Winsor & Newton Artists' Watercolors offer artists the widest
and most balanced choice of pigments with the greatest possible
permanence. These paints have brilliance, transparency, and
purity of color unparalleled by any other watercolor. Color
Swatch created using heavy application/diluted application and
was applied on cold press watercolor paper (150 lb) material.
Rose Madder is a transparent, nonstaining pigment with a crimson
to violet hue. The natural plant pigment actually contains two
distinct dyes, which fade at different rates, causing the color
to shift as it ages. Rose Madder is fugitive when it is exposed
to ultraviolet light. It shifts in color as it ages, becoming
duller and more brown. Rose Madder is not considered toxic. Rose
Madder is the crushed root of the common madder plant (Rubia
tinctorium). It was used as a textile dye in ancient Egypt and
the Middle East, where the madder plant is endemic. Its use in
painting spread along trade routes to both Europe and the Far
East at a time when l