Matisse Structure Australian Daintree Fundamental Set 5x75ml

Southern Ocean Blue

Australian Blue Gum

Australian Sap Green

Australian Olive Green

Australian Yellow Green

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130 million years of green. The Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland is the world's oldest surviving tropical rainforest, predating the Amazon by tens of millions of years. Its colour is extraordinary: layers of green from near-black forest floor shadow to incandescent yellow-green canopy light, cut through with the cool blue-grey of eucalyptus and the blue of sky and distant Coral Sea. The Matisse Structure Australian Daintree Fundamental Set distils that world into five focused colours: Southern Ocean Blue, Australian Blue Gum, Australian Sap Green, Australian Olive Green, Australian Yellow Green. Five 75ml tubes. No mediums. A complete rainforest palette. Made by Derivan in Sydney.

Art Shed Staff Tip

For deep rainforest shadow, mix Australian Olive Green with Australian Blue Gum: the result is a rich, complex dark that reads as depth under the canopy far better than anything mixed with black. For sunlit canopy highlights, Australian Yellow Green straight from the tube is vivid and accurate. You can push it further by mixing with Australian Sap Green to make the transition into mid-tone foliage more gradual and natural.

Perfect For

Tropical rainforest paintingFar North Queensland landscapesBotanical and plant studyCoastal rainforest scenesLimited palette exploration

What Makes This Set Different

Origin

Made in Sydney

Derivan has been making Matisse in Chipping Norton, NSW since the 1960s. Australian paint for an Australian landscape that has no equivalent anywhere else on Earth.

Focus

Five Colours, One Ecosystem

A tight, purposeful palette covering the full tonal range of tropical rainforest: deep shadow olive through to vivid canopy yellow-green, plus the characteristic blue-grey of Australian eucalyptus.

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Formula

Heavy Body Structure

Structure formula holds brushmarks and palette knife texture. Build up dense canopy layers, impasto leaf masses, and textured bark with paint that retains its mark as it dries.

Format

Pure Colour, No Mediums

Unlike the 10-piece classic sets, this Fundamental Set is five colours only. Add your preferred mediums separately, or work with the paint straight for rich, full-bodied marks.

What's in the Set

Colour	Size
Southern Ocean Blue	75ml
Australian Blue Gum	75ml
Australian Sap Green	75ml
Australian Olive Green	75ml
Australian Yellow Green	75ml

The logic of these five colours becomes clear the moment you start painting. Australian Olive Green is the deep shadow under closed canopy: dense, complex, slightly warm. Australian Sap Green is your mid-tone foliage, the colour of full leaves in open jungle light. Australian Yellow Green is sunlight hitting the canopy from above, vivid and direct. Australian Blue Gum brings the characteristic silver-blue of eucalyptus leaves into the palette, a distinctly Australian note that separates this palette from any generic tropical green range. Southern Ocean Blue adds sky, distant headland, and the blue of the Coral Sea visible through the treeline where the Daintree meets the coast. Together they describe a complete ecosystem in five tubes.

Mixing Within the Set

What these colours do together:

Australian Olive Green + Australian Blue Gum deep canopy shadow, wet rainforest dark without using black

Australian Sap Green + Australian Yellow Green sunlit mid-foliage, canopy transition tones

Southern Ocean Blue + Australian Sap Green river water, tidal creek, Daintree River reflections

Australian Blue Gum + Southern Ocean Blue misty rainforest distance, sky seen through canopy breaks

Why Matisse Structure is in Serious Australian Studios

Formulated for Australian colour. The Matisse Australian Colours range names specific Australian environments and matches them. These greens are derived from observation of Australian vegetation, not adapted from Northern Hemisphere palettes.
Structure formula for textured foliage work. Heavy body consistency holds brushmarks and impasto leaf textures. Build up layers of canopy without losing your mark quality.
Consistent from batch to batch. Your palette does not shift between orders. The greens you mix today will be reproducible next month.
Pairs with the full Matisse medium range. MM1 through MM7 are all compatible. Add Impasto Medium to build volume, or Gel Medium to create transparent glazed leaf layers.

About Matisse: Made in Australia Since the 1960s

Matisse is made by Derivan at their Chipping Norton, Sydney factory. Derivan is Australia's largest art material manufacturer, producing professional acrylic paint since the 1960s. The Australian Colours range within the Matisse Structure line is developed specifically to capture the hues of Australian landscapes. Buying Matisse supports over 60 years of Australian art manufacturing.

What colours are in the Matisse Structure Australian Daintree Fundamental Set?

The set contains five 75ml tubes of Matisse Structure heavy body acrylic: Southern Ocean Blue, Australian Blue Gum, Australian Sap Green, Australian Olive Green, and Australian Yellow Green. There are no mediums included in the Fundamental Set format. All five colours are inspired by the Daintree Rainforest of Far North Queensland.

Does the Daintree Fundamental Set include mediums?

No. The Fundamental Set format is five colours only, with no mediums included. If you want to work with impasto texture, add a tube of MM2 Impasto Medium separately. For glazing and transparent layers, MM4 Gel Medium works well with all five colours in this set. The classic 10-piece Matisse sets (such as the Australian Colours Set, Landscape Set, and Seascape Set) include two mediums, but the Fundamental Sets are pure-colour focused.

How does the Daintree Set differ from the Australian Colours Set?

The Australian Colours Set (10 x 75ml) is a broad survey palette covering the full range of Australian landscape colour: earth tones, sky blues, greens, and reds for painting across different Australian environments. The Daintree Fundamental Set is a focused five-colour palette built specifically around tropical rainforest: all greens and blue-greens, no earth tones, no reds. It is designed for artists who paint specifically in the tropical north, or who want to explore limited-palette rainforest studies. The Daintree Set is also format-different: five colours with no mediums, versus eight colours plus two mediums in the classic sets.

Can I paint complete rainforest scenes with just these five colours?

Yes, for rainforest-focused work these five colours are surprisingly complete. The three greens cover shadow, mid-tone, and highlight across canopy and undergrowth. Australian Blue Gum adds the cool grey-blue note of eucalyptus. Southern Ocean Blue handles sky passages, waterways, and distant coastal haze. For dark shadows without using black, mix Australian Olive Green with Australian Blue Gum. The main addition many artists reach for is Titanium White for sky lightening and misty atmosphere in the background distance.

Is Matisse Structure paint made in Australia?

Yes. Matisse is made by Derivan at their factory in Chipping Norton, Sydney, NSW. Derivan is Australia's largest art material manufacturer and has been producing professional-grade acrylic paint since the 1960s. The Matisse Structure formula is developed and manufactured entirely in Australia. The Australian Colours range, which includes the Daintree Set colours, is formulated specifically to represent Australian landscape hues.

Art Shed Online is an authorised Australian stockist of Matisse acrylic paints. All Matisse products are sourced through official Derivan distribution channels. We ship Australia-wide.

Available at Art Shed Online, Australia's specialist art supply store, delivering Matisse Structure paint to artists across Australia with fast, tracked shipping. Can't decide between sets? Our team is happy to help: contact us at customerservice@artshedonline.com.au.

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Brand	Matisse
Shipping Weight	0.6550kg
Shipping Width	0.190m
Shipping Height	0.040m
Shipping Length	0.200m
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