Magenta

Hilary

Hi , 
 I've recently switched from acrylics to oils and am struggling to find a really bright magenta colour. A very bright , purplish pink which does exist in nature. Also in acrylics! 
Could anyone suggest how I can achieve this in oils ? 
I'd be so grateful as I use this colour quite a lot and the paintings I do I oils don't have that vibrancy. 
Many thanks for any suggestions 

tassieguy

There is a Windsor and Newton colour called permanent magenta that would probably do the trick. Otherwise you could mix alizarin with ultramarine.

Richard_P

What was the colour in acrylics? If you find the pigment information online you can try to find an oil paint with the same pigment

MeganS

I went through this struggle and lost. I ended up changing my orchid color to more of a pink, red mixture instead of the purple/pink. I can get the color straight from the tube, but once I started to to add white, it lost it's intensity. I think the only way I could have stayed true to color was through glazes and no added white. 

Hilary

Thank you all so much for your suggestions. I'm taking them all on board and will let you know if I have any success.  
The standard of painting in this forum is quite incredible. I feel totally out of my league when I see what many of you can produce. 
I'm running out of superlatives!! 

broker12

You might want to take a look at Rembrandt's Permanent Madder Deep.  It's a strident substitute for Alizarin Crimson.  I've used it for years as my go-to red for portrait painting.  It's basically transparent, but of course, become opaque with mixed with opaque paint.

dencal

Hilary

Winsor and Newton have three types of magenta in the Artists oil color range.

http://www.winsornewton.com/au/shop/oil-colour/artists-oil-colour

Denis

Richard_P

@broker12 That pigment is the same as what Mark uses in his Geneva paint as a replacement for Alizarin Crimson

Jonathan

Can you tell me what was the color of the acrylic? Then I can give you a better suggestion! But you can read this post to know more: https://paintersvilla.com/how-to-make-magenta-acrylic-paint/ I think it would be helpful!

TamDeal

There is a Scottish painter who paints sunsets, and has a lot of magenta information, including his own colour wheel.

Scott Naismith

TamDeal

I have both Artisan W&N Magenta, and Artist's loft.  The latter at least is non-toxic, they limit the range, but only use materials that are non-toxic.  Artisan is accepted in schools.  They are higher chroma than the other paints like permanent rose, or alizarin.  i don't think you can mix magenta from other hues.  Maybe one could get a shade of magenta.