Color Swatch created using heavy application/diluted application and was applied on cold press watercolor paper (150 lb) material.
Color Description
Schmincke's Deep Red is a cadmium-free alternative to Cadmium Red Deep. It's made with a lightfast, organic pigment with perfect solvent stabilty and high chemical resistance. Like Cadmium Red, it has a high tinting strength.
This color contains the following pigments:
PR179—Perylene Maroon
Pigment Type
organic, anthraquinone
Chemical Name
n/a
Chemical Formula
C26H14N2O4
Properties
Perylene Maroon is a transparent, dull to moderately dull, deep red pigment. Its transparency makes it useful as a glazing color. Its mixing complement is Phthalo Green, and together they produce a pure black that is darker than most carbon-based pigments. Perylene Maroon is not suitable for acrylics.
Permanence
Perylene Maroon has excellent permanence and lightfastness, and it can be an appropriate replacement for Anthraquinone Red in watercolor form.
Toxicity
Perylene Maroon has no significant acute toxicity. Its long term hazards are currently unknown.
History
Perylenes have been used as vat dyes since 1912, but they were not manufactured and sold as pigments until 1957.
Alternate Names
Perylene.