WC White Nights
[Nevskaya Palitra]
Water-colors for professional Artists and Students
White nights are an amazing phenomenon of nature when the night is as light as the day.
It can be observed in St. Petersburg in the beginning of summer.
The supreme quality “White Nights” watercolours (WC) combine old masters’ traditions and modern technologies.
St.Petersburg “White Nights” watercolours are made by hand from finely ground pigments and binders containing
gum Arabic acknowledged as the best natural adhesive for professional watercolours.
Synthetic brushes as well as the ones made from Siberian kolinsky and squirrel fur can be applied for work.
- 56 intense and pure tones
- the maximum tones intensiveness which is preserved even when colours are mixed with large quantities
- water is provided by the high pigment concentration and its fine grinding
- perfect smearing and spreading
- perfect mixing qualities
- perfect mixing qualities
- 45 colours with ** and *** lightfastness index
- 37 monopigment colours
- easy to pick up with a brush
- unsurpassed price-quality ratio
Degree of Lightfastness under museum conditions:
*** - 100 years completely lightfast
** - 25-100 years lightfast
* - 10-25 years lightfast
PCxxx - International Pigments Code and Number (see in the description of paint).
PWxx - White (number хх)
PYxx - Yellow
PRxx - Red
PVxx - Violet
PBxx - Blue
PGxx - Green
PBrxx - Brown
PBkxx - Black
PCtr - Pigment C Transparent
Opacity (Signs in our catalogs):
TR = Transparent
ST = Semi-Transparent
OP = Opaque
Additional Properties:
snp - Standing Paint
ssp - Semi-Standing Paint
nsp - Non-Standing Paint
G - Granulating Paint
NE - Natural Earth
PST - Pastel Color
Plastic Pans 2.5 ml (0.0845 oz.) - 134 colors
or Aluminium Tubes 10 ml (0.338 oz) - 118 colors
Nevskaya Palitra, St.Petersburg Russia