Color Spotlights – Page 3

Color Spotlight: Azo Yellow (PY151)

Azo yellow, short for benzimidazolone yellow, is a super bright yellow that mixes clean, bold oranges and greens.

Benzimida orange – called Winsor Orange in the Winsor & Newton line, Permanent Orange for Daniel Smith, Chrome Orange by Schmincke – is a light, bright, orangey orange.

Color Spotlight: Venetian Red (PR101)

Venetian Red is an opaque earth scarlet made from synthetic iron oxide (PR101), very similar to Indian Red but a bit more on the orange side of red (not violet-toned). It is notable for its opacity and dispersiveness. Observations of WN Venetian Red Hue: Earth scarlet, diluting to coral/peach. More toward red (less orange) than … Read more

Color Spotlight: Indian Red (PR101)

Indian Red is strikingly opaque granulating maroon earth tone made from PR101, the same pigment as Transparent Red Oxide.

Color Spotlight: Moonglow

A granulating gray-purple made from a mix of Viridian (PG18), Ultramarine (PB29), and Anthraquinoid Red (PR177). This is one of those colors that super appeals to people who like granulation. It is not a straightforward, boring gray; it’s interesting. It settles and blooms in odd ways, with the green and blue sometimes granulating away from … Read more

Color Spotlight: Indigo

Darker and more muted than Indanthrone, Prussian, or any other single pigment blue, this deep moody blue is useful for shadows, night skies, and other dark blue use cases.

Indigo pigment (PB66) is fugitive and not usually used anymore (though MaimeriBlu, a single pigment line, still uses it, and Schmincke has it in the mix). Most indigos, like this Holbein, are mixes chiefly of phthalo blue and black.

Color Spotlight: Golden Yellow (PY183)

Golden Yellow by MaimeriBlu is made from PY183, an unusual pigment also known as Paliotol Yellow. According to ArtisCreation, it’s nontoxic and moderately lightfast (LFII). Experiment Results Hue: A warm yellow that’s less orangey than Hansa Yellow Deep (PY65). I find this to be a similar hue to Holbein’s Permanent Yellow Deep (PY83/PY74), but a … Read more

Color Spotlight: Titanium White (PW6)

This is a bit of an unusual spotlight! It’s hard to use my typical format to paint white on white, so I had to sub in a bit of cardboard. Titanium White (PW6) is an opaque, cool white pigment. I show PW6 above in four formats: Observations All of these were very opaque! The paintout … Read more

Color Spotlight: Terra Cotta (PR102)

PR102 is a natural iron oxide. In the pantheon of earth shades, it’s the natural equivalent to synthetic PR101 (which is used to make Transparent Red Oxide and Indian Red). Similar to Transparent Red Oxide or Burnt Sienna (PBr7), PR102 is a terra cotta or burnt orange shade.

I featured Schmincke Magenta (PV42) when comparing to Quinacridone Rose (PV19), to show how it is almost exactly the same color. But I thought I’d go ahead and make this color its own page, for ease of finding my thoughts on it and reminding myself of my past decisions on whether I need it or not.