The well balanced, vibrant See More M. Graham Artists' Watercolors Save Up to 40% Off list Starting At: $10.73 Shop Now Thanks for letting me know Jane. Its mixing complements include phthalo green BS (PG7), which produces a pure jet black darker than most carbon pigment paints, and perylene maroon stains tenaciously, again like alizarin crimson. I have been looking through your swatches and daniel smith website but cudnt decide.its like venetian red but more brown. It is a plausible substitute for cadmium red paints in masstone, but lacks cadmium's radiance in tints; it is a good mixing partner with synthetic organic yellows, but these mixtures seem less attractive to me than the equivalent mixture of cadmium red and yellow. An attractive pigment, with a beautiful deep red color. unexposed (top); exposed 800+ hours (bottom). Although the colors on the screen may not match the actual color, it is still super helpful when trying to match another paint color. In tints the hue shifts toward violet, closely resembling quinacridone rose. As the premier art gallery in the Washington DC metropolitan area, Huckleberry Fine Art specializes in finding emerging artists locally and internationally. In the discussion of this pigment, handprint suggests a few substitutions: http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/waterr.html#PR188. The paint tested here, Blockx blockx red, is active wet in wet and blossoms readily; a dense orangered in masstone, it shifts imperceptibly toward blue in undertone. You can also find me on Facebook at Jane Blundell Artist, and on Instagram as Janeblundellart, and on YouTube as Jane Blundell. Because it is more lightfast, painters may find it a better choice for a bright red paint than naphthol red AS-D (PR112). Because of the range of water surface colors that can be used to represent a variety of water surfaces, lakes are a popular choice in painting. Many times the paint that comes in the tubes are labeled with the same color name so that makes it easy. The Differences Between Watercolor And Scarlet Lake Mixed with Phthalo Green BS it does indeed make a nice black. Thanks for reading and hope you found these substitution charts helpful! unexposed (top); exposed 800+ hours (bottom) Holbein, Winsor & Newton, red paints made with pigments in a different color index category. As mentioned above (PR112), the naphthol pigments are available from many pigment manufacturers for many different end uses. This is a lovely middle red pigment, close in hue to many cadmium middle reds. Add to other reds to darken or deepen them. (Ultramarine Turquoise). When selecting a color palette, pay close attention to the opposing color. It can be used as a cool red in a split primary palette or a primary triad, which is used in the mix to make beautiful purples and natural oranges.