GOLDEN HEAVY BODY ACRYLIC COBALT BLUE HUE 2 OZ

GOLDEN Heavy Body Acrylic Cobalt Blue Hue is a rich, vibrant blue formulated as an affordable approximation of genuine Cobalt Blue at full strength. 💙🎨✨ Rather than using costly genuine cobalt pigment, GOLDEN creates this hue from a carefully balanced mixture of Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue (Green Shade), and a touch of Titanium White.

The combination captures much of the beautiful middle-blue appearance associated with Cobalt Blue while giving artists an economical alternative for everyday painting. 💙🖌️ Just don't mistake the two for identical twins—GOLDEN specifically notes that Cobalt Blue Hue has very different mixing properties from genuine Cobalt Blue. Same neighborhood, different house. 😂🏠💙

COLOR CHARACTERISTICS 💙✨🎨

• Vibrant middle blue inspired by genuine Cobalt Blue 💙

• Affordable alternative to genuine cobalt pigment 💰🎨

• Mixture of Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue (Green Shade), and Titanium White 🌈

• Semi-opaque coverage 🖌️

• Semi-gloss sheen ✨

• Excellent lightfastness ☀️🏆

• Strong, clean blue character 💙💥

• Series 2 🎨

PAINT CHARACTERISTICS 🎨🖌️

• Thick Heavy Body consistency retains brushstrokes, tool marks, and impasto texture 🖌️⛰️✨

• Ultramarine contributes rich blue depth 💙

• Phthalo Blue (Green Shade) adds strength and a cleaner, cooler blue component 🌊

• Titanium White helps adjust the value and opacity 🤍

• Semi-opaque character provides useful coverage while maintaining mixing versatility 🎨

• Designed to approximate genuine Cobalt Blue at full strength without the cost of genuine cobalt pigment 💰

• Mixing behavior differs significantly from genuine Cobalt Blue, allowing this hue to develop its own personality in mixtures 🌈🖌️

• Can be extended or modified with GOLDEN mediums, gels, and pastes 🧪🎨

• Compatible with all GOLDEN acrylic products 🤝🌈

IDEAL FOR 💙🎨✨

• Landscapes and plein air painting 🏞️🖌️

• Skies and atmospheric passages ☁️💙

• Water and marine subjects 🌊⛵

• Florals and botanical subjects 🌸🌿

• Abstract and contemporary painting 💥🖼️

• Portrait and figure painting 👤🎨

• Cool shadows and reflected light ❄️✨

• Mixing violets, greens, neutrals, and lighter blues 🌈

• Everyday palettes where genuine Cobalt Blue may be unnecessarily expensive 💰🎨

• Students and professional artists looking for a versatile cobalt-like blue 💙

• Anyone who wants the Cobalt Blue look without their wallet screamingWHAT DID YOU JUST BUY?! 😂💸💙

CLEAN UP 🫧🚿
Wash hands, brushes, and tools after use with warm, soapy water. 🧼🖌️ Thin, dried acrylic may be dissolved with isopropyl alcohol, although pigments may stain some surfaces.

STORAGE 📦🌡️
Store between 50–85°F (10–30°C). Avoid repeated freezing and thawing or prolonged exposure to temperatures above 120°F (49°C). Keep the tube opening clean and securely closed to minimize water loss. 🔒🎨

SPECS 📋🎨

• Color: Cobalt Blue Hue 💙

• GOLDEN Color Number: 1556

• Pigments: PB29, PW6 & PB15:3

• PB29 (77007): Polysulfide of Sodium Aluminosilicate

• PW6 (77891): Titanium Dioxide Rutile

• PB15:3 (74160): Copper Phthalocyanine

• Pigment Classification: Synthetic Inorganic & Synthetic Organic

• Transparency: Semi-Opaque 🖌️

• Sheen: Semi-Gloss ✨

• Lightfastness: Excellent ☀️🏆

• Viscosity: 20,000–23,000 CPS

• Series: 2

• Munsell: 6.6PB 3.4/11.5

• Size: 2 fl oz (59 mL)

• Manufacturer Item: 0001556-2

• UPC: 738797155626

FINAL NOTE 💙🎨💸
Cobalt Blue Hue is basically genuine Cobalt Blue's financially responsible cousin. 😂💙💰 It walks in looking remarkably familiar, costs considerably less, and then reminds you that underneath the outfit it's actually Ultramarine, Phthalo Blue, and Titanium White working together like three pigments in a trench coat. 😂🧥🎨

And that's important—the Hue can approximate Cobalt Blue beautifully at full strength, but once you start mixing, its three-pigment personality comes out to play. 💙🌈 So don't think of it as fake Cobalt. Think of it asCobalt-ish with its own agenda. 😂💙🖌️