3 Shades of Phthalo Color

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1. #000f89

   

   Phthalo Blue Color

   Phthalo Blue is named for phthalocyanine blue, the intense copper-based pigment introduced to the trade as Monastral Blue at a London exhibition in November 1935 and hailed as the biggest pigment leap since synthetic ultramarine in 1826. This deep, saturated blue mirrors that pigment’s near-black richness. The Phthalo Blue color code (#000f89) reads as a powerful, inky navy.

2. #ccd5ff

   

   Pale Phthalo Blue Color

   Phthalo blue was first characterized in 1933 and sold as Monastral blue, and its staining strength is so aggressive that a pinhead of it can dominate a whole palette. This Pale Phthalo Blue is that pigment tinted way down, a soft icy periwinkle at #ccd5ff with none of the original’s menace.

3. #123524

   

   Phthalo Green Color

   Copper phthalocyanine, Pigment Green 7, arrived in 1938 and immediately became a studio staple for its staining power and lightfastness. A pinhead of the phthalo green color hex code #123524 will tint an entire palette. Artists learn to respect it quickly.

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