Pigments in Japanese watercolors
Colour Index codes used in Holbein Artists' Watercolor. Pick a pigment to see every color that contains it.
| Code | Common name | Type | Single-pigment colors | All colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB83 | Acid Blue 83 | dye | 0 | 1 |
| BV7 | Basic Violet 7 | dye | 0 | 1 |
| BV10 | Rhodamine B (Basic Violet 10) | dye | 0 | 1 |
| BV11 | Rhodamine (Basic Violet 11) | dye | 0 | 1 |
| BV15 | Basic Violet 15 | dye | 0 | 1 |
| PB15 | Phthalocyanine Blue | organic | 3 | 11 |
| PB16 | Metal-free Phthalocyanine Blue | organic | 0 | 1 |
| PB27 | Prussian Blue | inorganic | 1 | 1 |
| PB28 | Cobalt Blue | inorganic | 2 | 4 |
| PB29 | Ultramarine Blue | inorganic | 2 | 5 |
| PB35 | Cerulean Blue | inorganic | 1 | 1 |
| PB60 | Indanthrone Blue | organic | 1 | 1 |
| PBk1 | Aniline Black | organic | 1 | 1 |
| PBk6 | Lamp Black (carbon) | inorganic | 1 | 9 |
| PBk9 | Bone Black (Ivory Black) | inorganic | 1 | 2 |
| PBk31 | Perylene Black | organic | 1 | 1 |
| PBr7 | Natural Iron Oxide (umber / sienna) | inorganic | 3 | 8 |
| PBr25 | Benzimidazolone Brown | organic | 1 | 5 |
| PG7 | Phthalocyanine Green (blue shade) | organic | 1 | 15 |
| PG17 | Chromium Oxide Green | inorganic | 0 | 2 |
| PG18 | Viridian | inorganic | 1 | 4 |
| PG23 | Green Earth | inorganic | 0 | 2 |
| PG36 | Phthalocyanine Green (yellow shade) | organic | 1 | 1 |
| PO20 | Cadmium Orange | inorganic | 2 | 7 |
| PO48 | Quinacridone Gold | organic | 0 | 1 |
| PO73 | Pyrrole Orange | organic | 0 | 5 |
| PR83 | Alizarin Crimson | organic | 2 | 2 |
| PR101 | Synthetic Iron Oxide Red | inorganic | 2 | 4 |
| PR108 | Cadmium Red | inorganic | 2 | 4 |
| PR122 | Quinacridone Magenta | organic | 1 | 8 |
| PR177 | Anthraquinone Red | organic | 0 | 1 |
| PR179 | Perylene Maroon | organic | 1 | 1 |
| PR209 | Quinacridone Red | organic | 1 | 2 |
| PR254 | Pyrrole Red | organic | 1 | 3 |
| PR264 | Pyrrole Rubine | organic | 1 | 1 |
| PV15 | Ultramarine Violet | inorganic | 0 | 1 |
| PV19 | Quinacridone Violet / Rose | organic | 2 | 6 |
| PV23 | Dioxazine Violet | organic | 1 | 3 |
| PV47 | Cobalt Violet | inorganic | 1 | 1 |
| PW6 | Titanium White | inorganic | 2 | 19 |
| PW20 | Mica | inorganic | 2 | 2 |
| PY3 | Hansa Yellow (Arylide Yellow 10G) | organic | 0 | 5 |
| PY35 | Cadmium Yellow | inorganic | 3 | 8 |
| PY42 | Synthetic Iron Oxide Yellow | inorganic | 1 | 5 |
| PY53 | Nickel Titanate Yellow | inorganic | 0 | 2 |
| PY74 | Arylide Yellow | organic | 0 | 5 |
| PY83 | Diarylide Yellow | organic | 0 | 3 |
| PY110 | Isoindolinone Yellow | organic | 1 | 6 |
| PY150 | Nickel Azo Yellow | organic | 0 | 7 |
| PY154 | Benzimidazolone Yellow | organic | 1 | 4 |
| PY175 | Benzimidazolone Yellow (lemon) | organic | 1 | 2 |
| PY184 | Bismuth Vanadate Yellow | inorganic | 0 | 1 |