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Phthalo Blue GS, Single Pan

A cold, staining blue with enormous tinting strength. A little goes a long way in a mix.

$11.00
  • Restock a single well without buying a full set again
  • Full CI code, Blue Wool rating and granulation data on every pan
  • Same hand-poured fill as every set in the range
Colour Index
PB15:3
Lightfastness
Blue Wool 8 of 8
Transparency
Transparent
Granulation
None
Staining
High
Format
Half pan, 1.8 ml, hand-poured in three fills so the pan is solid to the bottom
Binder
Gum arabic, glycerin, longan honey, ox gall
Fillers
None
Certification
ACMI AP non-toxic
Made in
Datong District, Taipei
Batch size
40 pans
OriginShips from Taipei within 24 hours
Delivery6–9 business days to US, UK, EU
CostUS$9 worldwide, free over US$80
DutiesDuties and import tax prepaid. Nothing owed on delivery.

60-day return, used or unused

The Dot Card

All 18 colours in your hands before you commit to a set.

Twelve months on a window

Swatches taped to a south-facing window, unfiltered, checked at twelve months. Blue Wool 6 shows movement. Blue Wool 8 does not.

Ultramarine BlueBlue Wool 8 of 8
Burnt SiennaBlue Wool 8 of 8
Beitou SulphurBlue Wool 7 of 8
Yushan SlateBlue Wool 8 of 8
Quinacridone RoseBlue Wool 7 of 8
Hansa Yellow LightBlue Wool 6 of 8

Against what you already own

Comparable artist-grade single-pigment paint from the two most-cited European brands, at equivalent lightfastness.

Line itemYushanTypical premium tube or pan
Price, single half pan$11$16–28
Single-pigment colours in the full range16 of 18Varies, often unpublished
Colour Index code on the labelEvery colourSometimes
Published lightfastness, including weak resultsAll 18, Blue Wool 6–8Selectively
Country of originTaipei, TaiwanVaries
Close-up of a painter mixing colour on a palette in the workshop

Two people, one workshop, Datong District

Yushan Colour Co. is milled by two people in Datong District, Taipei, in batches of forty pans. The founder spent eleven years as a materials chemist before starting the workshop in 2019, which is most of why the site reads like a spec sheet instead of an ad.

There is no distributor and no importer. Paint ships from Taipei to painters in the US, UK and EU within twenty-four hours of an order, including the two colours ground from Taiwanese mineral deposits that nobody else sells.

Questions before you order

Is this rebranded student paint?

No. Sixteen of the eighteen colours are single-pigment, and every colour carries a Colour Index code on the label, the product page and the Chart. Payne's Grey is the one deliberate mix in the range and is labelled as a mix.

What's actually in it?

Gum arabic, glycerin, longan honey and ox gall as the binder, and one pigment per colour except Payne's Grey. Full Colour Index codes are on every pan, every product page, the Chart, and a downloadable PDF.

Will this still look like this in twenty years?

Every colour is rated on the Blue Wool scale from 1 to 8, published in full, including Hansa Yellow Light's 6, the weakest result in the range. Blue Wool 7 and 8 colours are rated for permanent, unshaded display.

I already own a Daniel Smith set. What does this do that mine doesn't?

Beitou Sulphur and Yushan Slate. Both are ground from Taiwanese mineral deposits with no Colour Index equivalent sold anywhere else, and both granulate harder than the commercial mineral range.

Half the "genuine mineral" colours in my current set turn out to be mixes. Is this different?

Sixteen of eighteen colours here are single-pigment. The two that aren't are the house minerals, which are genuinely single-source ground stone, and Payne's Grey, which is clearly labelled as a two-pigment mix.

How much is shipping from Taiwan, and will I get a customs bill?

$9 worldwide, free over $80, arriving in 6 to 9 business days. Duties and import tax are prepaid at checkout. Nothing is owed on delivery.

What if I don't like it?

60-day return, used or unused. If you're not sure yet, the $14 Dot Card puts all eighteen colours in your hands before you commit to a set.

Is it safe to use, and will it last?

Every pan is ACMI AP certified non-toxic. Lightfastness is Blue Wool 6 to 8 across the range, published per colour with nothing rounded up.

Phthalo Blue GS, Single Pan $11.00