Bring intensity and warmth to your palette with Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Watercolour Paint - Scarlet Red (Colour No. 363, Series 3). This versatile, semi-opaque blood-red hue offers striking vibrancy and excellent coverage, making it a favourite for expressive portraits, botanical art, and bold design work. Its rich, warm undertones and smooth texture deliver exceptional depth and energy to every brushstroke.
Formulated with Diketo-Pyrrolo-Pyrrol pigment (PR254), this organic red provides good lightfastness, high chroma, and superior tinting strength. Once historically derived from natural crimson or cochineal dyes, Schmincke Scarlet Red now uses modern synthetic pigments to achieve the same brilliance with enhanced permanence and stability. Its semi-opaque character allows for both solid applications and smooth transitions, making it a highly adaptable red for artists who demand control and clarity in their mixes.
Each Horadam Aquarell paint is crafted with the finest Kordofan Gum Arabic, sourced from the southern Sahara and meticulously tested to ensure premium quality, consistency, and excellent resolubility. Once dry, the paint rewets effortlessly, maintaining a rich, creamy texture and vibrant tone every time.
With over 150 shades available in 5ml, 15ml, Half Pan, and Full Pan formats (sold separately), and 95 single-pigment hues for clean mixing, Schmincke Horadam Aquarell continues to set the professional benchmark for watercolour excellence.
Scarlet Red (Series 3) is a brilliant, semi-opaque organic red offering powerful vibrancy, lasting luminosity, and smooth application an essential choice for artists who value purity, strength, and expressive warmth in their red tones.
