I have a couple theories on the white film! Somewhere on Handprint, I read that some granulating pigments will turn white when you layer them. I experienced this with a handmade PR 259, Ultramarine Pink. Alternatively, this could indicate large amounts of filler or brightener. I think it happened where you went back in and layered the most pigment. I love this pigment and in my mind it kind of goes with the other pigments that you have highlighted recently. It's semi-opaque and granulating, and makes lovely mixes. I have Schmincke and M. Graham. M. Graham is very strange right out of the tube but cures up well in the palette. I'd love to try the W&N. Bruce says this about PV 16: PV16 is the most lightfast balanced purple pigment available in watercolors, and its recent addition to the DaVinci and Winsor & Newton is a welcome development. While it has an assertive and distinctive pigment personality, this becomes less conspicuous when the paint is part of a shadow mixture. It is attractive both in full strength and wash applications, but for the most characteristic color appearance it must be applied with confident, juicy brushstrokes and left to dry without fussing or retouching. It is especially good in floral painting, both as a muted floral color and to add texture and body to browns mixed with deep yellow or orange paints. The same hue can be mixed from ultramarine blue (PB29) with quinacridone rose (PV19) or quinacridone violet (PV19), depending on whether you want more saturation or darker values. In many respects, PV16 handles like thioindigo violet (PR88) and can play a similar role in landscape or botanical palettes.

Before I even watch, your thumbnail is beautiful, A++!

I really enjoy manganese violet and have used DaVinci. The DaVinci an incredible value for the 37mL tube. After I saw a comment from Kim Crick saying she’d had an issue with her manganese violet going bad in the tube, I used up what I had left in the tube to make custom blends in pans and then panned up the rest as just PV16 by itself. I have not had the white film with DaVinci’s version, and it granulates beautifully. My only complaint with the DaVinci PV16 is that it is VERY gummy straight from the tube. But that problem goes away when you pour it into pans, let it dry, and use it from those dried pans. I am now using Daniel Smith’s purpurite genuine, instead of manganese violet, even though the hue is a little different. I do find that the Purpurite goes down better straight out of the tube (for when I want to use it fresh) than the DaVinci PV16 did. As for transparency…check me on this, but I think PV16 is always pretty opaque (I think?). Thank you as usual for sharing your comparisons!

What a stunning colour! I am definitely going to have to invest in this one, Thank you for introducing it to me!

Oh my, I love the possibilities of this color! I learn so much from your comparisons ~ Congratulations on your 200th video, Vee!! 🎨✨💐🐘 (from Cali Flowers 💐)

I have a tube of Rembrandt's Manganese Violet, I love mixing it with other granulating colors. My favorite is with Daniel Smith's Lunar Earth, which makes a color that's almost identical to Potter's Pink.

I have the Schmincke one and have been enjoying using it for mixing skin tones. I have heard that the paint can go bad in pans when you left it in air for too long ( the company said it's expected and sort of inevitable due to the nature of this pigment), I myself haven't had this issue, but I'm trying to use it up asap. Perhaps will purchase a tube in future.

Great comparison! I like the look of Rembrandt! Very pretty and bright. I only have this color in Roman szmal and Mai Meri blu. MMB is insanely low pigment and hard rewet, RS is like you said very much the opposite of that… but I have come to really not love Roman szmal because of that strange white cast they have

I have quiller brand manganese violet, and I use it all the time :) interesting to see the other brands, ty

Winsor Newton has a nice PV16 very granulating and more on the red side. It's semi-transparent. They call it Permanent Mauve...no white film on mine.

very nice comparison, i also love the fact that you compared the rembrandt version because I was considering switching to it XD I have to say it looks really nice here. My only PV16 is from Roman Szmal and I have no complaints really. The granulation is great and I have never experienced the white film effect. Do you have a favorite way of using this pigment? :)

I have several Roman Smazl paints and I haven't had any white residue issues. I would suggest checking your water, brush for residue or possibly it's the paper? Strange to see that on two high quality paint brands.

Love the vídeos ❤

Do you have an update on the schmincke halfpan?? My manganese violet went brown after some time in the pan:(

The Rembrandt version looks so pretty!

I heard that Rembrandt uses brighteners, but I am not sure how true that is. I like the Schmincke version; it seems to have more life in it.

🙂 I have from Winsor and Newton and going to get one from Sennelier. Winsor and Newton 's is realy good. I think.

This was usefu!. I don't have any Mang Violet and looking at these, I am not wowed by any of them. The chalkiness and dullness you describe really comes through. The granulation is limited. I am thinking of trying Ultramarine Violet to get a granulating violet in the same general color space.

yep looks like a hand print. oils from your skin can make paint not fix to the paper, thats why they say never put your hands all over your watercolour paper, especially ladies who use hand creams

I've got permanente mauve from Winsor and Newton, quite similar in hue to the schmincke version, but not granulated. Gallo has Violetto minerale, similar in hue and granulation to Rembrandt version, but softer. Really lovely colour

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Easy to make lovely violets with Ultramarine and Permanent Rose, but I don't trust those mixtures to be as lightfast as good old Mineral Violet, aka Manganese Violet. This and the Cobalt Violets are indispensable for getting the delicate colors in flowers. I prefer the redder hue of the Schmincke version. I avoid all colors with honey in them, and Rembrandt just doesn't satisfy like Schmincke tends to satisfy.

Not really impressed with Manganese violet, i think its the hue that i dislike. i rather go with ultramarine violet or cobalt violet, but i do think the mixes are fun but a few fun mixes isn’t going to justify me adding this to my palette

I despise ultramarine blue😅

I loved the video clear and productive information… but the water mixing… my ears were hurting so much. 😢 not everyone likes asmr, a lil warning could have saved my ears… 😅