[Aquanet] a question of scarlet

[patchapin at mindspring.com]

Paul Brand wrote:
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From: "pbrand" <pbrand at buckeye-express.com>
To: "'pat davis'" <peedee at nucleus.com>; "'aquanet'" 
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Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Aquanet] a question of scarlet


> Consider Old Holland Vermillion Extra..........Daniel Smith Pyrrol
> Scarlet.............
>
> In fact these three reds from Daniel Smith may be all you need:
> Pyrrol Scarlet similar to cadmium red light or medium
> Perylene Red similar to cadmium red deep
> Quinacridone Rose bluer like Alizarin Crimson (in fact some of the tubes
> labeled Alizarin Crimson are now a quinacridone color).
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Boy, would I argue with this one.  Quinacridone Rose/Permanent Rose is a 
cold rose pink, not at all like true Alizarin Crimson, which is a deep, 
dark, cold red. Both of them are transparent, and in my mind, you need both.

Perylene Red and Pyrrol Scarlet, never mind Vermillion -- are not at all 
transparent, and wouldn't be my choices at all, since one of them veers 
toward an orange, one to a brown, and one is a different chemical tone of 
Cad Red without the handling response.

That's just me, of course.  As I said earlier, probably everyone on this 
list could come up with a different 'necessary' list of reds.
pat chapin
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