Essential Magentas Set

Magenta from the lightest to the darkest

The set contains six bottles that together form a continuous scale. It progresses from the Cold Pink and Tentacle Pink shades through Light Magenta and the base Magenta to Dark Magenta and closes with the Dark Violet tone. It is not a random selection but a range ordered by lightness, so shading and highlighting can be done without mixing your own blends.

Where a scale like this is useful

Magenta tones appear in modeling above all on figures and fantasy subjects: cloaks, ornaments, magical effects, exotic fabrics or the skin of creatures that have no counterpart in the real world. Dark Violet can take the role of the deepest shadow even where black would kill the color, and conversely the lightest pink works as a final highlight on the edges.

Properties of the range

These are water-thinnable acrylics intended for brush and airbrush alike. Before applying, it is advisable to shake the bottle well, because heavily pigmented shades tend to settle. Work in several thin layers; with rich magenta tones a single thick layer would fill in the relief of a casting.

The pack will also serve as a complement to a palette you already have at home. Magenta tones are difficult to mix, because they easily turn toward brown, and a ready-made scale gets around that problem. Anyone painting a larger group of figures will appreciate that the shades keep the same character across the set.