A warm and intense red-orange, Vermilion is a bold, versatile hue that is useful in everything from florals and still life works, to landscapes, abstracts, and illustration.

Artist Notes: An intense red-orange, Vermilion mixes well with others, and creates particularly stunning orange hues when combined with Hansa Yellow.

Opacity: Semi-Opaque

Paint Makers Notes: Named for the historic pigment, which also happens to be a toxic combination of mercury and sulfur which darkens over time, Stoneground’s Vermilion gouache is a modern azo-based pigment that is non-toxic and lightfast.

Pigment Number: PR 188

Pigment Type: Synthetic Organic

Pigment Composition: Monoazo

Lightfastness: II – Very Good

Toxicity: Non-Toxic