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Color Spotlight: Bordeaux (PV32)

October 19, 2023September 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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Categories Color Spotlight Tags bordeaux, daniel smith, purples, pv32, red purples

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