Watercolor Paint Phthalo Colors

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"Now two other colors that I think are important is pthalo green mixed with pthalo blue and this creates a turquoise. I call it a pthalo turquoise. So this is pthalo blue and pthalo green, both from the same family of colors. You should know something about phtalo colors, they're clothes dyes. And if you get them on your clothes, generally they will dye them almost instantly. You can't get them out quick enough. But if you do get them in your clothes, first thing to do is wet that area really good and then wash them immediately. Most of the other colors are not staining colors, these pthalo blue and ptahlo green and any pthalo colors are staining colors. They will stain clothes and they will stain your paper. Which means that you can't get them up very easily once you've laid them down. Some of the other colors will come up almost completely, but these won't."