Williamsburg King's Blue

“What is now known as royal blue is associated with Cobalt Blue. This French Royal Blue is lighter. Like the iris of a fleur-de-lis. Clear, bright.” -Williamsburg

This color is part of their Signature Color series: “Throughout Williamsburg's history, exploration and experimentation have led to the development of several unique colors. The Signature Colors set contains 8 colors representative of these discoveries.” In 2023, Golden published groundbreaking new research on lightfastness and choice of mixing whites. The choice of mixing white may affect the performance of certain pigments. See https://justpaint.org/astm-lightfastness-testing-for-oil-paints/ for more information.

This color has been reformulated. The previous version (pre-2018) contained zinc, and the new version does not have zinc. More information on the zinc discontinuation can be found here:https://justpaint.org/zinc-oxide-warnings-cautions-and-best-practices/

“What is now known as royal blue is associated with Cobalt Blue. This French Royal Blue is lighter. Like the iris of a fleur-de-lis. Clear, bright.” -Williamsburg

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