Pigments

Terracotta

Rosy-orange bricks

Toulouse is known as La Ville Rose (The Pink City) thanks to its warm brick architecture with subtle rosy undertones. To capture this distinctive palette, I combined Orange with English Red, an earth pigment whose warm hue softens toward pink as it dries, echoing the city’s iconic brick façades.

Pigment recipe

Matched by mixing:

PR102 Natural red iron oxide

Schmincke Liquid Earth Sanguine 854​

PO71 Transparent Orange (Diketo-pyrrolo-pyrrole)

Schmincke Horadam 218

PR101 English Venetian Red (Synthetic Red Iron Oxide)

Schmincke Horadam 649

PR122 Purpur Magenta (Quinacridone)

Schmincke Horadam 367