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Liquitex Basics - Metallic Magenta, 118 ml
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$5.08
Blick Art Materials · recorded 2026-10-21T07:09:21.787084000Z
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Product details
- Size
- 118 ml
- Blick SKU
- 00717-3858
About this product range
- Brilliant, versatile colors for artists at every stage
- 80 colors in the range
- Made with lightfast pigments
- Medium body supports all painting styles
- Satin finish minimizes surface glare
- Made in France
Liquitex Basics Acrylic Color are made for students and artists at every stage seeking brilliant, consistent results. Each color is individually milled for maximum pigment vibrancy and smooth, rich handling straight from the tube.
These versatile paints feature a medium body to support traditional and experimental techniques—from layering and glazing to airbrush and printmaking. Whether you’re building color theory foundations or creating complex mixed media work, Basics provides the reliable performance you need. Once dry, colors are flexible, water-resistant, and retain a satin sheen, helping reduce glare in finished pieces. Pair with Liquitex Basics Mediums to expand creative possibilities and surface effects.
Pigment information
General reference notes about pigments can describe other media (such as oil). They do not verify this product’s exact formulation or behavior.
Aluminum
- Pigment code
- PM1
- Type
- inorganic
- Chemical name
- aluminum
- Properties
- Powdered aluminum is used to create silvery metallic and interference effects.
- Permanence
- Aluminum powder is lightfast, but it must be protected from oxidation. Under normal conditions, aluminum metal is protected by a thin layer of oxides that forms on the metallic surface.
- Toxicity
- Aluminum is an abundant element, but it occurs naturally in non-toxic forms as a mineral oxide, not as a metal. Aluminum metallic powder is considered safe when it is suspended in an acrylic binder, for use in specialty artist and craft paints. Aluminum m
- History
- Although aluminum is an abundant element in the Earth's crust, it was a semi-precious metal until the late 19th century, when an electrolytic process was developed for extracting aluminum from the mineral oxide forms in which it naturally occurs.
- Description
- Interference Silver
Permanent Rubine
- Pigment code
- PR184
- Type
- organic, monoazo
- Properties
- Permanent Rubine is a transparent, bluish red pigment with high tinting strength.
- Permanence
- Although not absolutely permanent, pigment PR184 has very good lightfastness and is considered superior to other comparable transparent red pigments.
- Toxicity
- Permanent Rubine has no acute toxicity.
- History
- Permanent Rubine is often used as a principal component of magenta in process color printing. It replaces the widely used pigment Lithol Rubine (PR57:1) in applications where lightfastness is paramount.
- Description
- Permanent Rubine F6G, Rubine Red, Permanent Magenta.
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