Tri-Art Water Colours - Paynes Grey
Technical specs
About this colour
Invented by the famed watercolorist William Payne, Payne's Grey first appeared in the early 19th century. Tri-Art's Payne's Grey is a mixture of phthalo blue (green shade), carbon black, and dioxane violet. The resulting colour is near black in mass tone, but more colorful in character, with a strongly blue leaning, grey undertone. Use as a mixing compliment in place of black to darken colours while retaining more colour and vibrancy.
Uses
  • Academic (Student)
  • Glazing
  • Mixed
  • Landscape
Tri-Art Watercolours 98 Colour Dot Card
Hand-painted reference chart for this colour line.
Hand-painted reference chart
$32.82
02/11
Ordered
02/11–04/11
Packed
Est. 05/11–09/11
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Our policy lasts 30 days. If 30 days have gone by since your purchase, unfortunately we can’t offer you a refund or exchange.

To be eligible for a return or exchange, your item must be unused, unopened and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.

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We only replace items if they are defective or damaged. If you need to exchange it for the same item, send us an email at support@tri-art.ca and send your item to: 290 Princess St, Kingston ON K7L 1B5, Canada.

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To return your product, you should mail your product to: 290 Princess St, Kingston ON K7L 1B5, Canada

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Tri-Art Water Colours Paynes Grey

$10.68 USD

Customers praised the vibrant colours of this watercolour paint. One shopper noted "mixing solutions at the surface of the tubes" but remained "very very happy" overall. The paint appears well-received for its colour quality and performance.

  • 5 stars: 57 (76%)
  • 4 stars: 5 (7%)
  • 3 stars: 6 (8%)
  • 2 stars: 1 (1%)
  • 1 star: 6 (8%)
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Tracey Lobbezoo
Very very happy

Love 💗 the colours, found a lot of mixing solutions at the surface of the tubes. Over all very very happy.

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B o
The paints themselves are fine

The paints themselves are fine, I bought five different pigments. However, the caps on three of the tubes (so far) have split and now I have to repair a tiny plastic cap so it doesn't dry out inside the tubes.

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Camille
Brushes + 12 colour tin set

Obviously good quality products. I used the brushes with watercolour paint I already have and like them very much. The tin set is awesome and will used it on the trip this summer. What I was really impressed with was the customer service. I had a small issue with my order and contacted customer service and they took care problem was fixed right away.
Very satisfied customer.
Camille

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Jess Rice
I love your watercolours!

I love all your colours, but I especially love your Cerulean Blue. I teach watercolours in Canada and the US and every time I float out the Cerulean Blue everyone gasps. It’s a gorgeous colour. I send many students your way to purchase your watercolours. Thanks for the free shipping as well - even to the US. Who does that? Thank you.

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Jess Rice
I love your watercolours!

I love all your colours, but I especially love your Cerulean Blue. I teach watercolours in Canada and the US and every time I float out the Cerulean Blue everyone gasps. It’s a gorgeous colour. I send many students your way to purchase your watercolours. Thanks for the free shipping as well - even to the US. Who does that? Thank you.

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Tracey Lobbezoo

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Barbara Rix
Dioxazine Purple

Love this colour. Vibrant!!

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Barbara Rix
Prussian Blue

I love all your paint and am especially excited about the Prussian Blie…it makes me happy!

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Barbara

Loving my new brushes!!!

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Karen Ferguson
When they say pigment, they mean it!

First time buyer and I have had a great time playing with all the new colours. Quinacridone violet is gloriously bold.

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Tony Taronno
Nice paint

A little chart or something showing the names of the colours would be nice, the paint holder doesn’t hold your little cartridges of paint very well .

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Douglas Dawson
Far to Long for Delivery

I love the quality of the paint but it took almost three weeks to get from Ontario to Alberta.

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Lou Paradis

Très beau pigment

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Lou Paradis

Beau pigment

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Lou Paradis

Tres beau pigment

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Peter Trollope

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Kathy Russell

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Peter Trollope

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Deslyn Hamon
Great art palette

I'm enjoying my new palette. The colors I chose are super vibrant. It's also a joy to back companies that support the environment.

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Anneke Bigelow
Watercolour Palette and paint

Vibrant saturated colours, and so convenient, used at home and brought camping with me as well 😊

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Jaline Kayle
A Tool That is More Valuable Than What Meets the Eye

Dot cards are fun to play with - discovering the chroma, hue, and value of all the colours. In addition, it is a valuable tool for mixing. The dot card has all the pigment information needed to ensure colours will play well with others. Best case is using single-pigment colours. Paints with two or more pigments can indeed be mixed, but I need to ensure they are compatible (checking my colour wheel) and won't result in mud. I also use 100% cotton watercolour paper to test my mixes and make notes. This dot card gave me all the benefits: valuable information and samples to run my tests from so I have what I need to obtain better mixes.

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Yvonne Kent
great product

great product - produces excellent results

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Allison Dawrant
Watercolours

Love your watercolours

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Peter Skahan
disappointed

The outside label indicates the names of the 12 colors but when i opened the set, the only identification on the individual color pans was a 5 digit number that didn’t correspond to anything on the color chart. How do I figure out which name corresponds to which pan? I wanted to identify each pigment which is impossible to do if I can’t identify each color. I’m disappointed!

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Happy Canadian
Love this colour The paint is easy to wet

Love this colour The paint is easy to wet Provides decent pigment Moves

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Milly Galon

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Anonymous
Wonderful colour perfect for luscious

Wonderful colour perfect for luscious florals

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Denise
I'm just starting my journey with watercolours.

I'm just starting my journey with watercolours and am finding they're beautiful! The pigmentation is very rich and I'm finding they're wonderful to work with.

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Barbara

Love all the colours, haven’t had time to work with them yet though!

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Paynes Grey
4.4 (75 reviews)
$10.68 USD
Arrives Nov 5 to Nov 9. Free shipping over $89.
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