Perylene Colors | Daniel Smith Watercolors | Bonus Color Showdown?

This is the much requested video about all the Perylene colors Daniel Smith has.

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[rebeccapage]

Oh, Oto! Daniel Smith needs to start giving you commissions. I've been using Pyrrole Scarlet, but that Perylene Scarlet looks like it would work better. Thanks for all your hard work.

[lightwavz]

I had never even considered these colors, but the MIXES! That indigo and midnight blue! I do love a lot of muted night sky and dusk colors and these are perfection! Thank you!

[PauloEAbreu]

loved the chemistry bits!!!! the circles are called rings by chemists :) very nice video.

[dynomax]

Perylene maroon is a gorgeous brown red, very permanent and very useful, but I hardly see it as a replacement for alizarin crimson by itself. The lady who suggested mixing pr 179 with a quinacridone rose is correct. Anthraquinone red- pr 177 is a really good alizarine substitute, though it is a bit brighter and redder, with a brighter glaze tone.

Alizarine crimson used to be sold in a number of shades, from more orange tinted shades to purplish varieties; some were really deep and the permanence varied. Because of that, I think it best for each artist to decide what shade of alizarine substitute they want and there are some beautiful possibilities available in watercolors, acrylics, and oils. There is an alizarine shade of PV 19, anthraquinone red is excellent, Mayan carmine is excellent-pr 176 (I think Daniel Smith sells it?) and DPP rubine-pr 264. Also, there is a very alizarine-like shade of pr 206, which is hard to find. Usually, pr 206 is sold as quinacridone burnt orange, which is not an alizarine substitute. Gorgeous color, though.

These days, we have some great choices, unlike when I started painting. Back then, no permanent alizarine substitutes. None! And alizarine crimson IS a gorgeous and useful color.

[JoAnneMOwens]

I am still in the experimental stage with watercolors and love seeing all the colors and the mixtures they can create. Thank you for this video, I absolutely love muted colors and will be adding a few of these to my ever expanding collection!

[ariweaver]

This was such a nice comparison. Thanks ever so much for putting it together!
I'm usually one for cooler colors, but the separation in the mix of the Scarlet with Dan's Blue was just stunning!
Looking forward to seeing whatever you do next! Thanks again! ^^

[InLiquidColor]

I love me some perylenes! Green and violet are my favorites of course, but I need to play more with the maroon and red!

[leenb.]

I loved the checimal bit! Loved everything really. Thanks for all these tests you do

[JacquelineJax]

Your paintings are lovely. There’s so interesting to look at.

[renmuffett]

I know a lot of water-colorist do recommend Perylene Maroon PR179 as an Alizarin Crimson, but to me, its not even close to a crimson hue on its own. Its darker and brownish. I just tested the Perylene Scarlet mixed with PR122 or even a very cool pink PV19 and I got a very awesome Alizarin replacement. Thank you so much for sharing. I almost didn't buy the PR149 because Bruce at Handprint said it was marginally light-fast because it darkened with sun exposure in 2 months. Its not fugitive because that implies that it fades away. It does not lighten, it darkens. I thought about it, and I do not care if it darkens. If it just turns a bit closer to the PR179 I wouldn't care much.

[smoochyscoop]

I added Perylene green to my studio palette after seeing it on Denise’s channel. I may need to try the violet. That salt texture is incredible. Thanks for another great video, Oto.

[Sandrinesgallery]

Absolutely gorgeous colors! Thanks for sharing, and all the very interesting info.

[linzenota]

I'm in love with that perylene maroon! And yet another great video! ^^

[aprilstark]

Thank you! I have Perylene green, maroon, and violet. I love them.

[rosscorbett]

This video has such great information. Yet another great video Oto! :)

[CreateMess]

Once again thank you for your hard work. I'm in the market for a warm red, looking at the various scarlet and vermilion. So many choices, when I'm sure any would be good, lol.

[MeowMeowKapow]

I actually just finished up my perylene colors collection! (I think. Can’t remember right now if I remembered green or not. I think I did. Probably.) since we’d been talking about an all-perylene palette.

Gosh. Perylene violet is still and forever going to be my favorite. I seriously love it.



Oh! Ps! Your I-cards were posted too close together so they don’t both display while watching! I’d recommend moving the first I-card about 5 seconds earlier and the second one about 5 seconds later. Obviously, they’ll still both be in the card overall but the pop-out displaying was something I had a problem with when I mentioned both Denise and Jennifer in onenof my videos and couldn’t figure out why both of their cards didn’t show.

[dclua]

I didn't know the reds were so beautiful. I love the shade of perylene scarlet best but I like perylene red's mixes better. I will have in mind your advice tho, since I'm a newbie I don't think it will be wise to blast my money(yet) in every tube paint I find beautiful.

[carolynderricks]

How do the perylene violet or maroon compare with caput mortuum I wonder?

[JacquelineJax]

How long does it take the cards to dry?