Mica - Red Pearl

Used it for my rose scented CP soaps and it’s a pretty red colour, looks great without using much mica. As the soap has cured the colour got a bit brighter.

I had hoped this mica to be a ruby type of red, instead it comes out a very brownish red in my soaps using both white and clear bases.

I want a deep dark red, and I have not yet found one, despite trying several micas. Both Red Pearl and Red Wine, which promised a rich red, are very similar to Rose Gold, Skin Tone Pink, and Red Mauve. The photos comparing Red Wine and Red Pearl are 3/16th of a teaspoon mixed with 20g of white sugar scrub. You can hardly tell the difference between the two. The other photo uses only Red Pearl and compares different amounts of mica: 3/16th and 1/4 teaspoons. As you can imagine, 1/4 tsp in 20g of scrub is a LOT! But even then, all I get is deeper shade of muddy pinky brown. Maybe its different in soap, as others don't seem to have had the same issue.