Derivan Matisse Fluid Acrylic: Magenta 135ml

• Chemical Description: Quinacridone

• Pigment Number: PR122

• Lightfastness Rating: ASTM I

• Pigment Opacity: Transparent

• Paint Opacity: Transparent

• Series 3

Paradoxically there are several quinacridone reds in the Matisse range and their pigment is Pigment Violet 19 while this one, which is a true magenta violet is made from Pigment Red 122. It is not due to some kind of magic on the part of the paint chemists at Matisse but entirely due to the fundamental chemistry of the pigment itself. When the pigment was first synthesized back in 1958 the basic form of the molecule was a disappointment. This was what is referred to as the alpha form and it proved to be unstable and therefore useless.