Immerse your artwork in rich, cool depth with Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Watercolour Paint - Madder Red Deep (Colour No. 354, Series 3). This saturated, semi-transparent deep red offers a beautifully balanced cool tone an excellent modern alternative to traditional Madder Lake Deep, now enhanced with superior lightfastness and pigment stability. Perfect for portraits, botanical details, and layered glazing, it delivers both elegance and expressive versatility.
Formulated from a blend of Quinacridone (PV19) and Perylene (PR179) pigments, this hue provides refined transparency, excellent chroma, and smooth handling. Its subtle bluish undertone produces clean purples when mixed with blues and striking neutrals when combined with greens, making it a staple for sophisticated, nuanced colour mixing.
Each Horadam Aquarell paint is bound with the finest Kordofan Gum Arabic, sourced from the southern Sahara and meticulously batch-tested to ensure exceptional consistency, resolubility, and pigment control. Once dry on the palette, it rewets effortlessly, maintaining its full-bodied texture and brilliant colour response.
With over 150 professional shades available in 5ml, 15ml, Half Pan, and Full Pan formats (sold separately), and 95 single-pigment hues crafted for precise, clean mixing, Schmincke Horadam Aquarell remains the artist’s choice for professional excellence.
Madder Red Deep (Series 3) is a cool, semi-transparent deep red offering superb lightfastness, smooth transparency, and sophisticated depth a must-have pigment for artists seeking classic richness with modern durability in their watercolour palette.
