Reds
5R True Red has no yellow or bluish tint to it.
5R
5R TRUE RED
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2.5R Red
7.5R Red
10R Red
Attention:
5YR Yellow Reds -> These colors fall within the YR family go to YELLOW:
Cad Red Light, Orange, Burnt Sienna, Venitian Red, Indian Red, Mars Orange, English Red, Chinese Red
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RP Red Purple
These colors have a bluish/purplish cast to them:
Alizarin Crimson, Crimson Lake, Madder Pink, Carmine Red, Helios Purple, Geranium Lake
2.5RP Red-Purple
5RP Red-Purple
7.5RP Red-Purple
10RP Red-Purple
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Cad. Red Light by Old Holland
Munsell Notation: 7.5 R 4/14 straight out of tube
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Schevingen Red Light by Old Holland
Munsell Notation: 7.5 R 4/16
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Note: per Graydon to get a more chromatic version of 7.5 mix a combination of WN Permanent Aliz. Crim. and Graham Quin Red plus a touch of Gamblin Napthol Red.
Schevening Red Scarlet by Old Holland
Munsell Notation: 10 R 5/16
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Note: Per Graydon to get a more chromatic version of 10R mix Combination of Gamblin Transparent Red Earth and Graham Quinacridone Red.
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5 YR Yellow Reds
Burnt Sienna by Micheal Harding
Munsell Notation: 3YR3/4
Drying time: Very Fast Drying. Average Oil Content.
Properties: Semi-Opaque
Observed changes: Excellent Lightfastness
Note: It makes rich but subdued pinks, which reveal how transparent and warm are its undertones. Its tint power is noticeably stronger than the more opaque Earths.
Venetian Red - Micheal Harding
Munsell Notation: YR ?
Drying time: Very Fast Drying.
Properties: Semi-Opaque. Average Oil content.
Observed changes: Excellent Lightfastness.
Note: A heavy red, which yields fruity fleshy hues, and makes tones of great sonority when mixed with the Yellow Lakes. Good to show blood vessels?!
Substitute: Mix Cad. Red Light+Burnt Umber+ touch of White to get similar color
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5RP Red Purple
-Alizarin Crimson Lake Extra - Old Holland
Munsell Notation:
Drying time: Slow dry.
Properties: Fugitive color, transparent,
Observed changes: Can fade over time
Note: Gamblin Perm Aliz Crimson has been recommended. Can turn violet when mixed with white, if that happens add a lighter red or and orange. Same goes for Rose MAdder and Red Rose Deep (quinancridone)
- Permanent Alizarin Crimson - Winsor Newton
Munsell Notation:
Drying time: Slow Dry
Properties: Fugitive color, transparent,
Observed changes: Can fade over time
Note: Gamblin Perm Aliz Crimson has been recommended
Michael Harding Indian Red
Munsell Notation: 5PR2
Drying time: Very Fast Drying
Properties: Average Oil Content.
Observed changes: Excellent Lightfastness.
Note: A deeper and cooler shade of synthetic Iron Oxide with great colorific density and which makes hues with conspicuously purplish undertones, and which some painters value for rendering flesh tones in interior light.
- Pyrol Ruby by Robert Doak
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Properties: transparent
Observed changes: Permanent.
Note: Similar to Alizarin Crimson.
