Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour, Revival Collection, 5ml (0.17-oz) Tube, Tyrian Purple

With 115 colours, our Professional Watercolour range offers bright, vibrant colours and unrivalled performance. Watercolour, more than any other medium, reflects the unique characteristics of the pigments used and our Professional Watercolours use only the finest pigments, and are known for their brilliance, permanence and strength of colour. Large range of single pigment colours With 85 single pigment colours in the range, we offer the widest range of modern and traditional pigments for clean colour mixing. Unrivalled Transparency The transparency of our Professional Watercolour is achieved by our unique process of pigment dispersion during manufacture. The natural characteristics of each pigment highlights the paint’s transparency level. In watercolour painting, thin washes are applied allowing the white of the paper to reflect through the wash. Permanence 112 out of 115 colours in our Professional Watercolour range are classed as ""permanent for artists' use”, rated AA or A for archival permanence to ensure that these colours used today will appear the same for generations to come.

• Intense deep purple with a red blue undertone, an excellent alternative to the Murex sea snail version.
• This staining colour was widely used in history of art.​
• Offers extensive tonal possibilities when mixed with other colours
• Colour Number: 419/ Opacity: T/ Pigment Code: PR202,PV37
• Series: 2/ Permanence: Moderately Durable