Ceracolors Water-Soluble Wax Paint 50ml - S1 Mars Red (Yellow Shade) is a professional beeswax-based paint that delivers the luminous optical quality of wax with the convenience of water-based handling. Mars Red (Yellow Shade) is the warmest iron oxide red, an intense earthy red that can read almost brown in high-value paintings, yet appears richly saturated (never garish) when surrounded by low-chroma colours. Mixed with white it produces soft salmon tints, making it a versatile choice for portraits, warm underpainting, terracotta notes, brick and earth tones, and natural landscape palettes. It is similar in character to English Red or Light Red.

Made from pharmaceutical-grade beeswax blended with naturally derived waxes, Ceracolors supports encaustic and wax painting techniques without the need for heated tools, electricity, or specialist equipment. Use it straight from the tube for strong opaque coverage and textured, sculptable passages, or thin it with water for watercolour-like washes, glazing, and tonal layering. The brushstroke alone can shift this colour across a wide range of tones, from rich caramel-red body colour to softer, transparent warm stains.

Ceracolors dries in two stages: it becomes touch-dry quickly as water evaporates, then continues curing as wax crystals coalesce over days or weeks depending on thickness. During the early stage you can reopen and blend with a damp brush. Once cured, heat set and fuse layers with a hair dryer, heat gun, or pastry torch to increase durability and wet scrub resistance and to further manipulate the wax surface.

Best on rigid supports such as wood panels, but also suitable on canvas and paper, and can be applied to ceramics, glass, metal, or plastic. Clean up easily with soap and water, and remove dried paint with household ammonia.

Pigment: PR 101 (synthetic iron oxide red). Series 1. Opacity: opaque. Permanence: A (permanent). Conforms to ASTM D-4236.