Cadmium Red Purple, watercolor paint by Holbein Artists Watercolor

created at: 2026-08-05

Cadmium Red Purple by Holbein Artists Watercolor watercolor swatch Cadmium Red Purple 017 by Holbein Artists Watercolor (a part of the Standard Set range) is a low staining ◭ opaque ● granulating G paint with excellent lightfastness ***. how to read dragon swatch?


Pigment composition, 1 pigment:


PR108 - Cadmium Red. PR108, Cadmium Red, is a bright, warm red pigment with high opacity and tinting strength. It is lightfast and often used for bold statements in florals, abstracts, and portraits. Caution is required due to its toxicity (cadmium-based), especially in dry form.
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Holbein Artists Watercolor 505 Lunar Eclipse Red, Shminke Horadam Aquarell 343 Quinacridone Red Light, Daniel Smith 219 Cadmium Red Scarlet Hue, 017 Cadmium Red Purple, 222 Cadmium Red Medium Hue, Winsor & Newton Professional 895 Cadmium-Free Red Deep, 076 Perylene Scarl watercolor swatch

Lunar Eclipse Red

by Holbein Artists Watercolor 505
◭**◐GG; h:9
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◭***○G; h:8
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Cadmium Red Scarlet Hue

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▲***◐; h:7
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Cadmium Red Purple

by Holbein Artists Watercolor 017
◭***●G; h:6
PR108

Cadmium Red Medium Hue

by Daniel Smith 222
▲***◐; h:6
PY53, PR254

Cadmium-Free Red Deep

by Winsor & Newton Professional 895
◭***●G; h:6

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by Daniel Smith 076
▲**◐; h:5
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Cadmium Red Deep

by Holbein Artists Watercolor 015
◭***●G; h:5
PR108

Quinacridone Coral

by Daniel Smith 088
▲***○; h:4
PR209

Pyrrol Red

by Daniel Smith 084
▲***◐; h:4
PR254

Cadmium Red Purple

by Holbein Artists Watercolor 017
◭***●G; h:6
PR108

Quinacridone Scarlet (Cherry Red)

by Holbein Artists Watercolor 027
▲***○G; h:4
PR209

Cadmium Red Medium

by Golden QOR 215
◭***◐G; h:3
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Perylene Dark Red

by Shminke Horadam Aquarell 344
▲***◐; h:3
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Quinacridone Red

by M. Graham & Co. Artists 155
▲***○GG; h:3
PR209

Cadmium Red

by M. Graham & Co. Artists 040
▲***●; h:3
PR108

Perylene Red

by Daniel Smith 075
▲***◐; h:3
PR178

Cadmium Red Purple

by Holbein Artists Watercolor 017
◭***●G; h:6
PR108

Permanent Red

by Daniel Smith 072
▲**◐; h:3
PR170

Mayan Red

by Daniel Smith 217
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Quinacridone Red

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