{"product_id":"potters-violet-pigment-425137821","title":"Potter's Violet Pigment","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePotter\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es Violet (PR233) is a handmade single-pigment chrome tin pink (often known as Potter\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es Pink) formulated as a ceramic chrome\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003etin silicate pigment. It produces a soft, muted violet-rose with a gentle, smoky undertone and a delicately granulating masstone. Compared to modern organic violets and quinacridones, this pigment is lower in chroma and distinctly more mineral, offering a quiet, stone-like mauve rather than a high-intensity purple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn use, Potter\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es Violet gives a subtle, atmospheric color ideal for florals, weathered stone, old brick, dried leaves, skin tones, and gentle shadows in both landscape and figurative painting. It has low to moderate tinting strength with a semi-opaque, strongly granulating character, making it especially beautiful in textured washes and layered passages. It mixes beautifully with yellows for dusty peaches and muted earth oranges, with reds and violets for delicate mauves and rose-violets, and with blues and earth pigments for sophisticated, smoky neutrals and shadow tones that stay soft rather than harsh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis chrome\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003etin silicate pigment is chemically inert, heat-resistant, and highly resistant to acids and alkalis, which makes it suitable across a wide range of binders and mediums. In artist\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es colors it offers a distinctive, historical-feeling violet\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003epink that can function as a primary muted violet on the palette, a subtle alternative to bright modern purples, or a mixer for palettes that favor nuance, texture, and quiet, atmospheric color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChrome tin pink pigments were developed within the ceramic industry as stable, high-temperature stains for porcelain, tile, and glazes. By incorporating chromium into a tin\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003esilicate matrix and firing at high temperatures, chemists created gentle pinks and mauves that could survive demanding kiln conditions without graying or burning out. From this family of ceramic colors came the pigment artists now know as Potter\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es Pink and related chrome\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003etin pinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally used to give a soft rose tone to pottery and architectural ceramics, this pigment eventually made its way into artist paints, particularly in watercolor, where its granulating, low-chroma character became highly prized. Under names such as Potter\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es Pink and Potter\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es Violet, PR233 has gained a reputation as a connoisseur\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es color\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003esubtle, textural, and uniquely suited to delicate, atmospheric work and historical, earth-toned palettes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePigment Information\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePigment Type: Synthetic (Inorganic) chrome tin pink (ceramic silicate pigment)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuitable Mediums: Watercolor, Oil, Tempera, Acrylic, Encaustic, Cold Wax, Casein, Milk, Swedish Flour, Lime \/ Fresco, Ceramics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLightfastness: Best\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpacity: Semi-opaque, strongly granulating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther Names: Potter\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es Violet, Potter\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es Pink, Chrome Tin Pink (PR233)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColor Index Code: PR233\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morrow Archival","offers":[{"title":"2 Grams","offer_id":47875253960926,"sku":"PS-715-0000-0002g","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 Grams","offer_id":47875253993694,"sku":"PS-715-0000-0010g","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 Grams","offer_id":47875254026462,"sku":"PS-715-0000-0020g","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50 Grams","offer_id":47875254059230,"sku":"PS-715-0000-0050g","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Grams","offer_id":47875254091998,"sku":"PS-715-0000-0100g","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500 Grams","offer_id":47875254124766,"sku":"PS-715-0000-0500g","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/2821\/2702\/files\/2ac8eb87-295d-4c6a-9a5f-c0ba370c7da7-copy.jpg?v=1769982698","url":"https:\/\/morrowarchival.com\/products\/potters-violet-pigment-425137821","provider":"Morrow Archival","version":"1.0","type":"link"}