Holbein Artists' Oil ColorNo. H218
Vermilion Hue
- Opacity
- Semi-opaque
- Lightfastness
- Very good
- Series
- A
- Maker's rating
- ★★ · moderately durable
Hue or substitute.
Labeled as a hue: a substitute mixture for the named color. The name promises vermilion (PR106).
Genuine vermilion is mercury sulfide: very expensive, toxic, and it can darken in light. Hues are cheap and stable.
Compared with Vermilion (Holbein, the same line):
- Price: this hue is series A; Vermilion from the same line is series G.
- Lightfastness: very good for this hue, excellent for the genuine.
- Opacity: semi-opaque here, opaque in the genuine.
- Safety: this hue has no mercury; the genuine does.
What's in the tube: 3 pigments
Bar widths are estimates: makers list pigments roughly in order of amount but don't publish proportions.
Same color from other brands
Same pigments is the closest match. Similar mix shares the main pigment. Similar color looks alike but is made differently.
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