Professional Watercolour Black Box YGroup_Pro_Acrylic water-colourist William Payne who created

water-colourist William Payne who created the mixture and often recommended it to his students as an alternative to plain black

it was originally created by 19th c English botanist illustrator William J Hooker

It is based on the transparent Quinacridone pigment which was introduced in the 1950s

Burning the raw pigment intensifies its colour

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