Caput Mortuum - 40ml

Caput Mortuum from Latin means 'dead head' or 'worthless remains' which regarding this colour is pretty harsh in my opinion! 

It is a densely saturated red purple, synthetic earth based. Very opaque, obviously it will be useful in portraiture. In masstone, it is a rich cool, red purple. Once tinted with white light, cool mauve colours appear.

In hue it has a bruised flesh feel. It has high pigment loading and is surprisingly clean in mixing for such a dirty colour, if that makes any sense!

Technical Overview

Pigment - PR101

Opacity - Opaque

Vehicle - Linseed Oil

Consistency - Dense Butter