Quinacridone Sienna (PO48, PR209, PY150) Terre de Sienne de Quinacridone
Quinacridone Sienna is the ultimate low-staining glazing pigment, which is finer than Burnt Sienna. For the traditional and purist watercolour painter, it separates yellows from reds, falling on the orange spectrum. Its position on the colour chart designates it as a complement-free pigment, making it easy to modify without revealing a hidden gray.
Quinacridone Sienna performs exceptionally well in damp underpaintings that are overpainted with rich pigments like Indigo or Payne's Gray. The fine, clear Quinacridone particles gather and recede, creating compressed pools surrounded by the premixed greys. Highly durable and extremely transparent, all Quinacridone colours shine in vivid clarity and intensity.
- Pigment Names: Quinacridone Coral - Corail de Quinacridone PR209, Quinacridone Gold - Or de Quinacridone PO48, Nickel Azo Yellow - Jaune de Nickel Azo PY150.
- ASTM Lightfastness Rating: Excellent - Not yet rated by ASTM - Rating based on independent testing by Daniel Smith.
- Transparency: Transparent
- Granulating: Yes
- Staining: Low
- Series: 2
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