Pigment Tokyo has a variety of customers from all over the world as well as Japan. Not only artists, but also designers, those who are not specialized in paintings such as three -dimensional paintings, or art fans, but sometimes they ask questions.

"I want a red color. Which red is the most red?"

Certainly, if you look at the paint set of school teaching materials, the tubes are written in the tubes such as "red", "blue" and "yellow".

Also, in digital art, all colors are expressed in CMYK or RGB, and it is not a strange thing to ask these questions.

However, the world in our eyes is full of colors that cannot be expressed in a single word.

In fact, there is no color material that only "red" is written in this lab.

So if you ask these questions, you will actually be very troubled.

One thing to say is that the color similar to the "red" that you can imagine may be this cadmium red.

By the way, three of the same product names were lined up.

They are cadmium red in Japanese art materials manufacturers, Mazda, and Holbein.

It may be difficult to understand if it is a photo, but in fact, there is a subtle color difference for each manufacturer.

Now, let's ask the same question as the beginning again.

"What is the red most" red "?"

Don't you feel a little nonsense question? One cadmium red has a color, and the world is full of more "red".

Among such "red", Pigment handles many types of "red".

The vermilion is a pigment made from a raw material used in natural rock paint.

It is vermilion that synthesized this bin sand, mercury and sulfur. However, in recent years, the production of pigments using heavy metals such as mercury, mainly in Europe, has begun to be restricted, so it may be said that there may be days when manufacturing may not be possible.

This "Zhu" is Vermilion in English. In other words, the same thing used in oil paint is used.

It is often introduced as an Orient tradition, but from the perspective of material studies, you can see that it is used across the times and regions.

These pigments can easily make paint by using glue and other mediums, as introduced in the article "Pigment+Medium = paint?"

【PIGMENT ARTICLES】Pigments + Mediums = ???

For those who have a slightly high hurdle, I recommend a product called red ink that made this red as ink.

Red ink is a red ink made of red and glue instead of soot, and you can easily enjoy the traditional color of the Orient by combining it with an inkstone.

This product is wrapped in gold as a decoration and does not develop gold.

This is the same as normal ink, using a small amount of water, polishing and using it.

When mixing color, each pigment may be colored because the specific gravity of the pigment is different, so please use it well every time you use it.

In addition, it is possible to expand the range of expression such as changes in bleeding by using it together with the collagic solution.

In addition, Pigment also offers a lot of "red" that cannot be introduced in this article, such as highly transparent red of the rake system and vivid red of Shinwa paint.

By all means, please look for your "best red" in this lab.

Art Materials Expert at PIGMENT TOKYO

Akira Oya

Born in 1989 in Tokyo. Master of Fine Art and Design at Nihon University College of Art. While working at PIGMENT TOKYO as an Art Materials Expert, he also continues his career as a visual artist.

Born in 1989 in Tokyo. Master of Fine Art and Design at Nihon University College of Art. While working at PIGMENT TOKYO as an Art Materials Expert, he also continues his career as a visual artist.