The "Swatch Test" Challenge Day 51

Technical data:
Pigment: PW 6
Series: 1
Lightfastness: I – Excellent
Transparency: Transparent
Staining: 1-Non-Staining
Granulation: Granulating

DUOCHROME TROPIC SUNRISE

Duochrome Tropic Sunrise, like the rest of the Luminescent Watercolors by Daniel Smith, shows its colors best over black paper or darker watercolor. Duochrome Tropic Sunrise shifts from reflective green to red. I said it a couple of days ago and I'll repeat it here,  this is a challenge for sure, I was not convinced I'd be able to find a good application for this one. As you can see (or actually, in this case, not see, since it doesn't photograph well here), this color doesn't do much applied on white paper. I tested the over some fairly strong pigments to see how it affect them, and that didn't photograph very well either, but applied to the neck feathers of this little hummingbird, it worked like a charm. Just like the Daniel Smith description of  the Luminescent Watercolors says: "they add that touch of special color found in nature that regular colors cannot match. They’re made from mica pigment, thin transparent particles coated with highly reflective metal oxides."