jars for more frequent use.

Many of the 36 colours as well as the 12 new effect colours are single-pigment shades that guarantee brilliant mixtures and an unlimited variety of shades.

A large number of the bright colours are glazed or semi-glazed. They can be made opaque by adding a slight quantity of extremely opaque Aero Colour Professional colour Supra-White, opaque (28 101) without being made any brighter or losing their tinting strength.

Aero Colour Professional adheres particularly well to all sorts of papers and cardboards as well as the usual, non-absorbent surfaces such as film, hard plastics, canvas and - after appropriate preliminary treatment - metal. The colours are easy to mask and excellent for graphic designs and special air-brush techniques. Aero Colour Professional dries semi-matt, is water-resistant and is easy to reproduce.

As the result of many years of research and development work all shades have one unique feature in the air-brush market. After a short time Aero Colour Professional turns viscous after being stored, but liquifies after being shaken briefly once. So "Shake & Spray" stands for the colours' simple and quick "shakeability", including the highest pigmentations, thanks to its unique and innovative formula.

Aero Colour Professional are highly light-resistant, brilliant air-brush colours from the Schmincke company developed specially for the air-brush spray-gun but also very good to use with retouching pens, dip-pens and brushes.Aero Colour Professional is distinguished by its ideal qualities. Schmincke's finest air-brush colours have a pleasant odour, are easy to use, resistant and can be used on almost all fat-free surfaces. All colours are ready-to-use and can also be used undiluted due to their very fine pigmentation. If required, they can be diluted with Aero Medium (Art.-No.50 602) or water. All colours come in tough 30 ml pipette jars and some are also available in plastic 250 ml and 1000 ml jars for more frequent use.

Many of the 36 colours as well as the 12 new effect colours are single-pigment shades that guarantee brilliant mixtures and an unlimited variety of shades.

A large number of the bright colours are glazed or semi-glazed. They can be made opaque by adding a slight quantity of extremely opaque Aero Colour Professional colour Supra-White, opaque (28 101) without being made any brighter or losing their tinting strength.

Aero Colour Professional adheres particularly well to all sorts of papers and cardboards as well as the usual, non-absorbent surfaces such as film, hard plastics, canvas and - after appropriate preliminary treatment - metal. The colours are easy to mask and excellent for graphic designs and special air-brush techniques. Aero Colour Professional dries semi-matt, is water-resistant and is easy to reproduce.

As the result of many years of research and development work all shades have one unique feature in the air-brush market. After a short time Aero Colour Professional turns viscous after being stored, but liquifies after being shaken briefly once. So "Shake & Spray" stands for the colours' simple and quick "shakeability", including the highest pigmentations, thanks to its unique and innovative formula.

Colours: 661 Burnt Sienna 480 Mountain Blue 221 Brilliant Yellow 524 May Green 495 Ultramarine Violet 780 Ivory Black 349 Cadmium Red Light 230 Naples Yellow Reddish 668 Burnt Umber 229 Naples Yellow 655 Yellow Ochre 101 Titanium-opaque White 481 Cerulean Blue Tone 525 Olive Green Yellowish 224 Cadmium Yellow Light 782 Neutral Tint 215 Lemon Yellow 213 Chrome Yellow Deep (No Lead) 787 Payne's Grey Blueish 214 Chrome Orange (No Lead) 000 Ox Gall Agent 218 Translucent Orange 509 Cobalt Turquoise 102 Permanent Chinese White 533 Cobalt Green Dark 353 Permanent Carmine 670 Madder Brown 366 Deep Red 534 Permanent Green Olive 482 Delft Blue 209 Translucent Yellow 484 Phthalo Blue 474 Manganese Violet 649 English Venetian Red 519 Phthalo Green 893 Gold 354 Madder Red Dark 492 Prussian Blue 475 Helio Turquoise 528 Prussian Green 645 Indian Red 494 Ultramarine Finest 363 Scarlet Red 220 Indian Yellow 663 Sepia Brown 485 Indigo 352 Magenta 894 Silver

Removable masking fluid for water-colours. Especially for fine details.Masking fluid makes specific fields water resistant. Dry thoroughly before painting.

Do not leave masking fluid longer than 2 days on the paper.

Rubs off easily with finger or eraser. Also recommended for airbrush.

Aero Colour Professional are highly light-resistant, brilliant air-brush colours from the Schmincke company developed specially for the air-brush spray-gun but also very good to use with retouching pens, dip-pens and brushes.Aero Colour Professional is distinguished by its ideal qualities. Schmincke's finest air-brush colours have a pleasant odour, are easy to use, resistant and can be used on almost all fat-free surfaces. All colours are ready-to-use and can also be used undiluted due to their very fine pigmentation. If required, they can be diluted with Aero Medium (Art.-No.50 602) or water. All colours come in tough 30 ml pipette jars and some are also available in plastic 250 ml and 1000 ml jars for more frequent use.

Many of the 36 colours as well as the 12 new effect colours are single-pigment shades that guarantee brilliant mixtures and an unlimited variety of shades.

A large number of the bright colours are glazed or semi-glazed. They can be made opaque by adding a slight quantity of extremely opaque Aero Colour Professional colour Supra-White, opaque (28 101) without being made any brighter or losing their tinting strength.

Aero Colour Professional adheres particularly well to all sorts of papers and cardboards as well as the usual, non-absorbent surfaces such as film, hard plastics, canvas and - after appropriate preliminary treatment - metal. The colours are easy to mask and excellent for graphic designs and special air-brush techniques. Aero Colour Professional dries semi-matt, is water-resistant and is easy to reproduce.

As the result of many years of research and development work all shades have one unique feature in the air-brush market. After a short time Aero Colour Professional turns viscous after being stored, but liquifies after being shaken briefly once. So "Shake & Spray" stands for the colours' simple and quick "shakeability", including the highest pigmentations, thanks to its unique and innovative formula.

Pigment: Carbonized bones of animalsLightfastness: *****Opacity: Semi-opaqueDescription: Very deep black. Formerly made from carbonized ivory, nowadays produced by dry destillation of degreased bones. Small quantities of calciumphosphate add slightly grey-bluish tone. Often used for dark tones and colour turbidity.

Colour Index: PBk9

To achieve the outstanding characteristics, like reusable paint when dried on a palette and the high control of paint flow even on soft water-colour papers Schmincke only use the best raw materials. In its coloristic appearance the total assortment is particularly harmonious, balanced and complete.

One main ingredient of the water-colour binding medium is Kordofan Gum Arabic from the southern Sahara region. Like most natural products this traditional water-colour binding medium differs from year to year. Therefore Schmincke is testing Gum Arabic every time before purchase and selects only the best crop of the respective year. This adds small but significant quality advantages. Other formula ingredients are selected equally carefully and of course are integrated in each formula in an individual optimised way to obtain a harmonious assortment, that can be easily picked up by the brush.

Another traditional quality criterion is the re-usability of the Horadam Aquarell water-colours while using the same formulation for tubes and pans. Both properties, the reusability and the control of the paint flow can only be achieved by pouring water-colours into pans in a liquid state, which is really unique.

They contain only the purest medium fine ground artists' pigments, which are in the highest possible concentration. Contrastingly, the binding agent content, is kept to a minimum, which ensures a stable compound. In order to guarantee the highest quality it is necessary to manufacture Schmincke pastels using special recipes which avoid the use of machinery during manufacture. 'Worm extruders' form the pre-kneaded dough into round skeins, which are then detached by hand and cut in a wirestrung frame. The damp sticks have to dry for around eight days before they can be labelled and packed by hand. This is a costly and time consuming process, however it is the only way Schmincke can guarantee homogenous quality and smoothness in all the production cycles.

Pigment: Ultramarine blueLightfastness: ****Opacity: Semi-transparentDescription: Ultramarine has been extracted in the middle age from the semiprecious stone Lapislazuli. Artifi cial production of equal standardsince 1830. Also used as basic colour for violet tones.

Colour Index: PB29

To achieve the outstanding characteristics, like reusable paint when dried on a palette and the high control of paint flow even on soft water-colour papers Schmincke only use the best raw materials. In its colouristic appearance the total assortment is particularly harmonious, balanced and complete.

One main ingredient of the water-colour binding medium is Kordofan Gum Arabic from the southern Sahara region. Like most natural products this traditional water-colour binding medium differs from year to year. Therefore Schmincke is testing Gum Arabic every time before purchase and selects only the best crop of the respective year. This adds small but significant quality advantages. Other formula ingredients are selected equally carefully and of course are integrated in each formula in an individual optimised way to obtain a harmonious assortment, that can be easily picked up by the brush.

Another traditional quality criterion is the re-usability of the Horadam Aquarell water-colours while using the same formulation for tubes and pans. Both properties, the reusability and the control of the paint flow can only be achieved by pouring water-colours into pans in a liquid state, which is really unique.

A viscous flow and binding medium for all gouache and watercolour paints.

Gum arabic is used as a binder for watercolour painting because it dissolves easily in water. Pigment of any color is suspended within the acacia gum in varying amounts, resulting in watercolour paint.

Gum arabic allows more precise control over washes, because it prevents them from flowing or bleeding beyond the brush stroke. Acacia gum also slows the evaporation of water, giving slightly longer working time.

When gum arabic is added to Schmincke Horadam watercolour or gouache the transparency increases as does the flow and gloss of a colour.

pdf=schgumarabic.pdf Schmincke Watercolour Gum Arabic Safety Data

They contain only the purest medium fine ground artists' pigments, which are in the highest possible concentration. Contrastingly, the binding agent content, is kept to a minimum, which ensures a stable compound. In order to guarantee the highest quality it is necessary to manufacture Schmincke pastels using special recipes which avoid the use of machinery during manufacture. 'Worm extruders' form the pre-kneaded dough into round skeins, which are then detached by hand and cut in a wirestrung frame. The damp sticks have to dry for around eight days before they can be labelled and packed by hand. This is a costly and time consuming process, however it is the only way Schmincke can guarantee homogenous quality and smoothness in all the production cycles.

Pigment: Diketo-Pyrrolo-PyrrolLightfastness: ***Opacity: Semi-transparentDescription: Brilliant orange-red. New developed organic lightfast pigment. Mixed with phthalogreen soft, neutral grey tones are achieved. The intensive reddish character is ideal for mixtures of very light red tones.

Colour Index: PO71



To achieve the outstanding characteristics, like reusable paint when dried on a palette and the high control of paint flow even on soft water-colour papers Schmincke only use the best raw materials. In its coloristic appearance the total assortment is particularly harmonious, balanced and complete.

One main ingredient of the water-colour binding medium is Kordofan Gum Arabic from the southern Sahara region. Like most natural products this traditional water-colour binding medium differs from year to year. Therefore Schmincke is testing Gum Arabic every time before purchase and selects only the best crop of the respective year. This adds small but significant quality advantages. Other formula ingredients are selected equally carefully and of course are integrated in each formula in an individual optimised way to obtain a harmonious assortment, that can be easily picked up by the brush.

Another traditional quality criterion is the re-usability of the Horadam Aquarell water-colours while using the same formulation for tubes and pans. Both properties, the reusability and the control of the paint flow can only be achieved by pouring water-colours into pans in a liquid state, which is really unique.

They contain only the purest medium fine ground artists' pigments, which are in the highest possible concentration. Contrastingly, the binding agent content, is kept to a minimum, which ensures a stable compound. In order to guarantee the highest quality it is necessary to manufacture Schmincke pastels using special recipes which avoid the use of machinery during manufacture. 'Worm extruders' form the pre-kneaded dough into round skeins, which are then detached by hand and cut in a wirestrung frame. The damp sticks have to dry for around eight days before they can be labelled and packed by hand. This is a costly and time consuming process, however it is the only way Schmincke can guarantee homogenous quality and smoothness in all the production cycles.

Pigment: Iriodin goldpearlLightfastness: ****Opacity: Semi-opaqueDescription: Yellow gold tone. No bronze, but coated mica with metal oxide (Iriodin).

To achieve the outstanding characteristics, like reusable paint when dried on a palette and the high control of paint flow even on soft water-colour papers Schmincke only use the best raw materials. In its coloristic appearance the total assortment is particularly harmonious, balanced and complete.

One main ingredient of the water-colour binding medium is Kordofan Gum Arabic from the southern Sahara region. Like most natural products this traditional water-colour binding medium differs from year to year. Therefore Schmincke is testing Gum Arabic every time before purchase and selects only the best crop of the respective year. This adds small but significant quality advantages. Other formula ingredients are selected equally carefully and of course are integrated in each formula in an individual optimised way to obtain a harmonious assortment, that can be easily picked up by the brush.

Another traditional quality criterion is the re-usability of the Horadam Aquarell water-colours while using the same formulation for tubes and pans. Both properties, the reusability and the control of the paint flow can only be achieved by pouring water-colours into pans in a liquid state, which is really unique.

Pigment: Iriodin rutil silverLightfastness: *****Opacity: Semi-opaqueDescription: No bronze, but coated mica with metal oxide (Iriodin).

To achieve the outstanding characteristics, like reusable paint when dried on a palette and the high control of paint flow even on soft water-colour papers Schmincke only use the best raw materials. In its colouristic appearance the total assortment is particularly harmonious, balanced and complete.

One main ingredient of the water-colour binding medium is Kordofan Gum Arabic from the southern Sahara region. Like most natural products this traditional water-colour binding medium differs from year to year. Therefore Schmincke is testing Gum Arabic every time before purchase and selects only the best crop of the respective year. This adds small but significant quality advantages. Other formula ingredients are selected equally carefully and of course are integrated in each formula in an individual optimised way to obtain a harmonious assortment, that can be easily picked up by the brush.

Another traditional quality criterion is the re-usability of the Horadam Aquarell water-colours while using the same formulation for tubes and pans. Both properties, the reusability and the control of the paint flow can only be achieved by pouring water-colours into pans in a liquid state, which is really unique.

They contain only the purest medium fine ground artists' pigments, which are in the highest possible concentration. Contrastingly, the binding agent content, is kept to a minimum, which ensures a stable compound. In order to guarantee the highest quality it is necessary to manufacture Schmincke pastels using special recipes which avoid the use of machinery during manufacture. 'Worm extruders' form the pre-kneaded dough into round skeins, which are then detached by hand and cut in a wirestrung frame. The damp sticks have to dry for around eight days before they can be labelled and packed by hand. This is a costly and time consuming process, however it is the only way Schmincke can guarantee homogenous quality and smoothness in all the production cycles.

Pigment: Iriodin goldpearlLightfastness: ****Opacity: Semi-opaqueDescription: Yellow gold tone. No bronze, but coated mica with metal oxide (Iriodin).

To achieve the outstanding characteristics, like reusable paint when dried on a palette and the high control of paint flow even on soft water-colour papers Schmincke only use the best raw materials. In its colouristic appearance the total assortment is particularly harmonious, balanced and complete.

One main ingredient of the water-colour binding medium is Kordofan Gum Arabic from the southern Sahara region. Like most natural products this traditional water-colour binding medium differs from year to year. Therefore Schmincke is testing Gum Arabic every time before purchase and selects only the best crop of the respective year. This adds small but significant quality advantages. Other formula ingredients are selected equally carefully and of course are integrated in each formula in an individual optimised way to obtain a harmonious assortment, that can be easily picked up by the brush.

Another traditional quality criterion is the re-usability of the Horadam Aquarell water-colours while using the same formulation for tubes and pans. Both properties, the reusability and the control of the paint flow can only be achieved by pouring water-colours into pans in a liquid state, which is really unique.

Pigment: TriarylcarboniumLightfastness: -Opacity: Semi-transparentDescription: Specially pure and brilliant, cannot be mixed. Equivalent to purple red of the printcolour-scale according to DIN 16508 and DIN 16509. Without evaluation of lightfastness.

To achieve the outstanding characteristics, like reusable paint when dried on a palette and the high control of paint flow even on soft water-colour papers Schmincke only use the best raw materials. In its colouristic appearance the total assortment is particularly harmonious, balanced and complete.

One main ingredient of the water-colour binding medium is Kordofan Gum Arabic from the southern Sahara region. Like most natural products this traditional water-colour binding medium differs from year to year. Therefore Schmincke is testing Gum Arabic every time before purchase and selects only the best crop of the respective year. This adds small but significant quality advantages. Other formula ingredients are selected equally carefully and of course are integrated in each formula in an individual optimised way to obtain a harmonious assortment, that can be easily picked up by the brush.

Another traditional quality criterion is the re-usability of the Horadam Aquarell water-colours while using the same formulation for tubes and pans. Both properties, the reusability and the control of the paint flow can only be achieved by pouring water-colours into pans in a liquid state, which is really unique.

They contain only the purest medium fine ground artists' pigments, which are in the highest possible concentration. Contrastingly, the binding agent content, is kept to a minimum, which ensures a stable compound. In order to guarantee the highest quality it is necessary to manufacture Schmincke pastels using special recipes which avoid the use of machinery during manufacture. 'Worm extruders' form the pre-kneaded dough into round skeins, which are then detached by hand and cut in a wirestrung frame. The damp sticks have to dry for around eight days before they can be labelled and packed by hand. This is a costly and time consuming process, however it is the only way Schmincke can guarantee homogenous quality and smoothness in all the production cycles.

They contain only the purest medium fine ground artists' pigments, which are in the highest possible concentration. Contrastingly, the binding agent content, is kept to a minimum, which ensures a stable compound. In order to guarantee the highest quality it is necessary to manufacture Schmincke pastels using special recipes which avoid the use of machinery during manufacture. 'Worm extruders' form the pre-kneaded dough into round skeins, which are then detached by hand and cut in a wirestrung frame. The damp sticks have to dry for around eight days before they can be labelled and packed by hand. This is a costly and time consuming process, however it is the only way Schmincke can guarantee homogenous quality and smoothness in all the production cycles.