This deep, moody blue-violet is perfect wherever shadows are required and creates interesting grey-violets.

Artist Notes: Tyrian Cobalt Purple is a muted, dark cool grey-violet useful in rendering stormy skies and moody atmospheric scenes with clouds and rain. It is also helpful in evening scenes and seascapes.

Opacity: Opaque

Paint Makers Notes: Tyrian Cobalt Purple is similar in hue to the historic Tyrian Purple pigment used in antiquity. This pigment was made from sea snails and was prohibitively expensive during ancient times.

Pigment Number: PB 36

Pigment Type: Synthetic Inorganic

Pigment Composition: Oxides of cobalt and chromium

Lightfastness: Not Rated

Toxicity: Non-toxic with appropriate use.