violet colors with Manganous Oxide
Above 1080C, half of the oxygen disassociates to produce MnO, a flux which immediately reacts with silica to produce violet colors in the absence of alumina, browns in its presence. https://digitalfire.com/oxide/mno
how do I get this violet? should I just mix silica (Sio2) powder with mno?
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If this reference is representative "vivid" manganese purples may be fairly thin on the ground. A Plethora of Purple: Glaze Recipes for Earthenware, Stoneware and Porcelain https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/daily/article/A-Plethora-of-Purple-Glaze-Recipes-for-Earthenware-Stoneware-and-Porcelain
The manganese containing purples illustrated are:
But here are well-lit examples of a very dark glaze with character from https://gotheborg.com/glossary/aubergine.shtml
... so maybe it's worth
