Isaro Mauve

PV19 – Transparent

Isaro Mauve is a quinacridone PV19 pigment, appreciated for its transparency, purity, and subtle chromatic nuances. This modern organic pigment offers a rich mauve tone, situated between pink and violet.

Highly versatile, it is well suited for glazing as well as refined mixtures. When combined with deep blues, its violet character is enhanced; mixed with white, it reveals soft, luminous lavender tones. It is perfect for depicting flowers, colorful shadows, or late-afternoon atmospheres.

It offers excellent lightfastness and strong tinting strength.ep violet with a touch of red

Dioxazine mauve

PV23 – Transparent

Dioxazine mauve has a powerful color, highly valued for its intensity and rich chromatic depth. This cool, dark, and saturated violet with bluish undertones offers excellent transparency while maintaining a very high tinting strength.

When mixed, it produces a wide range of violets, colored greys, or deep chromatic blacks, especially when combined with reds or blues. It also excels in glazing, where its transparency and depth bring a unique dimension to layered applications.

Highly lightfast, PV23 is a modern synthetic organic pigment that has earned a place on the artist’s palette for its versatility, strength, and distinctive beauty.

Bayeux Violet Hue

PR122 + PR179 + PR19 – Transparent

Bayeux Violet Hue is a shade similar to the original Bayeux violet. It is a deep color, somewhere between a bluish violet and a soft, subdued purple. Inspired by the rich tones of antique embroidery, it evokes a sense of nobility. Transparent and high in tinting strength, it is well-suited to both subtle glazing and vibrant modeling.

Cobalt Violet

PV14 – Semi-Opaque

This genuine dark cobalt violet is a rare and precious mineral pigment, valued for its exceptional lightfastness and subtle chromatic character. A bluish violet with gentle nuances, it offers soft opacity and a smooth, buttery texture—ideal for nuanced blends, colored shadows, and muted atmospheres.

Made through a complex process using cobalt phosphate, this pigment requires time-consuming production, costly raw materials, and expert craftsmanship. Its rarity, combined with its unique artistic qualities, justifies its high price. Inalterable and refined, PV14 is a pigment of choice for discerning artists seeking an authentic and timeless color.

Very nice cold, deep gray, turning bPayne’s Grey - A Textured Grey

PBK11 + PB29 + PB15 - Opaque - Granulating

This hue, due to its harmonious nature and mixing potential, remains a top choice for watercolorists seeking refinement and delicacy in their compositions. It allows for subtle contrasts, making it ideal for working on stormy skies, nocturnal landscapes, and creating atmospheric gradients.lue. Useful as a contrast color.

Isaro grey light - A Subtle Softness

PR101 + PG17 - Semi-transparent - Non-granulating

Isaro grey light is a soft and luminous shade, ideal for subtle backgrounds, light shadows, and delicate gradients. With its smooth texture and transparency, it helps create calming atmospheres while adding depth to compositions without weighing them down. Perfect for watercolorists seeking discreet and refined nuances and drapes.

Payne’s Grey

PBk11 + PB29 – Opaque

Payne’s Grey is a subtle blend of iron oxide black and ultramarine blue, offering a rich and nuanced alternative to pure black. With its deep, slightly cool blue-grey tone, it is ideal for colored shadows, stormy skies, nocturnal atmospheres, or muted portrait tones.

More vibrant than a standard black, it retains a touch of transparency and blends harmoniously with other colors. An essential for a well-balanced and expressive palette.

Ultramarine Violet - A Delicate Violet

PV15 - Semi-transparent - Granular

Ultramarine violet, with its soft hue, is perfect for creating delicate and textured nuances. It offers excellent lightfastness.iful violet with a beautiful purity of tone. It belongs to the overseas family. Its particularity is to naturally granulate.

Dark Isaro Mauve - A Remarkable Dioxazine Violet

PV23 - Transparent - Non-granulating

Dark Isaro Mauve is an intense, powerful, and vibrant pigment, offering a rich and deep hue, perfect for creating subtle shadows and a wide range of mauve tones.

Very beautiful light mauve Isaro Mauve - An Intense Purple

PV19 - Transparent - Non-granulating

Isaro Mauve is a versatile pigment that can be used alone or in mixes to add interesting and lasting hues, while offering a rich and luminous palette.mono pigmentary and therefore a beautiful purity of tone. It can be lightened with Isaro pink and darkens with ultramarine blue or phthalo blue for example.

Magenta - A Primary Hue

PV19 - Transparent - Non-granulating

Magenta in watercolor, vibrant and transparent, is an essential color for creating luminous mixes, bright pinks, and deep purples, while offering excellent permanence.lor. It is a bright pink, which forms with the yellows beautiful oranges and with the blue magnificent mauves.

Iron Oxide purple - A Lesser-Known Mineral Hue

PR101 - Opaque - Non-Granulating

Iron Oxide purple is an earthy violet shade with dark undertones.
This versatile pigment is well-suited to both abstract compositions and naturalistic scenes.