PV 23 – dioxazine purple

Manufacturer/ product code:  Kremer / 55900
Chemical Description:  dioxazine (similar to PV 37)
Color: violet
Color Index: PV 23
Date:  from 1952

PV 23 – Dioxazine Purple is a synthetic organic pigment known for its intense, deep violet coloration and high chromatic saturation. Belonging to the dioxazine family, PV 23 is valued for its strong tinting strength, transparency, and excellent lightfastness, making it a key choice in both artistic and industrial applications where a vivid, stable purple is required.

Chemically, PV 23 is based on the dioxazine molecular structure, which features fused heterocyclic rings with nitrogen and oxygen atoms that confer chemical robustness. This structure ensures exceptional resistance to light, heat, and most solvents, distinguishing PV 23 from less stable organic violets and making it suitable for use in coatings, inks, plastics, and high-performance paints. Its stability also ensures excellent permanence in artistic media such as oil, acrylic, and watercolor paints.

In practical artistic applications, Dioxazine Purple exhibits very strong tinting strength and high transparency. Its deep, cool violet hue can be used alone for intense, saturated passages or mixed with whites, reds, and blues to achieve a wide range of purples, mauves, and dark tones. Its powerful chroma allows for dramatic visual effects and subtle glazing techniques, while its transparency ensures clean, vibrant color layering.