Grumbacher Academy Oil Paint, 37ml/1.25 Ounce, Cobalt Violet Hue (T053)

i'm quite curious about michael harding's cobalt violets they're not colors that i use very often but they intrigue me and i think they look quite beautiful so i want to just see if i can figure them out a bit the cobalt violet light is really vivid almost iridescent sort of violet color and there's no other color like it i don't think i could mix that easily using other pigments i would need something quinacridone based to get a pink that vivid and yet this is much more organic and soft looking than a quinacridone it's also beautifully transparent so i think it's quite a unique color in its own right and the cobalt violet dark though more similar i suppose to some of the other purple pigments still seems to be its own character again it's a bit transparent it's a bluish purple when i spread it thinly but when i see it thicker it looks much more pinky much warmer richer so i thought i'd