carnation color, dark KREMER pigment

Originally used in ceramics, it was the only permanent rose used by 18th and 19th century English watercolourists.

     Chemical description: Pigment Red 259, C.I. 77007
     Lightfastness - medium: 8 (1 = bad, 8 = best)
     Lightfastness - thinned: 8 (1 = bad, 8 = best)
     Lightfastness - concentrate: 8 (1 = bad, 8 = best)
     Color index: PR 259.77007
     Opacity: semi-transparent
     Qualification: Watercolor, Acrylics, Oil, Tempera
     Colors: Pink, Red
     Form: powder
     Solubility in water: insoluble