Dioxazine Purple is a vivid mid-shade purple pigment. When undiluted, it can be used as a deep black. It is made from a transparent coal tar pigment and was introduced into the Winsor & Newton range in the 1960s.

Colour Number229

Vehicle OilLinseed Oil

PermanenceA

Permanence DescriptionPermanent

Series1

Lightfastness CodeI

Lightfastness DescriptionExcellent

Opacity DescriptionTransparent

Pigment CodesPV23