Ceracolors Water-Soluble Wax Paint 50ml - S2 Phthalocyanine Blue is a professional beeswax-based paint that delivers the luminous depth of wax with the easy handling of water-based colour. Phthalo Blue (PB 15:3) is one of the most intense, high-tinting blues available, prized for its powerful staining strength, crystal clear tints, and green-leaning bias compared to Ultramarine and Cobalt Blues. It is ideal for ocean and sky palettes, modern high-chroma colour work, clean blue-greens, and transparent glazing where you want depth without muddiness.

Made from pharmaceutical-grade beeswax blended with naturally derived waxes, Ceracolors supports encaustic and wax painting techniques without requiring heated tools, electricity, or specialist equipment. Use it straight from the tube for concentrated colour and smooth brushwork, or thin with water for watercolour-like washes, transparent stains, and layered glazes. As a transparent colour, Phthalo Blue excels in glazing and optical mixing, building rich colour through layers while keeping mixes clean.

Ceracolors dries in two stages: it becomes touch-dry quickly as water evaporates, then continues curing as wax crystals coalesce over days or weeks depending on thickness. During the early stage you can reopen and blend areas with a damp brush. Once cured, heat set and fuse using a hair dryer, heat gun, or pastry torch to increase durability and wet scrub resistance and to further manipulate the wax surface.

Best on rigid supports such as wood panels, but also suitable on canvas and paper, and can be applied to ceramics, glass, metal, or plastic. Clean up easily with soap and water, and remove dried paint with household ammonia.

Pigment: PB 15:3 (synthetic organic copper phthalocyanine). Series 2. Opacity: transparent. Permanence: A (permanent). Conforms to ASTM D-4236.