It is made by the calcination of tins, salts and silica with cobalt sulphate and is an inorganic synthetic mineral pigment. See more ideas about Cerulean, Cobalt blue and Fashion. Genuine Cerulean Blue is very opaque, and has the highest level of permanence of all the blue pigments. See more ideas about Cerulean, Cobalt and Blue. Blue. I'm not sure how the alternative pigment in Cerulean Blue Hue compares in these terms. Quite pricey, but the best I could do in a pinch. Cobalt Blue is a middle blue - I think you'll be disappointed if you want it to mix saturated greens. It is useful to have one cool blue and one warm blue in a split primary palette. Prussian is a weaker and warmer version of phthalo. Genuine Manganese blue, pictured above but unavailable today, was once a staple in artist’s pai I'm not sure how the alternative pigment in Cerulean Blue Hue compares in these terms. Cobalt Blue Watercolor Of all the blue watercolor pigments we use, Cobalt is the closest to a pure primary blue, however it is a weak, transparent pigment and is easily overpowered when mixed with other colors so we need a selection of blues to be able to mix a full range of colors. Cobalt is transparent but has a weak tinting strength, and cerulean blue is only semitransparent, also with a weak tinting strength. Cobalt Blue is a clean blue that is neither warm nor cold. Phthalo Blue is perhaps the most common, but some prefer Prussian Blue as it is less permanent and easier to control. Cobalt is transparent but has a weak tinting strength, and cerulean blue is only semitransparent, also with a weak tinting strength. Other Series 2 blues are transparent, so Robert Gamblin formulated this color for painters looking for more opacity at a reasonable price. When the pigment cerulean blue (shown in the colour box to the left) was discovered, it became a useful addition to Prussian blue, cobalt blue and synthetic ultramarine which already had superseded the prior pigments. Cerulean blue has a fairly true blue (not greenish or purplish) but it doesn't have the opacity or richness of cobalt blue. W&N Cobalt turned out to be a lovely, clear, soft shade of blue and has worked much better than Ultramarine for capturing these misty mountaintops and snow-dusted hills. It is semi-transparent in both Winsor & Newton Artists’ Oil Colour and Artists’ Water Colour. See more ideas about Cerulean, Cobalt blue and Fashion. Cobalt blue is a nice cool blue. 29 Mar 2013 - Explore melissa4444's board "Azure, Cobalt, Cerulean Blue", which is followed by 2719 people on Pinterest. Cerulean vs Cerulean Hue. There are many of them - Phthalo Blue, Prussian Blue, Cerulean blue, Manganese Blue, Winsor Blue and so on. Unlike normal cerulean it doesn't contain cobalt, so I presume that it's less toxic, but it does cost about the same or a little more. Genuine Cerulean Blue is very opaque, and has the highest level of permanence of all the blue pigments. 29 Mar 2013 - Explore melissa4444's board "Azure, Cobalt, Cerulean Blue", which is followed by 2719 people on Pinterest. Smalt blue is the centuries old name for cobalt blue as smalt is finely ground cobalt blue glass.As most cobalt blues are hues W&N has differentiated their genuine cobalt blue by using the word Smalt .The other smalt blue genuine by DS has barely any pigment .