Cyan Blue, PB15.3 or PB15.4 or just PB15 as Manganese hue is also called, Thalo or Phthalo Blue which comes from the word phthalocyan cyanine, it shades to
a neutral shadow color by adding it's opposite color Cadmium Red
Light and vice versa.
It takes two transparent oppositions to mix neutral or one transparent
and one translucent color,
two translucent colors, or one transparent and one opaque. Two opaque
colors just won't do it.
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PB 15
Thalo Blue is a primary in the YMC painters color
wheel and a secondary color in the RGB color wheel.
Grumbacher Thalo Blue Transparent
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Grumbacher Thalo Blue Transparent or Golden Manganese blue hue
Mixed with this opposite color.
PR108
Cadmium Red Light Opaque is the primary Red of the RGB colorwheel.
Cadmium Red Light Opaque
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