Winsor and Newton Griffin Alkyd Fast Drying Oil Colours 37ml - DIOX PURPLE

Series number: 1 Chemical description: Dioxazine violet Colour index name: PV23 Colour index number: 51319 Permanence rating: A ASTM lightfastness rating: I Transparency/Opacity: T Dioxazine Purple is a vivid mid-shade purple pigment. When undiluted, it can be used as a deep black. It is made from a transparent coal tar pigment and was introduced into the Winsor & Newton range in the 1960s. As with all Winsor & Newton colours, every colour in the range is individually formulated to take advantage of the natural characteristics of each pigment and to ensure the stability of the colour. The vehicle (oil modified alkyd resin) allows the colour to dry quicker whilst retaining the other characteristics of conventional oil colour. Because alkyd resin has physical properties that differ slightly from those of traditional oils, the pigment load is somewhat different as well. Experienced painters will notice slightly greater transparency compared to Artists' Oil Colour. The colour has bee