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Color Spotlight: Quinacridone Violet (PV19 Purple)

December 4, 2022October 1, 2022 by Billy Idyll
Da Vinci Quinacridone Violet (PV19)
Da Vinci Quinacridone Violet (PV19) on Wonder Forest Cold Press paper

A warm purple made from PV19, the same pigment that makes Quin Rose and several other colors in the red/pink/purple spectrum. (Not to be confused with Quinacridone Purple, PV55.)

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Color Spotlight: Bordeaux (PV32)

December 3, 2022September 10, 2022 by Billy Idyll
Daniel Smith – Bordeaux

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.

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