Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor - Perylene Green, 14 ml Tube

This color contains the following pigments:

PBk31-Paliogen Black

Pigment Name

PBk31-Paliogen Black

Pigment Type

organic, anthraquinone

Chemical Name

Perylene

Chemical Formula

Properties

Paliogen Black is a semitransparent pigment that paints out black in pure form, but tints to a dark green, ideal for painting shadows.

Permanence

Paliogen Black is very lightfast.

Toxicity

History

Paliogen Black was developed for typewriter and printer  ribbons. Although black, it is transparent in the infrared spectrum.