Cobra Artist Water Mixable Oil Paint - Permanent Red Light, 40 ml tube

Pigment Information

This color contains the following pigments:

PR255-Coral Red

PO73-Transparent Pyrrole Orange

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.

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.

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.