Lightfastness tests
Make your own lightfastness tests, no matter how imperfect your conditions are, you will have your own experience about the behaviour of the pigments. Add a diluted color swatch where you can, since there is the color change often the most apparent.
2023
Watercolor
Renesans
- transparent yellow (PY150)
- potters pink (PR233) - got warmer and duller,
Shinhan PWC extra fine watercolor
- raw sienna (PR101) - got browner, less bright yellow in the diluted area
- light red (PR101) - got less red
- rose madder (PR83) - this has three stars, their highest lightfastness rating
- green yellow (PY129) - got less green and a little lighter
- shadow green (PBk31) - very little change to warmer and lighter
- marine blue (PB15:3) - a little lighter but not as much different as it looks on the scan
- cobalt blue hue (PB29) - the most diluted part got alittle lighter
Winsor Newton Designers gouache
- linden green (PY74, PY3, PG17)
- primary yellow (PY74, PY138) - the most diluted part got lighter
- naples yellow (PW6, PBr24)
- yellow ochre (PY42)
- marigold yellow (PO72, PO73) - the most diluted part got lighter
- venetian red (PR9, PR101, PY74)
- burnt sienna (PY42, PR101)
- sepia (PBr7, PY42)
- oxyde de chrome (PG17)
- turquoise blue (PW6, PG7, PB15) - got darker and greener
- intense blue (PB15) - the most diluted part got lighter
- prussian blue (PB27)
Lyra Aquacolor
- lemon cadmium
- lemon
- canary yellow
- light orange
- dark orange
- pale geranium lake
- dark carmine
- magenta
- blue violet
- light cobalt
- true blue
- light blue
- prussian blue
- night green
- moss green
- apple green
- gold ochre
- burnt ochre
- pompeyan red
- venetian red
- van dyck brown
- sepia
- black
Renesans Flow vinyl acrylic
- lemon yellow (PW6, PY74, PO4)
- red ochre (PR101)
- black (PBlk7)
Bruynzeel design
- 59 - got much warmer
Ink
Montblanc
- amethyst purple
Pelikan 4001
- violet
2022
These swatches were behind east facing window from march to september.
Gouache
Umton
- Naples yellow light [PW4, PY3, PY43]
- Cadmium yellow light [PY35]
- Yellow ochre light [PY43]
- Cadmium orange light [PO20]
- Madder lake deep [PR177] - the most diluted pink parts disappeared, color turned a little more warm and brown
- Ultramarine red [PV15]
- Ultramarine deep [PB29]
- Phtalo blue [PB15]
- Cobalt turquoise [PB36]
- Helio gen green [PG7]
- Oxide of chrome opaque [PG17]
- Bohemian green earth [PG23]
- Burnt sienna [PBr7]
- Burnt umber[PBr7]
- Iron xide black [PBk11]
Renesans
- 05 Naples yellow reddish [PW6, PY42, PR7]
- 04 Chrome yellow orange [PO5] - turned less red, diluted parts got lighter
- 21 English red [PR101, PR254] - turned warmer, less pink
- 15 Violet lake [PV23]
- 10 Cyan [PB15:3]
- 11 Turquoise [PW6, PB15:3, PG7]
- 16 Brilliant green [PY1, PG7]
- 18 Sap green [PG8, PY42]
- 02 Chrome yellow pale [PY3] - no change despite looking lighter on the scan
- 19 Yellow ochre [PY42]
- 25 Vandyke brown [PBr6, PBlk11]
Schmincke Akademie
no change
- Lemon yellow [PY3]
- Primary cyan [PW6, PB15:3]
- Burnt umber [PY42, PR101, PBk11, PBk7]
Dong-a poster color 2002
Watercolor
Roman Szmal Aquarius
no change
- 205 Benzymidazole yellow [PY154]
- 236 Transparent oxide yellow [PY42]
- 211 Azo red [PR144] - slight change to warmer in the diluted part
- 239 Caput mortuum [PR102]
- 337 Idathrone blue [PB60]
- 338 Phtalo turquoise [PB16]
Winsor&Newton
no change
- Potters pink [PR233]
- Viridian [PG18]
Schmincke Horadam
no change
- Quinacridone purple
- Permanent karmin
- Chrome yellow deep
RenesansIntense
no change
- 48 Golden green [PY3, PG7, PY150, PY151, PBr6]
Shinhan PWC extra fine watercolor
no change
- 593 Shadow green [PBk31]
- 663 Light red [PR101]
- 669 Burnt umber [PBr7]
My slate and brick watercolor
no change
Acrylics
Liquitex soft body
no change
- Yellow medium azo
- Naphtol red light
- Quinacridone crimson
- Dioxazine purple
- Ultramarine blue red shade
- Cerulean blue hue
- Phtalocyanine green blue shade
- Yellow oxide
- Transparent burnt sienna
- Transparent aw umber
- Ivory black
Luma
- Pastel green - got lighter and cooler
Inks
- old Rotring ink for technical pens
- AMI chinese ink
- Noodler’s Bullet proof black
- Koh-i-noor fountain pen ink - got lighter and brown, other inks no change
- Koh-i-noor shellac
- Koh-i-noor technical drawing ink
- Renesans indian ink Sepia
- Sailor storia Light brown - yellow component disappeared, red remained
- Sailor kobe Okamoto pink
- Montblanc Lucky orange
- De Atramentis Apricot
- Akkerman Oranje Boven
- Pelikan Mandarin
- Kwz Grapefruit
- Noodlers Apache sunset
- Noodlers Habanero
- De Atramentis Document Dark blue - no change
- Noodler’s Heart of darkness - no change
Koh-i-noor ink
- blue (technical drawing)
- violet (technical drawing)
- magenta (technical drawing) - diluted part dissappeared, got warmer
- red vermillion (artists’ drawing, shellac) - diluted part got lighter
- brown (technical drawing) - got much cooler
Markers
Winsor&Newton Promarker Brush
- Lemon
- Sunflower
- Blush
- Dusky Pink
- Lime Green
- Forest Green
- Cloud Blue
- China Blue
- Cloud Blue
- Azure
- Plum
- Berry Red
Copic markers
Neutral gray N1, N3, N5, N6, N7, N8, N9, 100 Black
Shinhan Touch Twin markers
Cool grey CG1, CG3, CG5, CG7. CG9, 120 Black
The Shinhan black remains unchanged
Acrylic markers
no change
- Montana Lilac
- Montana Blue Light
- Posca Slate grey
- Posca brush Blue
Liners, pens, brushpens
- Pental GFKP
- SAI Akashiya
- Pentel Color Brush Brown
- Pentel Color Brush Blue
- Staedlers mars graphic 3000 duo Yellow
Ideenwelt 19 water colour paintbrush pens
Colorino Artist Fineliners
Ballpoint pens
Colored pencils
Derwent Coloursoft Pencils
- Cream
- Pale mint
- Blue
- Blackberry
Derwent Lightfast Colour Pencils
- Dusky pink
- Nightshade
Polychromos
- 129 Pink madder lake
- 225 Dark red
- 268 Green gold
- 168 Earth green yellowish
- 165 Juniper green
- 156 Cobalt green
- 247 Idanthrone blue
- 141 Delft blue
Koh-i-noor Polycolor
- 40 Standard Gold
- 2 Light yellow
- 45 Light orange
- 353 Amaranth pink
- 15 Ice blue
Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell coloured pencils
- 3
- 4
- 28
- 29
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 10
- 8
- 11
- 13
- 19
- 17
- 20
- 18
- 24
- 26
- 25
- 22
- 30
- 506
- 33
2021
These swatches were outside for two and half months during summer. Direct sunlight was possible from early morning to early afternoon. They were not protected by glass, so the paper got a little dirty and wet during stronger storms, which is not ideal, but it was the best I had.
Gouache
Royal Talens extra fine
- 703 Black intenso [PBk9]
- 506 Ultramarine deep [PB29]
- 566 Prussian blue (phtalo) [PB15]
- 616 Viridian [PG7]
- 227 Yellow ochre [PY42]
- 200 Yellow [PY74, PO67]
- 311 Vermillion [PR4]
- 318 Carmine [PR112, PR23] diluted color disappeared
- 411 Burnt sienna [PR101]
Schmincke Designers’ gouache
- 201 Naples yellow light [PW6,PY3, PY74, PY42]
- 206 Indian yellow [PY83, PO62]
- 312 Vermillion [PR4]
- 318 Bordeaux [PR170,PV19]
- 443 Ultramarine blue light [PB29]
- 438 Paris blue [PB15, PB15:1]
Holbein
- Primary cyan [PB15]
- Primary magenta [PR122]
- Primary black [PBk7]
Watercolor
Shinhan PWC extra fine watercolor
- 557 Jaune brilliant 1 [PO20, PY74, PW6]
- 521 Shell pink [PR9, PW6] shifted to cooler pink, the diluted color disappeared
- 631 Lavender [PB28, PV15, PW6] diluted color got a little paler
- 548 Permanent yellow light [PY1]
- 510 Pyrrole red [PR254]
- 657 Permanent magenta [PV19] got a little warmer/duller
- 575 Hookers green [PG8] shifted to cooler green
- 667 Brown [PR101]
- 679 Van Dyke Brown 1 [NBr8] got a little paler and warmer
- 617 Cerulean blue hue [PB15:3]
- 622 Ultramarine deep [PB29]
- 629 Indigo [PB66] diluted color got paler and greener
White Nights
- Carmine [PR170:1] diluted color disappeared
- Lemon [PY3]
Royal Talens Van Gogh
- Vermillion [PR255, PO73] got yellower, diluted part got much yellower
Umton
- Permanent green lightest [PY3, PG7]
- Aureolin [PY40] diluted part disappeared
Sennelier honey based watercolour
- Caput mortuum [PR 101]
- Permanent alizarin crimson deep [PR206]
- French vermilion [PR242]
Daniel Smith
- Opera pink [PR122] just out of curiosity i wanted to see how fugitove this fugitive color is
Markers
Pitt Artist Pens
- 107 Cadmium yellow
- 109 Dark chrome yellow
- 188 Sanguine
- 127 Pink carmine
- 133 Magenta
- 160 Manganese violet
- 146 Skyblue
- 167 Permanent green olive
- 232 Cold grey III
- 247 Idanthrene blue
Art Sensations Nassau Dual Markers
Colored pencils
Derwent Colour Drawing Pencils
I can see no change
Links
https://sunandcolors.com/
https://www.kimcrick.com/pages/fugitive-pigments-list-lightfast-test-problems-art-supplies