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  • noun chemistry An organic compound, a red powder with the molecular formula C20H12N2O2, used as a pigment.

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Examples

  • The quinacridone red pigments were developed in the 1950s and are mainly used for car paints.

    Artists, Thank the Automobile James Gurney 2009

  • I do use black though, and I love mixing it with lemon cads to get interesting greens, or quinacridone magenta and white for beautiful cool violets.

    The Mud Debate James Gurney 2008

  • So right now I am experimenting with a quinacridone red by Williamsburg Oil Paint company.

    RVABlogs 2009

  • It's a fairly simple palette; the colors seem to be cadmium red, perylene maroon, permanent alizarin, dioxazine violet, ultramarine blue, phthalocyanine green, and quinacridone gold.

    American Artist 2008

  • They’re sometimes called “permanent alizarin” or “alizarin hue” and they tend to come from the quinacridone, pyrrole, or perylene families, and include such names as PR 202, PR 176, PR 206, PR 264 and PV 19.

    Lightfastness and Alizarin Crimson James Gurney 2010

  • They’re sometimes called “permanent alizarin” or “alizarin hue” and they tend to come from the quinacridone, pyrrole, or perylene families, and include such names as PR 202, PR 176, PR 206, PR 264 and PV 19.

    Archive 2010-04-01 James Gurney 2010

  • I wanted to produce a knitted tracery enclosure for a sort of stained glass-like motif in the quinacridone-like colors thank you, Denise! of Brown Sheep’s Lamb’s Pride.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Unionpearl 2008

  • I wanted to produce a knitted tracery enclosure for a sort of stained glass-like motif in the quinacridone-like colors thank you, Denise! of Brown Sheep’s Lamb’s Pride.

    A to Z: Q is for Quatrefoil Unionpearl 2008

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