Permanent Mauve is a rich violet colour. It is semi-transparent and lightfast. Mauve, originally a lake pigment, was discovered in England in 1856 by Sir William Perkin.
Permanent Carmine is a mid-crimson pigment. Highly transparent and permanent, it is a lower cost replacement to genuine Carmine. In Antiquity, Carmine was made from thousands of crushed kermes...
Highly transparent with a blue undertone, Permanent Alizarin Crimson is a vivid red colour. Introduced in 1994, it has been formulatedas a highly permanent red pigment.
Viridian is a transparent emerald green colour. Named after the Latin for green 'viridis', it was first made in Paris by colourist Binet in 1838 as a replacement for the deadly Emerald Green.
