Flowering trees magenta pink white

Magenta is a rare colour to see in nature, but in Brazil there are large trees filled with magenta flowers. This one had red-magenta I mixed with quin magenta (PR122) tinted with pyrol red (PR254) and dark magenta shadows (PV55). The number codes are for the pigment identification, since different companies use different names I list the pigment codes. 

Magenta flowering tree, 6 x 7.5" cold press, watercolour, January 2026 

 

Pink flowers on this tree were very small and in bunches. I mixed dilute pyrol red tinted with quin magenta to get the pink, then applied it in one large blob. Once dry, which happened fast in this heat, I daubed on the green leaves and filled in the rest of the street scene. 

Pink flowering tree, 6 x 7.5" watercolour, January 2026 

 

White flowers adorned this tree, I used a pale grey mix tinted with yellow, blue and a purplish grey, then over painted the foliage. A red car and fortress-like house in the background completes the São Paulo vibe.

White flowering tree, 6 x 7.5" watercolour, January 2026