Perylene maroon
Perylene maroon
PR179 | Excellent lightfastness | Transparent
Now available in full pan size! A deep, evocative dark red color. Excellent for landscape, botanical or portrait work. An interesting lightfast alternative to alizarin crimson (PR83). It has a dark, warm, dull color without the bluish overtones common to all red and crimson quinacridone pigments. In watercolors PR179 undergoes a significant drying shift, lightening by 17% and losing 30% saturation.
Mix and match to create a personal collection. Select 12 colors of your choice and receive them inside one of our metal tins with a size 6 pocket brush and gift packaging at no additional cost.Please allow 7 days for us to pack and ship your order.
Made by hand in Assisi, our watercolors are crafted according to a traditional recipe of raw pigments, gum arabic, local honey, rosemary essential oil and a wetting agent. This artisanal process creates a very pigmented and luminous paint that activates beautifully when wet.
Half pans and full pans are packaged with a corresponding color card with color details for your reference on the back.
A. Gallo Colors are 100% handmade. Pans may contain small imperfections like tiny bubbles and minor blemishes. This does not affect the quality of the paint and is a sign of the human touch that goes into making each and every unique pan.
Half and full pans present a choking hazard and are not intended for use by children. Please also keep out of reach of pets. A. Gallo Colors are all cadmium, cobalt, lead and mercury free.