For cadmium red (PR108) I’ve replaced it with Scarlet Lake (PR255), also known as coral red or sometimes Pyrrole Scarlet. eg. Cadmium Yellow, Ultramarine and Cadmium Red. (Not PY40) or Azo Yellow, Hansa yellow Medium, Arylide Yellow. Generally a 'light' will be more orange, a 'medium' a mid red and a 'deep' almost crimson. Ivory black and smoke black are transparent in watercolor. Many companies make Cadmium Red in a light, medium and deep. This is made with PR 108. Popular paint brand Liquitex showcased a new range of colors this past weekend at Art Materials World, part of the NAMTA art fair in Salt Lake City. Key Points: 15 angle ... And I find Hansa yellow to decidedly greenish. I chose the Cadmium Free Yellow Light because I want the opacity without having to use the real cadmium pigment which is toxic. Reply Delete. (Cadmium Red is not as toxic as cadmium red pastels, since no dry particles are breathed in with watercolor -- just don't lick your brush). Cadmium Red Medium is an acceptable substitute for Pyrrole Red. Cadmium and Cobalt pigments are expensive. Now after development, beginning in 2000, we have produced some more great alternatives and improvements to Cadmium watercolor paints – our Cadmium Hues. However, I find that Pyrrole Red actually seems a little bit more pure than the Cadmium Red Medium. PY3, PY35 or PY150. PY65, PY153, PY110, PO49 Warm Red (orange biased) Pyrrol Scarlet, Cadmium Scarlet, Cadmium Red Light eg. Glazing. Substitutions. Cadmium Yellow, Thalo Blue and Alizarin Crimson. Thalo Green and Alizarin Crimson. Thalo Blue and Burnt Sienna. In 1919 a new red pigment joined the cadmium family. Arylide pigments are cheaper, so the Hansa colours, which have wonderful purity, are a good choice for colour and for price. Cadmium reds cover well since they are opaque. The art world’s interest in vermilion declined during the 20th century owing to its cost and toxicity, and cadmium red became a popular replacement which had comparable colour and opacity. Some possible warm reds are Cadmium Red, Winsor Red, Permanent Red, Quinacridone Red, and Scarlet Lake. over the years I've accumulated almost every red every made- and find no substitute for cad red light. It brought a stable, vibrant red to the palette, replacing vermilion, which would darken over time and contained the toxic element mercury. Replies. Cadmium paint colors, were developed in the early 19th & 20th centuries to replace earlier, impermanent (fugitive) yellows, oranges and reds, and improving Artists’ palette of colors. Crimson Greys which go to black. For the most part, I grab the closest color I have available if I don't have the exact one available to me. Cadmium red has been used widely by artists, from Van Gogh, Monet, Matisse and Mondrian, to Munch and Chagall. Cadmium Red and Cadmium Red Deep are available in … I have a piece of canvas paper I keep with my paints on which I paint a swatch of color from every tube of paint I own (even the same color from different manufacturers; as u/Casswigirl11 says, just because two tubes of paint have the same name doesn't mean … Douglas Flynt May 19, 2014 at 7:53 AM. Deep darks in watercolor work best if built in layers. Red Orange 640 PO43, PY83 Cadmium Orange Alizarin Crimson 695 PR83 Permanent Alizarin Crimson Sennelier Yellow Deep 579 PY83, PY153 Cadmium Yellow Pale Lemon Yellow 501 PY3 Cadmium Lemon Sennelier Red 636 PR254 Cadmium Red Deep Rose Madder Lake 690 PV19 Permanent Rose French Ultramarine 314 PB29 French Ultramarine Hansa Yellow Light, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Lemon. Winsor Red is a brilliant hue and very transparent for a warm red. Warm Yellow (orange biased) Hansa Yellow Deep, Quinacridone Gold, New Gamboge eg. A new cadmium-free paint has just hit the market. 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