Dioxazine Purple

Dioxazine Purple is a very dark, powerful violet pigment with a strong blue bias. It is one of the deepest and most intense purples used by artists, useful for creating rich shadows, dark violets, and cool color mixtures.

• Dioxazine Purple is a synthetic organic violet pigment known for its exceptional color strength, transparency, and high chroma. It is usually based on the pigment Pigment Violet 23 (PV23), a modern pigment widely used in professional artist paints.

  It has a deep bluish-purple appearance, often described as a mixture between violet and indigo. Because of its strong tinting power, a very small amount can significantly influence mixtures.

  Common characteristics include:

  • Very dark value and intense saturation.
  • Generally transparent to semi-transparent, depending on formulation.
  • Excellent lightfastness in high-quality artist paints.
  • Strong mixing ability, especially for cool shadows and deep neutral colors.

In painting, Dioxazine Purple is valued for its ability to create intense dark violets without relying on mixtures of multiple pigments. Its high tinting strength makes it useful for artists who want maximum color impact, but it requires careful handling because it can easily overpower weaker pigments.

Compared with traditional violet pigments, Dioxazine Purple is a modern synthetic alternative that offers greater intensity and stability.

• High chroma: produces extremely vivid violet mixtures.
• Blue bias: leans toward cool violet rather than reddish purple.
• Transparency: allows for glazing effects and luminous dark passages.
• Strong tinting power: small quantities can dominate mixtures.
• Modern synthetic pigment: created for consistency, durability, and color intensity.