Five Nine Palette #1

This is our first palette selected by our founder Megan from Case for Making, a San Francisco-based company that makes their own fabulous, beautiful artist-grade paints. I have used this palette for over a year when I travel and it brings me SO much joy. I have made so many great little paintings with this set and now I am excited to share it with you.

The palette is a trusty go-to that fits just enough paint to keep you painting on the go and in your studio! Imported from Germany. There is a finger loop on the bottom of the palette. Fits up to 14 half pans or 8 full pans. 14 pans are included in this palette! 

Dimensions closed: approximately 4.75" x 2.5" x 1/2" deep

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Colors in this palette:

Bronze: A metallic mica pigment that is lightfast and semi-opaque and very smooth.

Ivory Black: A deep, warm black pigment that is lightfast and opaque with a slight texture. Ivory Black is a high quality Bone Black composed of the carbon from calcified animal bones.

French Vermillion: A bright orange-red vermilion pigment formulated synthetically to simulate the characteristics of the mineral pigment Vermilion and eliminate the use of mercury. This rich color has high opacity, good lightfastness and a smooth texture. True Vermilion is a brilliant red pigment with a rich history of being used throughout history and around the world from Ancient Rome’s decorative arts and the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages to lacquerware in China since the Song dynasty. It was even used as a rouge-like cosmetic in ancient West Asia. The pigment derives from the powdered mineral cinnabar, the most common ore for sourcing elemental mercury. The mineral is generally found in its bright scarlet-to-brick color and occurs in crystals that resemble quartz.

Fluorescent Yellow: A bright and intense synthetic fluorescent yellow with a glowing appearance. Case for Making's fluorescents are opaque with a smooth and consistent texture, however, they are not lightfast. If left in direct sunlight for 30 days, pieces painted with fluorescent watercolor will fade by 50%. This can be reduced by coating finished pieces in a UV protective varnish and/or keeping them out of direct sunlight.

Fluorescent Violet: A bright and intense synthetic fluorescent violet with a glowing appearance. Case for Making's fluorescents are opaque with a smooth and consistent texture, however, fluorescents are not lightfast. If left in direct sunlight for 30 days, pieces painted with fluorescent watercolor will fade by 50%. This can be reduced by coating finished pieces in a UV protective varnish and/or keeping them out of direct sunlight.

Ultramarine Blue Light: A vivid and rich blue, Ultramarine Blue was first formulated in 1828 by chemist Guillemet as a synthetic reproduction of the expensive and rare mineral pigment Lapis Lazuli, whose color extraction process is also very labor intensive. Ultramarine Blue was the beautiful, affordable and stable alternative for artists. Opaque, very lightfast, and paints with a consistent smooth texture.

French Pale Green: A lake pigment that is lightfast and semi-opaque and very smooth to paint with, French Pale Green is made from a French mineral pigment that is fixed to a natural calcium carbonate base which gives these specific lake pigments a soft, velvety and matte finish when dry.

Silver: A metallic mica pigment that is lightfast and semi-opaque and very smooth to paint with.

Luberon Orange: The perfect earthy, ochre orange for those rich summer sunsets! Luberon orange originates from ocher deposits in the French quarries of Gargas and Rustrel nested in a 12 mile long enclave in the heart of the Luberon Mountains. This pigment has a smooth, rich, and opaque color payoff and is also lightfast. 

Italian Raw Sienna: A natural sienna earth pigment sourced in Italy, lightfast and semi-opaque. Has a slightly gritty texture.

Pink Pipestone: A unique natural earth pigment, what gives Pipestone its pink coloring is the iron oxide (hematite) that seeps into certain clay beds over time ushering the transformation! The natural quality of this pigment makes it a lovely permanent and completely lightfast color. The harder minerals found in Pipestone makes the pigment a bit more gritty than our other pigments, and provides the color with a unique texture and semi-transparency. Pipestone is a muted reddish/pink clay stone found mainly in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Canada. The stone received its name because of its traditional use by Indigenous Peoples who have carved pipes with the material; called calumets. These pipes were used extensively in ceremonies and the Sioux tribes held pipestone sacred, and even in time of war the quarries were regarded as neutral ground. Pipestone is sometimes called catlinite, for the artist and author George Catlin, who lived amongst the Plains Nations in the 1800’s.

Indigo: This Indigo was one of Case for Making's first colors and has always been a favorite and must have in a palette. It has great opacity and can provide a wide range of tones, at its darkest appearing to be almost black! The pigment we use is created synthetically to simulate the rich Genuine Indigo color and provide lightfastness. Genuine Indigo color is extracted from the leaves of the Indigo plant, Indigofera Tinctoria, through a fermentation process, unlike other natural dyes that are extracted through heating the dyestuff in a pot of water. Indigo dye is one of the oldest dyes used for textiles and printing. India, China and Japan have incredibly rich traditions with Indigo, with India being the main supplier of the dye during the Greco-Roman era. Romans used the term Indicum, which eventually, through Italian and to English, became Indigo. Natural Indigo was the only source of the color until around 1900 when it was first formulated synthetically for commercial use.

Sky Blue Lake: A lake pigment that is lightfast and semi-transparent and very smooth to paint with, Sky Blue Lake is made from a French mineral pigment that is fixed to a natural calcium carbonate base which gives these specific lake pigments a soft, velvety and matte finish when dry.

Blue Ridge Red Hematite: A deep, warm brick red sienna earth pigment with high opacity, lightfastness, and a very consistent and smooth texture. The pigments Case for Making uses to make this color are specific to Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountain range.  Natural earth pigments have been mined from this region since the mid-1800's, and we think these colors are still unrivaled in intensity and richness. This is a natural iron-oxide pigment made with clay deposits that over time have been saturated in hematite, which produces a reddish hue.

All watercolors by Case for Making are non-toxic and handmade in our shop using the highest quality earth and synthetic pigments and natural watercolor binding medium made from gum arabic (sap from acacia trees), honey, glycerine and distilled water.