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Blick Artists' Oil Color - Manganese Violet, 40 ml tube

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Product details
Size
40 ml
Blick SKU
01595-6623
About this product range
  • Luminous, professional quality colors at a standout value
  • Hand-ground pigments in safflower and linseed oils
  • Powerful tint strength and excellent lightfastness
  • Rich and responsive for suave brushwork
  • Strong single-pigment range for clean color mixing

Blick Artists’ Oil Colors deliver all the performance of the leading professional brands—at a fraction of the price. Loaded with premium, hand-ground pigments and suspended in pure, first-press safflower or linseed oil, colors are individually ground on a traditional three-roll mill for powerful color strength, responsive handling, and superior lightfastness.

Most colors use safflower oil for non-yellowing permanence, while select pigments—such as Cerulean Blue—are suspended in poppy oil for a slower drying time. Deeper values like Ivory Black and Sepia are made with traditional linseed oil for added richness and durability.

Thirty of the 60 colors are single-pigment formulations, giving artists unmatched purity and precision in color mixing. Whether you're building a professional palette, refining your technique, or seeking premium quality without the premium markup, Blick Artists’ Oils deliver studio-trusted performance at unbeatable value.

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.

Manganese Violet

Pigment code
PV16
Type
inorganic
Chemical name
manganese ammonium pyrophosphate
Chemical formula
(NH4)2Mn2(P2O7)2 - Mn3(PO4)2 * 3H2O or H4O7P2H3NMn
Properties
Manganese Violet is a semi-transparent, bluish-violet pigment with a discrete opacity and low tinting strength. It is the reddest of the violets, and it covers and dries well in oil and tempera. It also performs well in pastel, encaustic, and watercolor. Manganese Violet is not well suited for fresco or acrylic painting. There can be significant differences in color across brands. It shares similar properties with bluish shades of Cobalt Violet.
Permanence
Manganese Violet has excellent permanence and lightfastness, and it is one of the most lightfast, balanced violets in watercolor form.
Toxicity
Manganese Violet is highly toxic if inhaled and moderately toxic if ingested.
History
This pigment was developed in 1868 by E. Leykauf to replace the more expensive Cobalt Violet. It was not offered as an artists’ pigment until 1890.
Description
Burgandy Violet, Mineral Violet, Nürnberg Violet, Permanent Violet.

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