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Somerset Enhanced Watercolour Rag
Somerset Enhanced Watercolour Rag

Somerset® Enhanced Watercolour Rag

240gsm - Matte

Produced by the artisan papermakers at St Cuthberts Mill in England, Somerset® Enhanced Watercolour White has a traditional watercolour ‘cold pressed’ surface finish. The 100% cotton mould made paper, has a natural white base, produced without the use of optical brighteners. The paper has a soft, refined feel to the touch and the textured surface offers printmakers, artists, and photographers a painterly feel to the final print.


The proprietary inkjet coating guarantees superb image quality and longevity, which is essential for both limited and open edition digital fine art prints.


The Somerset® Enhanced Watercolour White 240gsm is available in sheets from A4 to A2 and 12 metre length rolls.
Somerset® is a traditional printmaking paper which has been used by artists for a range of time-honoured techniques such as intaglio, etching, stone lithography, silkscreen, relief printing and letterpress. The same traditional fine art paper is now available for photographers, printmakers, and artists alike to reproduce digitally their original artwork as a limited edition by using the Somerset® Enhanced digital fine art papers

  • 100% cotton
  • Acid-free
  • Archival
  • Internally buffered
  • Mould-made
  • Without optical brightness additives

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  • References and formats per sheet

    ReferenceFormatPackaging 
    C762512014A4Box - 25 sheets
    C762512015A3Box - 25 sheets
    C762512016A3+ - 13" x 19"Box - 25 sheets
    C762512017A2Box - 25 sheets
    C7625120188,5" x11"Box - 25 sheets*
    C76251201911" x 17"Box - 25 sheets*
  • References and formats per roll

    ReferenceFormatPackaging 
    C76251101924" x 12m1 Roll - 3" (7.62cm) Core
    C76251102144" x 12m1 Roll - 3" (7.62cm) Core
  • Technical specifications

    Weight (gsm) 240
    Thickness (um) 426
    Surface feel Textured
    Surface finish Matt
    Composition 100% cotton
    CIE Whiteness 84,4
    Acid free paper Yes
    OBA content None
    Drying time Immediate
    Water resistance High
    ISO 2471 Opacity 96,14
    Internally buffered Yes
    Additional comments

    - Mould-made : the finest and oldest paper-making technic
    - Optimised for pigmented inks. Compatible with dye inks.

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This paper is produced in the St Cuthberts® Mill in the UK

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