Schmincke : Mussini : Oil Paint : 35ml : Caesar Purple

Finely translucent colour, bluer than magenta. In ancient times, purple was obtained by means of a complicated process from the gland of a snail, and was much sought-after as a particularly valuable dye for artists’ colours.

Pigment: Quinacridone

CI number: PV 19

Lightfastness: *****

Schmincke Mussini oils are a unique range of high-quality oil colours that use natural resin binders instead of conventional oil binders. This provides a luminous shine and ensures excellent colour stability.

The recipe of Mussini oil colours is based on the oil paint formulations of the Old Masters. There are 108 colours in the range, including 7 gold shades. All of these offer intense pigment saturation and maximum lightfastness. 64 of the shades are single pigment shades, which are particularly easy to use when colour mixing.