Permanent Orange
Pigment HistoryDPP Orange. Synthetic organic. A vivid, very lightfast orange introduced in the 1980s.
Permanent Orange is a single-pigment Michael Harding watercolour made with PO73.
It is semi-opaque, excellent lightfastness, granulating, medium staining power, tinting strength 3.
- Code
- W222
- Series
- Series 2
- Pigment Index
- PO73
- Contents
- 15ml tube
- Lightfastness
- Excellent
- Tint Power
- 3
- Granulation
- YES
- Staining Power
- Medium
Measured colour data
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Tint · Tone · Shade · Glaze
Preview how Permanent Orange behaves when mixed, toned, shaded and glazed. Each swatch is computed from the masstone using a perceptual subtractive model - an approximation for guidance, not a formulation guarantee.
Permanent Orange straight from the tube.
A thin wash over white.
Mixed with Titanium White.
Mixed with a mid neutral grey.
Darkened with a chromatic black.
A thin transparent film over white.
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What pigment is used in Permanent Orange?
Permanent Orange is made with PO73.
Is Permanent Orange a single-pigment colour?
Yes. Permanent Orange uses a single pigment (PO73), so its behaviour stays consistent and predictable on the palette.
Is Permanent Orange transparent or opaque?
Permanent Orange is semi-opaque.
Is Permanent Orange lightfast?
Permanent Orange has excellent lightfastness.
Does Permanent Orange granulate?
In watercolour, Permanent Orange is granulating.
Does Permanent Orange stain the paper?
Permanent Orange has medium staining power.
Is Permanent Orange vegan?
Yes. Permanent Orange contains no animal-derived ingredients and is suitable for vegan artists.
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