Coliro
Based in Germany since 2005, Coliro specialise in handmade, vegan-friendly artists’ watercolours in a range of beautiful pearlescent colours.
Coliro Pearlcolors: Handmade Pearlescent Watercolour
Coliro, a German brand established in 2005, creates exquisite handmade watercolour paints with a unique pearlescent finish.
Loved by artists worldwide, Coliro Pearcolor paints are vegan-friendly and crafted with high quality ingredients, including mica pigments and gum arabic, ensuring exceptional quality and stunning effects.
Each Pearlcolor is carefully handmade, featuring a luxurious creamy texture and rich pigmentation. These watercolours can be applied with a brush or nib, creating vibrant, metallic effects on a variety of surfaces, including paper and wood. The distinctive wavy or gem-like surface of Coliro pans is not only visually striking but also a hallmark of their meticulous craftsmanship.
In 2018, Coliro was born out of a rebranding effort to distinguish the company from Finetec, which had been sold to a competitor. Coliro continues to be the sole manufacturer of its Pearlcolors, maintaining its heritage of precision, artistry, and quality.
Today, Coliro is an independent, innovative brand, offering a dazzling palette of pearlescent colours that elevate artworks with brilliance and elegance.
Whether you're embellishing calligraphy designs, painting luminous illustrations, or adding metallic highlights to your paintings, Coliro provides the tools to inspire your creativity.
‘Bright, reflective, lightfast and rich with pigment—the colours are true to their uniquely designed pans. The pigments are lightweight, allowing them to be washed over other layers, leaving a consistent glimmer or they can be built up for maximum impact. With a vast colour range and easy handling qualities, Coliro is ideal if you want a pearlescent paint to bring your work to life with light.’
- Tegen Hager-Suart Reviews Coliro Pearlescent Paint on Jackson’s Art Blog.