Windsor and Newton Cobalt Violet Mini Review

I got a half pan of this color after seeing a photo of the powdered pigment. Its very transparent with a lower tinting strength than I'd expected , which I probably should have anticipated based on my experience with Daniel Smith brand cobalt stannate ( Cerulean ) . However, I quite like it. I have an almost fetishistic love of pink and purple pigments in this color range. I love rose tyrien ( Rhodamine lake ) even though its fugitive , and quinacridone magenta , and perylene maroon. This is a mini review since I haven't used it in an actual painting yet, but I can extrapolate well as to its likely uses. I did swatch test it. Because of the low tinting strength and rosy hue it is better for dulling yellows ( I use isoindolinone, benzimida light, and yellow iron oxide ) than carbazole violet or the purples I might mix on my own. And that's the main purpose for having a purple tertiary on my palette , as an admixture particularly for turning down yellow hues. Because its cobalt it also will granulate well . A very well written guide I read said " notice how we often choose colors for their mixing properties and for propertied other than their color ". This seems to be one of those colors. Also, this store bought half pan picks up a lot easier than my own poured cerulean pan, for some reason. ( The cerulean pan I poured is finicky for some reason. )Finally, I lament the relentless advance of progress relegating beautiful pigments to antiquity as new ones are invented. This really is a beautiful color, fragile like a moth. Admittedly, it's probably terrible for the earth, and its also poisonous. But still. P.S. And cobalt is also mythologically significant for anyone who cares, because the word means something like " goblin " ( Kobold ).