Quinacridone Deep Gold

Daniel Smith Watercolors are unmatched in quality! The pigments are vibrant, rich, and flow beautifully on paper. Their unique granulating colors add incredible depth, making them my go-to choice for any project. Highly recommend!

Daniel Smith makes excellent watercolors. Quinacridone Gold is being discontinued by all watercolor manufacturers because the pigment producer has stopped making this color. If you love this color, get it while you can or find a substitute.

Daniel Smith watercolor paints are always excellent. A great company to do business with!

Ever since I started doing watercolors quin burnt orange has been one of my favorites to use. It's very vibrant and mixes well with other colors. It captures the mood of the paintings I'm trying to create and I love that

Confession: My first name is Ruby, and I have had a lifelong love affair with shades of red. From burnt orange to crimson to maroon, I love them all. But Scarlet, that gorgeous warm shade of red makes me the happiest of all. Its like liquid fire (that doesn't burn), or like Michigan maple leaves in autumn, or that perfect moment at sunset when it looks like the sky might turn molten, or the glimmer of garnet chips in sunlight on a beach (I actually walked on a beach of garnets once - it was a real, if transient and rare, thing).Clearly, I am biased. I love rich earthy, firey reds. And Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet is just soooo lovely. Unfortunately my photo above just didn't capture its richness at all. *sigh* But it gives you some idea of what Daniel Smith's QBS offers.Paired with Quinacridone Gold (which is minutely swatched above) and Quin. Burnt Orange, I have been basking in all the warm brilliance that DS's Quinacridone pigments can offer. I can layer them, glaze upon glaze, without mud. I can lift them beautifully, they move wet in wet predictably and freely, they dry without losing a ton of their brilliance (though scarlet loses the most in drying shift I think, purely anecdotally). They blend into this complete range from yellow to fiery reds together with one another seamlessly, while also playing well with pretty much every other pigment I have tried them with.In a way, I am glad I missed out on the original Quin. Gold (PO49) because I imagine the heartbreak must be intense, but learning on this new blend (PO48+PY150) is probably a big reason I am addicted to watercolor painting now.The transparency of these Quinacridone pigments is astounding, and how forgiving they are to new painters with a tendency to overwork is inestimable.I know they are not "traditional" pigments per se, but at this point in my painting practice, I could not do without any of them. I can't wait to try more paintings with Quin Burnt Scarlet specifically just to see what sort of things I might achieve with it over time.I highly recommend ANY ONE of these Daniel Smith Quinacridone colors. Any one!

Perfect color, Da niel Smith colors are always dependable.

As always amazing paints

Best paint ever!