A full, rich, blue-ish red. The quinacridones are a group of modern synthetic organic pigments introduced in the 1950’s. They are transparent with a very high tinting strength and excellent lightfastness. Quinacridone red can be used as a lightfast alternative to alizarin crimson and is the main ingredient in colours sold as “alizarin
crimson hue”. Quinacridone red is our recommended choice for three colour process work as it is able to mix both clean oranges and violets. The quinacridones make beautiful blends with earth tones and are useful in glazing techniques.