Professional Artist Acrylic Paint | Naphthol Crimson S3 - 250mL

Solid Solutions Heavy Body Artist Acrylic Paint in Naphthol Crimson delivers a strong, clean crimson-red with the professional handling and colour reliability expected from a high-quality artist acrylic paint. Formulated with pure naphthol crimson pigment (PR170), this colour offers excellent colour strength, controlled transparency, and smooth blending, making it an essential red for professional acrylic painters.

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Heavy body handling

Developed for precision and expressive versatility, this heavy body artist acrylic paint features a thick, buttery consistency that holds brushstrokes, palette knife marks, and textured applications with ease. Well suited to layering, glazing, controlled colour mixing, and mixed media acrylic painting, this artist paint dries to a flexible, water-resistant acrylic film that becomes permanent once dry, while still allowing generous working time for blending and tonal adjustment.

Why artists choose it

Whether building layered crimsons, mixing clean secondary colours, or creating controlled glazes, Naphthol Crimson Artist Acrylic Paint from Solid Solutions stands out for:

• Semi-transparent coverage - ideal for glazing, layering, and controlled colour transitions.
• Single-pigment formulation - PR170 ensures predictable mixing and colour consistency.
• Smooth, buttery handling - heavy body texture retains strokes and expressive marks.
• Fast-drying, flexible film - water-based artist acrylic paint with permanent durability.
• Heavy-body consistency - suitable for both textured passages and controlled applications.
• Excellent lightfastness - artist-grade pigment formulated to resist fading over time.

Who it is for

Suitable for artists across all disciplines, from fine art and figurative painting to abstract, illustration, and mixed media work, this 250mL jar of artist acrylic paint is ideal for everyday studio practice or portable painting setups. Clean-up is quick and easy with soap and water while wet. With its dependable performance, balanced transparency, and archival stability, Naphthol Crimson is a trusted essential in any professional artist paint collection.

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Lightfast & Archival Quality

Artists can paint with confidence knowing Solid Solutions Heavy Body Artist Acrylic Paints are engineered for excellent permanence and lightfastness. Lightfastness refers to a pigment's resistance to fading or colour change when exposed to light - a critical factor for archival artwork. Durable acrylic films combined with stable artist pigments help ensure artworks retain their true colour balance and integrity for years under normal display conditions.

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