PR 206 – quinacridone burnt scarlet

This class of pigments was discovered in 1913 and made available as a lake pigment from 1957 for watercolors and automobile paints

Manufacturer/ product code:  Kremer / 23480
Chemical Description:  mixture quinacridone
Color: red
Color Index: PR 206
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PR 206 – Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet is a synthetic organic pigment belonging to the quinacridone family, a group widely recognized for its outstanding lightfastness, chromatic purity, and long-term stability. PR 206 is characterized by a deep, warm scarlet-red hue with burnt, slightly brownish undertones, positioning it between bright scarlet reds and deeper oxide-like reds in practical color space. This tonal quality makes it particularly useful where strong reds must remain controlled and natural rather than overly vivid.

From a chemical standpoint, PR 206 is based on the quinacridone molecular structure, which provides exceptional resistance to light, heat, solvents, and atmospheric degradation. These properties make the pigment suitable for high-performance applications such as automotive coatings, industrial paints, plastics, and printing inks, as well as for artists’ materials requiring permanence and color reliability.

In artistic use, PR 206 typically exhibits high tinting strength and good opacity to semi-opacity, depending on particle size and formulation. It mixes well with earth pigments to produce rich brick reds and warm browns, while combinations with blues and violets yield deep, complex maroons. Its stability and predictable mixing behavior make it well suited for glazing, layering, and controlled color modulation in oil, acrylic, and watercolor media.