Venetian Red

This warm, earthy red is similar to deep scarlet, and is opaque, smooth and lightfast. The pigment is derived from hematite, a crystalline-structured mineral form of iron(lll) oxide from the southern Italian Alps, where it’s been preserved in overlapping volcanic rock. Venetian Red was widely used in Italian Renaissance painting beginning in the 14th century.

All of our watercolors are handmade in our shop using the highest quality earth and synthetic pigments, plus natural watercolor binding medium made from gum arabic (sap from acacia trees), honey, glycerine, distilled water, and a dash of clove oil for freshness!

Half Pans measure ~3/4" x 1/2" x 3/8" and contain ~2ml of paint.

Color Index number as provided by vendor: 77491. All of our watercolors conform to ASTM D-4236.