Description Opacity: O Designers Gouache colours are a range of opaque water colours, mainly used by designers, illustrators and commercial artists to create vibrant illustrations in solid colour. Gouache is also widely used in fine art as an opaque water colour. All colours are available in 14ml tubes (except Bleedproof White and Process White, available in 30ml pots). Due to the wide range of pigments used in the range it is necessary to use a series system. The series indicates the relative price of the colour and is determined mainly by the cost of the pigment. Designers Gouache has four series. The Designers Gouache range offers a wide and balanced spectrum of tube colours. The range includes bright colours for designers and more lightfast ones for fine artists. AA and A rated colours are recommended as permanent for fine artists. Some of the brighter, Designers’ Gouache colours within the range are only available as B or C rated. Within the Designers Gouache range there are many single pigment colours in order to provide the widest handling properties and maintain clean mixing. In addition to the single pigment colours there are the other colours that are produced using specific mixtures of pigments. All the Designers Gouache colours are more opaque than Artists’ Water Colours. However, the degree to which they cover does vary. The relative opacity of the colours is marked on the colour chart; the transparent colours are marked with T and the opaque colours are marked with O.
