violet · Oil and Watercolor

Dioxazine Purple

Strong and deep. With yellow it gives rich, warm shadows.

IndexPV23

Color#391B5E

Tinting strength9/10

Opacitytransparent

Lightfastnessgood

Dryingaverage

This is one of the strongest pigments there is. A sliver changes a whole pile of paint, so put out less than looks right and work towards the color.

With white, step by step

pure #391B5E 6:1 #4B2975 3:1 #573384 2:1 #603B8F 1:1 #744CA3 1:2 #8A63B7 1:3 #9871C1 1:6 #AD8AD1 pure #F8F7F3

From pure Dioxazine Purple on the left to titanium white on the right. Watch how much chroma you lose on the way — that is the cost of lightening with white, and the reason a tint often needs a trace of something warm putting back.

What to mix it with

These are the partners that take Dioxazine Purple furthest towards neutral, which makes them the ones you reach for when you need a shadow or a gray rather than a color.

with Chromium Oxide Green quietest point #444645 with Mars Black quietest point #1E1C1B with Zinc White quietest point #FBFAF7 with Ivory Black quietest point #242020 with Titanium White quietest point #F8F7F3 with Payne’s Gray quietest point #2E3A45

Every pair

Titanium White Zinc White Lemon Yellow Cadmium Yellow Light Cadmium Yellow Deep Yellow Ochre Raw Sienna Naples Yellow Cadmium Red Light Cadmium Red Deep Alizarin Crimson (permanent) Quinacridone Rose Indian Red Burnt Sienna Raw Umber Burnt Umber Ultramarine Cobalt Blue Cerulean Blue Phthalo Blue Prussian Blue Phthalo Green Viridian Chromium Oxide Green Ivory Black Mars Black Payne’s Gray

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