Winsor & Newton Designer's Gouache
- Paint
- Better rated than 68%
A professional-grade opaque white with a top lightfastness rating, useful for flat coverage and color mixing wherever a transparent watercolor white would not do the job.
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How it ranks among the 19 paints we track
4.8★ across 9,200 Amazon ratings, Bayesian-smoothed toward the category average.
9,200 Amazon ratings, weighted on a log scale so huge counts don't drown everything.
1,000+ bought on Amazon last month.
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Overview
A single 14ml tube of Winsor & Newton Designers' Gouache in Permanent White, an opaque, matte watercolor used by illustrators and designers for flat, even coverage rather than transparent washes.
Gouache differs from regular watercolor mainly in opacity: this white carries an A permanence rating and an ASTM I lightfastness score, the top rating on that scale, so color should hold under normal display conditions. It is sold as color code 512 in the Series 1 range, Winsor & Newton's standard pricing tier rather than a premium series.
- 14ml tube, Permanent White
- Opaque, matte finish
- Permanence rating A
- ASTM I lightfastness
Who it's for
Fits illustrators, designers and commercial artists who need an opaque, flat white for mixing tints, correcting layouts or covering other colors. Not the product for anyone wanting a transparent watercolor white, since gouache is opaque by design.
Strengths and trade-offs
Drawn from this product's published specifications.
- Opaque, flat matte coverage in one layer
- ASTM I lightfastness, the top fade-resistance rating
- Standard Series 1 pricing tier
- Single 14ml tube, small for large-format work
- Opaque only, not suited to transparent watercolor techniques
Performance notes
The pigment gives full opacity in a single layer, with a matte finish rather than the sheen of acrylic white. The ASTM I lightfastness rating means it resists fading under normal gallery or display lighting better than lower-rated pigments.
Specifications
| Brand | Winsor & Newton |
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How it compares
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Questions about the Winsor & Newton paints
Common buyer questions answered straight from the product spec data - no fluff, no "it depends".
Is Winsor & Newton Designers' Gouache White opaque or transparent?
Opaque, with a flat matte finish, unlike transparent watercolor white.
What lightfastness rating does this gouache carry?
ASTM I, the top rating on that scale, meaning it resists fading under normal display light.
What size tube does this Winsor & Newton white come in?
A single 14ml tube, color code 512 in the Series 1 range.