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COMPARISON | French Ultramarine - Daniel Smith VS SAA Watercolor Paints

3,501 views · Published 8 March 2018 · 16:18 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: Liron Yanconsky · 2018 · Howto & Style

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Hi there, Liron here!

And today I want to compare two versions of French Ultramarine. One by Daniel Smith and another by SAA (Society for All Artists).

🎨TIME STAMPS 🎨

00:13 - Introduction
01:28 - Info comparison
06:02 - Swatch comparison
09:46 - Wet-in-wet comparison
13:36 - Final results
14:37 - Outro

🎨COMPARISON 🎨

PIGMENT
Daniel Smith - PB29
SAA - PB29

SERIES
Daniel Smith - Series 2 (about 12$-14$)
SAA - No series (7 GBP for normal customer, 5.4 GBP for member*).

* SAA has a membership plan that could be valuable for people who live both in the UK and outside of it.

You can read more here: 
https://www.saa.co.uk/info/join-the-saa/

LIGHTFASTNESS
Daniel Smith - Excellent
SAA - A

ASTM
Daniel Smith - Conforms to ASTM D4236 and D5067
SAA - Doesn't mention (I would assume they don't conform, though I can't say for sure)

TRANSPARENCY
Daniel Smith - Transparent
SAA - Semi-transparent

BOTH GRANULATE

VEGAN
Daniel Smith - Probably non-vegan*
SAA - 100% vegan (all paints)

* Here are sources regarding Daniel Smith's veganism / non-veganism...

Correspondence with Daniel Smith:
https://overflowingpalette.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/vegan-art-supplies-part-2-paints-pigments/

Analysis of the pigment behaviour:
https://overflowingpalette.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/vegan-art-supplies-part-3-corrections/

🎨CONCLUSION 🎨

I hope you found this comparison helpful!

Here are links to purchase these paints:

Daniel Smith (affiliate link): http://amzn.to/2oVIxMv
SAA: https://www.saa.co.uk/saa-artists-watercolour-french-ultramarine-14ml-88084.html

And I'll see you again in another vid, really soon! (:

- Liron

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