Lukas 1862 Artists' OilNo. 0126
Cobalt Blue (Hue)
- Opacity
- Not stated
- Lightfastness
- Excellent
- Series
- 1
- Maker's rating
- ★★★ · highest (blue wool 7–8)
Hue or substitute.
Labeled as a hue: a substitute mixture for the named color. The name promises cobalt.
Cobalt pigments are costly, mix to clean, slightly cool tints and shouldn't be breathed in as dust. Hues cost much less and usually tint more strongly, but their mixes rarely look quite the same.
Compared with Cobalt Blue (Lukas 1862, the same line):
- Price: this hue is series 1; Cobalt Blue from the same line is series 7.
What's in the tube: 3 pigments
Bar widths are estimates: makers list pigments roughly in order of amount but don't publish proportions.
Same color from other brands
Ultramarine BlueM. Graham PB29Same main pigment (PB29), without a green (PG7); this one has no white
Same pigments is the closest match. Similar mix shares the main pigment. Similar color looks alike but is made differently.
Find it
Data source: LUKAS 1862 oil colour brochure (English, 2007). The range has changed since; check the tube. (open). Send a correction
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