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What colors are true single pigment?
I'm looking for watercolor supplies, and I want a true, or at least closest to true and single pigmented blue and red. Most that I'm coming across for red have either an orange or blue bias, or for the blue most have a red or green bias. But what's a very close single pigment "True" of these colors? I was considering Antwerp, and cadmium. But I'm not sure, it's not as if the brand (Lukas) I'm looking at gives me a detailed explanation of the color.
Thank you!
By the same brand I found a true magenta, a true cyan, and a primary yellow. I want to use both colors wheels CMY and RBY, I'm just having a hard time finding these "True" red and blue pigments.
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- raymond mLv 76 years ago
Red = PV 19
Blue = PB 15 :3
Yellow= PY 97
Those are singe pigment watercolor pigments which are primary colors from Maimeri Blu. Go to Handprint.com to look at different watercolor pigments and you will see different makers' paints using the same pigment look and perform differently. Go with a single pigment when possible but you can drive yourself nuts worrying about that stuff. More importantly, I have found, is transparency and staining. Low staining and transparent. Stay away from opaque and semi-opaque pigments to avoid mud. You can "eye ball" paints to get away from the "shifts". Keep in mind the way a color looks depends on the colors around it. My go to primary colors are from Daniel Smith, Hansa yellow, Ultramarine blue and Quinacridone rose. Good luck!
