Rembrandt Artists' Oil Color - Permanent Red Light, 150 ml tube

Pigment Information

This color contains the following pigments:

PO73-Transparent Pyrrole Orange

PR255-Coral Red

Pigment Name

PO73-Transparent Pyrrole Orange

Pigment Type

organic, aminoketone

Chemical Name

dipyrrolopyrrol

Properties

Transparent Pyrrole Orange is a yellow-shade orange with optimum performance; high saturation and excellent durability, excellent bleed resistance, and intrinsic strength coupled with good opacity and moderate rheology. It is semi-opaque, less opaque than Cadmium Orange.

Permanence

Transparent Pyrrole Orange has been demonstrated to have excellent stability and lightfastness in automotive applications.

Toxicity

The Australian government's Department of Health and Aging, reported in its Summary Report: NA/238 that "Irgazin DPP Orange 16AOA is likely to be of low oral and dermal toxicity in humans and to be non irritating or very slightly irritating to the ey

History

Irgazin Orange was developed as a lead-free alternative opaque orange pigment. It is used in decorative, industrial, and automotive applications, often to color plastics and polymers.

Pigment Name

PR255-Coral Red

Pigment Type

organic

Properties

Ciba describes PR255 as a yellowish red pigment with medium hiding power and excellent weather resistance, recommended for use in high grade decorative and industrial paints.

Permanence

Pigment Red 255 has excellent lightfastness and weatherfastness at full strength, and can be used for outdoor applications.

History

Pigment Red 255 has been used in paint, plastics, printing inks, and automotive finishes.