Description
Yet another improvement on a classic. For me, Alizarin Crimson is one of the most useful colours, I thought its richness and transparency were unbeatable, they were until now. The sometimes slippyness of Alizarin is gone - replaced by the stiffer consistency of this quinacridone and perylene mix.
Like all quinacridone and perylene pigments, it is highly permanent - the perylene cools the masstone and general hue but the quinacridone brings out warm rose undertones when glazed against a white ground.
Langridge's description - "Quinacridone Crimson was developed as a replacement to Alizarin Crimson and is therefore on the violet or blueish side of red rather than orange side. This is achieved by the deep dusty crimson of Perylene in combination with the clear magenta reds of Quinacridone."
Technical Overview
Pigment - PV19 / PR179
Vehicle - Linseed Oil
Opacity - Transparent
Consistency - Stiff
Munsell - Hue 7.5 R - Value 2 - Chroma 8
