Brown madder is a pigment I do not have much experience with, even though it has been in my paint box for some time. However, I have been using it more, lately.
I welcome it to my palette even if only as needed. It seems to make a lovely, clean dark when mixed with ultramarine blue as in the above painting. Used in darker skin tones with cobalt blue and ultramarine it is excellent.
Brown madder has a reddish tone which I understand makes for richer darks. So far, I have only combined it with ultramarine blue. It may be of use in a limited palette going forward, particularly when painting portraits.
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