--- product_id: 18653718 title: "Lunar Black" brand: "daniel smith" price: "€ 26.08" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Daniel Smith" url: https://www.desertcart.fr/products/18653718-lunar-black store_origin: FR region: France --- # Unique granulating Lunar Black pigment 15ml tube for precise control Excellent lightfastness & permanence Lunar Black **Brand:** daniel smith **Price:** € 26.08 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🌑 Paint the unseen with Lunar Black — where black isn’t just black, it’s a moonscape. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Lunar Black by daniel smith - **How much does it cost?** € 26.08 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.fr](https://www.desertcart.fr/products/18653718-lunar-black) ## Best For - daniel smith enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted daniel smith brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Precision 15ml Tube:** Compact yet generous size designed for professional control and minimal waste. - • **Exclusive Lunar Black:** A Daniel Smith original, this inorganic neutral black offers a depth and texture no other black can match. - • **Versatile Mixing Power:** Add dynamic granulation and depth to any palette with this transparent, low-staining black. - • **Artist-Grade Permanence:** Formulated for unmatched lightfastness, ensuring your masterpieces stand the test of time. - • **Magnetic Granulation Magic:** Experience Lunar Black’s rare pigment particles that attract and repel, creating mesmerizing marbled textures. ## Overview Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor Paint in Lunar Black is a 15ml tube of artist-grade, inorganic neutral black pigment known for its unique granulating properties and exceptional lightfastness. Exclusive to Daniel Smith, this watercolor offers a transparent, low-staining finish that creates a distinctive marbled texture reminiscent of a moonscape. Perfect for professional artists seeking unparalleled depth and texture in their black hues. ## Description DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors - classic watercolors of unsurpassed purity and permanence. The vision in the formulation of DANIEL SMITH watercolors was twofold​; First and foremost, to produce watercolors that are the best in lightfastness and permanence.Second, to offer a selection of truly unique colors.DANIEL SMITH Watercolors are formulated to meet and exceed the highest industry standards​ for the manufacture of artist’s paints, and every batch made is tested and analyzed for its performance qualities.DANIEL SMITH is truly the worldwide leader of watercolors for artists with 240+ beautiful colors in the 15ml watercolors, the most of any manufacturer​. Many are traditional colors relied upon by all artists, and there are many “truly unique” colors made only by DANIEL SMITH that have become so important to watercolor artists.PrimaTek Watercolors are made from minerals, often semi precious minerals, that have been ground into pigments, mixed with gum arabic (the binder) and milled into PrimaTek Watercolors​. The first was Lapis Lazuli Genuine in 1998, since then, many more have been added such as Amethyst Genuine, Piemontite Genuine and Serpentine Genuine. Most of these colors have wonderful granulating effects that some artists have called “magical”.Luminescent Watercolors have special optical effects perfect for subjects that have a sparkle, sheen, or reflective glow​ like the iridescence of hummingbird feathers or the sheen of metals.Cadmium Hues, DANIEL SMITH has developed safe and vibrant Cadmium Hues with the density and richness of cadmium colors without the cadmium pigment​. Virtually identical in color to their namesakes, they are cleaner in mixtures and much stronger in tints. The working properties – staining power, semi-transparency and excellent lightfastness – are nearly identical to those of the low-soluble cadmium colors DANIEL SMITH previously manufactured.Some unique colors are created exclusively by DANIEL SMITH​ like Cascade Green, Green Gold and Moonglow. DANIEL SMITH also finds unusual pigments to make colors like Mayan Red, Lunar Blue and Enviro-Friendly Red Iron Oxide to provide more choices for artists. Other colors are from pigments DANIEL SMITH has sourced, often from very specific locations, colors like Burgundy Yellow Ochre, Monte Amiata Natural Sienna and Roasted French Ochre. DANIEL SMITH Watercolors are a favorite of artists all over the world​, from professional artists to the beginning watercolorists because of the beautiful colors, consistent performance and lasting color or lightfastness.DANIEL SMITH Watercolors are packed with high quality pigments using pure gum arabic as the binder – no fillers.​ For each color, DANIEL SMITH selects the perfect grind to yield particle sizes that maximize the qualities inherent in the pigment, balancing maximum pigment load with minimum vehicle content.DANIEL SMITH offers many ways to experience their Watercolors as well as providing extra creative means for artists with their Watercolor Grounds, Masking Fluid and Walnut Ink. 15ml Watercolors​, available in more than 240 colors, the most of any manufacturer.5ml Watercolors​, available in 88 of the most popular colors DANIEL SMITH makes.Watercolor Sticks​, 51 popular DANIEL SMITH Watercolors shaped into stick form to draw and paint with, a new way to expressively use watercolors.Watercolor Dot Cards, ​a great way to try DANIEL SMITH Watercolors without buying whole tubes of paint. These are dots of pure DANIEL SMITH Watercolors that reactivate into paint with the touch of a wet brush, allowing artists to easily and cost effectively, try many colors. Two sizes: 238 Dot Card to try nearly the entire line of DANIEL SMITH Watercolors and the 66 Dot Card to try many DANIEL SMITH Watercolors.PrimaTek Watercolors, ​37 PrimaTek Watercolors, made from minerals, many semi-precious, that are ground into pigments and made into unique watercolors. Luminescent Watercolors, ​48 Luminescent Watercolors with optical effects.Watercolor Sets​: Essentials Set, PrimaTek Set, Alvaro Castagnet’s Master Set, Primary and Secondary Sets.Watercolor Ground​, Paint watercolors on any surface when prepared with DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Ground, available in 4 colors; Titanium White, Buff Titanium, Mars Black and Transparent. Watercolor Ground can help “rescue” a watercolor painting when applied over a mistake, giving an artist a second chance with a new surface to paint on.When you choose DANIEL SMITH Watercolors and other DANIEL SMITH products, you are choosing the best materials to create with. DANIEL SMITH products are made in the USA, in Seattle, Washington for artists worldwide. Review: Great product - Very nice color. As usual you cannot go wrong with Daniel smith! Review: Lovely granulating blackish color - This is a very granulating greenish black color. Due to the paint's nature, it is not terribly concentrated, but the paint's unique, lovely, jagged granulating/clumping effect is well worth the price. If placed in a palette to use as a pan color, it takes longer than most colors to re-wet. ## Features - DANIEL SMITH is the Innovative Manufacturer of Beautiful Watercolors for Artists Worldwide, and makes the largest range of watercolors of any manufacturer, more than 240 colors. The 240+ color collection includes the exciting PrimaTek watercolors made from minerals (like Amethyst) plus other unique colors (like Moonglow) not available elsewhere, and Luminescent Watercolors which allow artists to capture the luminescent colors that exist in nature that regular watercolors cannot capture! - Imagine a transparent black with an expansive value range and pigment particles that react like magnetic shavings attracting and repelling each other. Unique pigment properties make Lunar Black a radically reticulating color. When dry, a Lunar Black wash resembles a marbled moonscape. This mottled stony texture can be successfully glazed. You can even gently paint into a wet-to-damp Lunar Black, dropping into the watery pigment, virtually any combination of favorites. Lunar Black is a wonderful mixer adding exciting black granulation to the mix! Lunar Black is an inorganic neutral black watercolor pigment and a DANIEL SMITH exclusive. Think Black Magic-and re-think black. - Excellent Lightfastness, Transparent, Granulating, Low staining - PBk 11 - Conforms to ASTM D4236 ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B001PTERTU | | Age Range Description | Adult | | Best Sellers Rank | #332 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ( See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ) #19 in Art Paints | | Brand Name | DANIEL SMITH | | Color | Lunar Black | | Container Type | Tube | | Coverage | Full | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (8,638) | | Finish Type | Matte | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00743162009039 | | Included Components | Paint | | Item Form | Liquid | | Item Volume | 0.5 Fluid Ounces | | Item Weight | 0.02 Kilograms | | Manufacturer | Daniel Smith | | Model Name | 284600049 | | Model Number | 284600049 | | Paint Type | Watercolor | | Part Number | 284600049 | | Size | 0.5 Fl Oz (Pack of 1) | | Special Features | Reflective | | Specific Uses For Product | Interior | | Surface Recommendation | Fabric | | UPC | 743162009039 | | Warranty Description | 90 Days | ## Product Details - **Brand:** DANIEL SMITH - **Color:** Lunar Black - **Finish Type:** Matte - **Item Form:** Liquid - **Item Volume:** 0.5 Fluid Ounces - **Paint Type:** Watercolor - **Size:** 0.5 Fl Oz (Pack of 1) - **Special Feature:** Reflective - **Specific Uses For Product:** Interior - **Surface Recommendation:** Fabric ## Images ![Lunar Black - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/615MDRaR-mL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Color** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great product *by H***I on April 4, 2026* Very nice color. As usual you cannot go wrong with Daniel smith! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lovely granulating blackish color *by Y***D on January 28, 2026* This is a very granulating greenish black color. Due to the paint's nature, it is not terribly concentrated, but the paint's unique, lovely, jagged granulating/clumping effect is well worth the price. If placed in a palette to use as a pan color, it takes longer than most colors to re-wet. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Disappearing ink, BUT THE REASON TO PAINT! Get this. Practice with it. Love your life again! *by I***Y on September 8, 2021* Yes: PR83 is basically disappearing ink. But you will enjoy painting with it SO MUCH that it will not matter. This is handprint.com's most hated pigment, I know, but it is really unbeatable for (as handprint says) best "psychological red" ever. DS is a good brand for alizarin (cheap for me), but maybe even student paint PR83 is what can make you fall in love with watercolour painting! It GLOWS! I'll keep buying this fugitive paint (and really, if you do scrapbooks, or make prints of your paintings, it lasts "long enough"). As for permanents, they SUCK. Ignore handprint when it says, "use perylene maroon!" (PR 179) because that's some orange brown MUCK that I've learned to detest. Imo, the ones that suck "least" (for a crimson that "glows" pink), is a few brands PR 264 (duh: pyrrol crimson) which M. Graham even calls "Permanent Aliz Crimson" but it's "sticky" to paint with; Schminke calls theirs "Ruby Red Deep" and it's the closest I've found to Alizarin Crimson and why Schminke doesn't market Ruby Red Deep as "Perm Aliz Crimson" is beyond me. They could make bank changing the name! Winsor and Newton's Perm. Aliz Crimson is a "go to" for many (if you don't want to waste your money)... but I find their crimson (PR 206, quin burnt scarlet) trends BROWN, and doesn't even look like Aliz Crimson (PR 83) unless you paint at mass tone and aren't looking for the original's mostly-water "pink". But even when you find your acceptable crimson, NO PAINT will ever match PR 83 for pure joy of painting. It lifts cleanly off cotton paper, it blends down to the strange/amazing pink undertone that is just unmatchable, and I think all watercolourists should keep tubes of PR 83 on their palettes for their down-in-the-dumps days. Even WASHES are beautiful! Give it to kids and watch their minds get blown as they see what this paint can DO! (Just take a picture of the painting and get rid of the original before kids see their lovely paintings go bye-bye from this fugitive pigment). It makes opera pink look WEAK and lasts longer than opera pink! Get the PR 83. ❤️ ## Frequently Bought Together - Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor Paint, 15ml Tube, Lunar Black, 284600049, 0.5 Fl Oz (Pack of 1) - Daniel Smith 284600065 Extra Fine Watercolor 15ml Paint Tube, Payne's Gray, 0.5 Fl Oz (Pack of 1) - Daniel Smith 284610057 Extra Fine Watercolors Tube, 5ml, Moonglow, 0.17 Fl Oz (Pack of 1) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.fr/products/18653718-lunar-black](https://www.desertcart.fr/products/18653718-lunar-black) --- *Product available on Desertcart France* *Store origin: FR* *Last updated: 2026-05-08*