I’ve mixed greens and oranges, so now it’s time for purples! I made a bunch of different purples from a variety of reds and blues.
purples
Color Spotlight: Dioxazine Violet (PV23)
This single-pigment purple made from PV23 is sometimes called Dioxazine Violet.
An extremely staining blue-toned violet that gets very, very dark!
Color Spotlight: Perylene Violet (PV29)
A dark, muting color somewhere between maroon and purple. Botanical artists use it for deep floral shadows. With its leafy counterpart, Perylene Green, it mixes up a dark black.
Color Spotlight: Quinacridone Purple (PV55)
Quinacridone Purple is a straightforward purple that is neither blue-toned nor magenta-toned.
Color Spotlight: Bordeaux (PV32)
Daniel Smith is the only company that offers this pigment, PV32, which they call Bordeaux. It’s a deep, semi-transparent, non-granulating, wine-colored pigment: somewhere between magenta and purple.