Permanent Rose

The first quinacridone pigment introduced in the 1950’s by Winsor & Newton. It was the first water colour in this part of the spectrum to have the unconditional permanence which so many of our new organic pigments of the late 20th century would later provide. Pinker in top tone like madder, it has the bluer undertone of alizarin and was the suggested alternative for both colours for more than 40 years, until we were able to match the hues of the original alizarin and carmine. We currently spend a great deal of time during our technical enquiries, discussing the importance of Permanent Rose with artists as Primary Red (Magenta). Ordinarily, most of us as painters would think of Cadmium Red being Primary Red but in fact its opacity interferes and it is too yellow. As Permanent Rose is more central (neither too yellow nor too blue), it gives much cleaner oranges and violets. If you’re only going to use one red in your palette, this must be it.

Quinacridone, PV19 A – Permanent; ASTM I Series 3 Transparent Staining