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Description

Color Swatch

Pigment Info

01629-4784 — Quinacridone Burnt Orange

Sennelier Extra-Fine Acrylique Paints contain only the highest-quality pigments, selected to assure clarity, purity, opacity, and stability over time. A broad palette of 120 colors includes all the colors that made Sennelier's Artists' Oils famous.

Quinacridone Burnt Orange

This color contains the following pigments:

PR206—Quinacridone Pyrrolidine Red
PR179—Perylene Maroon

PR206—Quinacridone Pyrrolidine Red

Pigment Type

organic, quinacridone

Chemical Name

quinacridone pyrrolidine

Chemical Formula

n/a

Properties

PR206 offers a deep maroon or bordeaux red. Quinacridone pigments have relatively low tinting strength in general. For this reason, quinacridone colors are often expensive, because more pigment is required in the formulation.

Permanence

Quinacridone pigments have excellent lightfastness.

Toxicity

Quinacridone Pyrrolidine Red has no known acute hazards. Overexposure to quinacridone pigments may cause skin irritation. Quinicridone pigments contain a compound found to be a skin, eye, and respiratory irritant.

History

It was developed as a maroon or bordeaux red for automotive paints.

Alternate Names

Monastral Maroon

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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.