Winsor & Newton Watercolour Artists

Highly transparent with a blue undertone, Permanent Alizarin Crimson is a vivid red color.

Please note that due to a pigment change, there may be two different product formulations in circulation. Pigment PR206 is being phased out and replaced by PR179. PR179 provides a color that technically cannot be closer to the original, but is not identical.

Our Professional Watercolour is still formulated according to our founding principles; to create unparalleled colors which offer artists the widest and most balanced choice of pigments, as it was in 1835 when William Winsor and Henry Newton introduced the first moist watercolours to the world.

Our range uses only the finest pigments, which is why they are known for their brilliance, permanence, and strength of color. With 79 single pigment colors, we offer the widest range of modern and traditional pigments.

Formulated using the highest quality methods to achieve optimal pigment dispersion, our unrivalled transparency means every wash will remain vibrant and luminescent.

104 out of 108 colors in the Professional Watercolour range are rated AA or A for permanence to ensure that the colors used today will appear the same for generations to come.

Many artists prize granulation to achieve texture on paper. Explore some of our beautiful granulating colors to create your palette and learn more about minimizing and maximizing this effect.

Our Professional Watercolour range offers more than 30 granular single-pigment colors that are lightfast and permanent. Try some of these colors; tint and tone and mix them to make exceptional super granular colors.