Painting with Iridescent Colors

Our iridescent colors shimmer like metal when added to your painting surface. We produce eight iridescent colors: Ancient Gold, Iridescent Brass, Iridescent Copper, German Silver, Iridescent Gold, Iridescent Pearl, Iridescent Pewter, and Iridescent Silver.

These colors can be used soundly on their own or blended with other colors to create beautiful, glistening mixtures. They are made in both our encaustic and Pigment Stick® lines. This week we placed the spotlight our newest iridescent color, Ancient Gold.

To see them all, visit our color line - here!

Added in to our color line in 2020, Ancient Gold is a boldly metallic iridescent gold. Unlike the subtle iridescent colors that harmonize more readily with the rest of the palette, this one jumps out and demands its own space.

Watch R&F Core Instructor Leslie Giuliani apply Ancient Gold over Mars Red in this demo video, a striking combination with a nod to historical painting palettes.