[Aquanet] a question of scarlet

[pat davis]

Lorraine Dietrich wrote:
> I like permanent Red from Da Vinci very much. Very bright red, lots of 
> power.
> Naphthol Red. I love it. It has punch, tinctorial, very handsome , a 
> real Gypsy color

Carrie contributed:

> Graham makes one called "Naphthol Red" that I like for that cad rd light color but it is very transparent.  A little goes a long way.  I still use cad orange so if I want to knock it down a little, that's where I go.

I do have naphthol red, Graham of course, but to my eye it appears to be 
maybe a spectrum red; that is, pretty much right in the middle of the 
reds, between scarlets and crimsons. I was thinking of a red a bit more 
to the scarlet  than that.

Brad said the following:

> I have so many problems using reds that I finally realized that the 
> best I can do is help the viewer see just how confused I am when I 
> look at reds.  I have a whole bunch of tubes of different reds, but I 
> am happiest with the results when I span a wide range of warm to cool 
> reds that bracket the local color (more like hot to cold).
I'm thinking that maybe this is the answer as it would save me being 
hung up on any specific colour. My work tends to ignore real-to-life 
colours anyway, so I guess I'm fretting about this because... uh ...I'm 
neurotic? I'm still in the phase where I believe that getting exactly 
the right shade will move my work from mundane to marvellous? I think 
maybe I need professional help?

your gibbering friend
pat