Arts, the environment & sustainability

Organic, rare and sustainably produced watercolours: this is a new vision in the world of fine art paints. Made using the finest pigments from natural raw materials, the Lutea Extra Fine Plant-Based Watercolour range is as unique as it is desirable. Available in 12 colours in 9ml tubes, visionary Belgian brand Lutea offers an amazing opportunity to rediscover rare and beautiful organic colours made from noble plant materials from around the world. “Colour has been part of our heritage and our economy for many centuries”, says Anne-Sylvie Godeau, Founder of Lutea, who is pioneering what could one day become an organic paint revolution. With eyes firmly set on creating alternatives to traditional, non-natural paints, Lutea’s hallmark is the revival and celebration of precious materials and colours, which have little by little disappeared since the establishment of the industrial era. Since the artificial synthesis of alizarin (a red pigment present in the madder root) in 1869 by German chemists, plant cultures for pigments became largely extinguished by the turn of the last century. The Lutea range offers vibrant watercolours, which achieve superb lightfastness (rated Good to Very Good (5-6) as certified by French laboratory Green’ing). From Madder to Indigo, these watercolours offer ...