Dioxazine Purple
Dioxazine Purple is a Series 3 transparent color. It has a masstone of a deep purple, with a vivid purple undertone. This color is available in 80ml, 250ml and 500ml sizes.
Color Detail
Masstone
Undertone
Blended with Titanium White
Washed with water
Color Comparisons
Purple and Dioxazine Purple
The purpose of having a dull Purple when Dioxazine Purple is so clean and bright is that some artists find Dioxazine Purple difficult to control because it is so vivid, while the dull Purple is much more tonal and makes an easily mixed base colour for shadows in landscapes.
Dioxazine Purple
Purple
Comparing Dioxazine Purple
The first swatch is mixed with White. The second and third swatches are reduced with medium. The fourth swatch is mixed with Ultra Blue and medium. The fifth swatch is mixed with Pthalo Blue and Medium. The sixth swatch shows Ultra Blue with a medium and no Dioxazine Purple added.
Dioxazine Purple is a reddish purple and mixes well with blues to create blue violet shades.
Mixed with white
Reduced with medium
Reduced with medium
With Ultra Blue & medium
With Pthalo Blue & Medium
Ultra Blue with medium
Color Information
- Chemical Description: Carbazole Dioxazine
- Pigment Type: Organic
- Lightfastness: 2
- Permanency: Excellent
- Pigment Strength: Very Strong
- Colour Index Name: PV 23RS
- Opacity or Transparency: Transparent
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