Anthraquinone Scarlet (PR168) is a transparent orange-red in the highly hue-variable anthraquinone family, which also brings you genuine Alizarin Crimson (PR83), middle-red Anthraquinone Red (PR177), rare Anthraquinone Yellow (PY147), and my fave Indanthrone Blue (PB60).
At first paintout I thought this looked like Quin Coral (PR209), but you can see from the swatch below that Quin Coral is much pinker and cooler. Anthraquinone Scarlet is definitely a scarlet.
Observations of DS Anthraquinone Scarlet
Transparency: Transparent
Strength: Moderate
Drying shift: Significant shift in value, slightly shift in saturation. No hue shift as far as I could tell.
Pigment Stats for PR168
Lightfastness: LFII per handprint.com
Toxicity: Nontoxic
What others say
PR168 has a unique light scarlet hue that seems useful for botanical or portrait palettes, but is less effective as a general purpose red paint.
Bruce MacEvoy, handprint.com
Conclusion
I don’t think this is a bad pick especially if you like the hue. For those looking for a transparent red-orange to replace the formerly redder hue of PO71, this might be a contender (along with Perylene Scarlet). Personally, for me it’s close enough to PR209 (but not as nice of a hue IMO) that it’s unlikely to make it onto my palette.
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