Series of compounds in the system Na
xNb
yW
1−yO
3 were prepared according to the appropriate molar ratio of Na
2WO
4, WO
3, WO
2 and Nb
2O
5 with
x=0.80 and 0.0
y0.4 at 600 °C in evacuated silica glass tubes. These compounds were investigated by X-ray powder diffraction, optical microscopy, microprobe analysis, Raman and optical microspectroscopy. A
y-dependent separation into three distinct coloured crystallites with cubic perovskite-type structures is observed: (i) red-orange crystallites with composition Na
xWO
3 with slightly decreasing
x (i.e. 0.8–0.72) with increasing nominal
y, (ii) bluish solid solution of composition Na
xNb
yW
1−yO
3 and (iii) white crystallites of a new phase having defect perovskite-type structure with composition Na
0.5NbO
2.75.