Description
Golden OPEN Cadmium Red Medium
Size: 2oz
OPEN Acrylics are a slow-drying paint with a slightly softer consistency than Heavy Body paints. The increased working time of these colors expands their range to include more traditional techniques once only possible with oils. Cadmium Red Medium became the most widely used red shortly after it was synthesized in 1907 because it offered greater permanence and intensity than the mostly plant-based reds used up to that time.
Technical Detail
- Opacity / Transparency: Semi-Opaque
- Lightfastness rating: 1
- Pigment: PR108
- CI number: 77202
- Classification: Synthetic Inorganic
- Chemical Description: Cadmium Sulfoselenide
Because OPEN Acrylics dry slowly, painters who cover their palettes or use sealed containers have been able to use the same colors for weeks, reducing the amount of paint wasted and preserving color mixtures for future use.
Thick applications can dry extremely slowly, so we recommend artists only use OPEN Colors thinly (< 1 mm). Drying time can also be accelerated by mixing OPEN with faster-drying acrylics like our Fluid and Heavy Body colors. The slow-drying capability of OPEN Acrylics also makes the suitable for some printmaking techniques.
Characteristics:
- Increased working time for blending, glazing, shading and softening
- Colors stay wet longer on the palette resulting in less waste
- Ideal for portraiture, plein air and printmaking