This deep, moody colour is perfect wherever shadows are required and creates interesting grey-violets when used in washes.

Artist’s Notes: Tyrian Purple Hue is a muted, dark cool grey violet incredibly useful in rendering stormy skies and moody atmospheric scenes with clouds and rain. It is also helpful in evening scenes and seascapes.

Paint Maker’s Notes: Our Tyrian Purple Hue is similar in hue to the historic Tyrian Purple pigment used in antiquity. This pigment was made from sea snails and was prohibitively expensive, worn only by the Roman elite.

Transparency: Semi-Transparent

Staining: Staining

Granularity: Semi-Granular

Pigment Number: PR 122 + PB 60 + PBk 11

Pigment Type: Synthetic Organic + Synthetic Inorganic

Lightfastness:  Not Rated

Toxicity: Non Toxic