Re: P. Maroon

[Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>]

Odd, it's listed in the new DS catalog, but I don't find it on the  
page where the colors are shown in swatches.  Well, never mind, I'm  
not questioning your information, just puzzled why they didn't take  
it out of the catalog.

W&N and Rowney also market a Perylene Maroon (PR 179) but if you need  
something in the Daniel Smith line, I'd suggest their PR 175, Deep  
Scarlet, which for years and years was my favorite red for tricolor  
gum.  Not sure what you're looking for (what hue range and value  
range and what kind of printing you want to use it for) but this is a  
deep rich scarlet, which when I was comparing many different pigments  
for tricolor a couple of years ago,  I found to be remarkably similar  
in appearance to alizarin crimson (PR 83) but  lightfast.  Hope any  
of that is useful,
Katharine



On Aug 18, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Rajul wrote:

> The local art store (the only one) informs me that Perylene Maroon  
> is no longer stocked by Daniel Smith.
> Can anyone suggest a close second?
>
> Thanks!  Rajul