Burnt Umber

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Burnt Umber – Professional Handmade Watercolour Click here to read about how we make our Finest Professional Watercolours --- Description Burnt Umber (P.Br 6) is a rich, warm brown watercolour pigment with deep reddish undertones, widely known for evoking the warmth and earthy depth of natural landscapes.

With its versatility and strength, **Burnt Umber** is the ideal choice for creating realistic shadows, deep earthy tones, and representing the rustic textures of wood, soil, and autumn leaves.

Its warm, grounded hue adds depth and balance to both natural and figurative compositions, making it a fundamental pigment for many artists. This **opaque** pigment allows for smooth, even washes that range from bold, intense strokes to delicate, subtle glazes. When used at full strength, **Burnt Umber** offers a dark, intense brown with slight red warmth, perfect for creating dramatic shadows and deep tones.

When diluted, it softens into a lighter reddish-brown wash, ideal for layering, underpainting, and adding tonal variations. Its **subtle granulation** enhances texture, making it particularly effective for painting natural surfaces like wood, stone, and foliage. With **excellent lightfastness**, **Burnt Umber** retains its vibrant warmth over time, ensuring the long-lasting durability of your artwork. This pigment mixes beautifully with other colours, especially blues and greens, to produce a wide array of earthy, muted tones and rich shadows. **Burnt Umber** is a must-have for landscape artists, portrait painters, and anyone working with natural subjects, offering a versatile, warm brown that provides depth, contrast, and richness to watercolour compositions. --- We Recommend Using distilled water with all our watercolours to maintain each pigment in its purest form. Have a question? Please feel free to message us. We're always happy to help! Our watercolours are perfect for artists of all experiences, from beginners to advanced, who value high-quality materials and exceptional color payoff. --- Product Information

Pigment Calcined Natural Umber

Pigment C.I. Number P.Br 6

Series 2

Lightfastness AAA

Opacity Opaque

Granulation Low Granulation

Staining Non Staining

Regulatory & Safety Information

California Proposition 65 Notice: California law requires us to provide the following notice: This product contains DMDMH (a preservative that can release small amounts of formaldehyde).

This substance is on California's Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer when exposure exceeds very strict limits. Our watercolours remain safe for normal artist use.

Learn more at www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.