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Oil and acrylic paints are applied with brushstrokes (impasto) and glazes — thin, almost transparent layers.
To achieve this, you need to see the true transparency of each paint in a thin layer.

Here are the results of testing artists' oil,
water-mixable oil colors and acrylic paints from various companies and brands
for students, amateurs and professional painters.
- Not all colors of each brand (and the brands themselves) are presented, but only those that were found for testing.
You can perform a similar test yourself with your own paints.

- The declared transparency of a paint (if indicated on the tube) does not always correspond to reality.
On a white background, this is difficult to notice,
but on a black background, it is clearly visible.
The transparency marker on the tube (a small square or circle, if present)
can be considered the manufacturer's recommendation for use,
and not its actual transparency.

- Click on a brand on the page to the left
and use the visible opacity of each paint
as a hint for how to use it.

- Opaque or semi-opaque paint (the black background is tinted with paint)
is suitable for impasto work – for covering the background
or creating texture.
In a thin layer, it opaques the background and can make the painting appear muddy.
It's only suitable for creating a fog effect.

- Transparent or semi-transparent paint
(the black background is clearly visible)
is suitable in thin layers for glazing the background
(like a varnish). In a thick layer, it applies unevenly and the background
still shows through.

- The colors of dark paints can be difficult to distinguish at full strength,
and the bleaching side helps reveal the "true color" and tone of the paint
(warm, cool, neutral).

Parameters of Artistic Professional Colors:
Degree of Lightfastness under museum conditions:
*** (or +++) - above 100 years completely
** (or ++) - 25..100 years
* (or +) - 10-25 years
o = 0-10 years (use for sketch or poster)
Sign (A) on a tube = Analogous (Hue).

Opacity (small image or/and our chars code):
  TR = Transparent
  ST = Semi-Transparent
  SO = Semi-Opaque
  OP = Opaque.

International Pigment's Color Code:
PW - Pigment White
PY - Pigment Yellow
PO - Pigment Orange
PR - Pigment Red
PV - Pigment Violet
PB - Pigment Blue
PG - Pigment Green
PBr - Pigment Brown
PBk - Pigment Black
Fx - Fluorescent Pigment
Sample:
PR264/PV19 *** ST
- Pigment Red #264 + Pigment Violet #19,
Lightfastness very high,
Semi-Transparent Paint.

The color swatches in the catalog are applied over white and black
stripes of primer in a single coat of paint to demonstrate
the paint's transparency and opacity.
The left side of the swatch contains a mixture of wet paint
and titanium white (except for the lightest colors).
Vitaly Eromenko



OIL Colors Van Dyck Ferrario

Finest Artist's Oil Colours.
Tube 20 ml (0.67 oz)
Ferrario, Italy

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1) Oil Colors Daler-Rowney Georgian
Daler-Rowney
2) Oil Colors Hoenig Classic
Hoenig
3) Oil Colors Hoenig Top Oil
Hoenig
4) Oil Colors Ladoga
Nevskaya Palitra
5) Oil Colors Louvre
Lefranc & Bourgeois
6) Oil Colors Maimeri Classico
Maimeri
7) Oil Colors Maries
Maries
8) Oil Colors Master Class
Nevskaya Palitra
9) Oil Colors Rembrandt
Royal Talens
10) Oil Colors Rosa Gallery
Ukraine
11) Oil Colors Van Dyck
Ferrario
12) Oil Colors Van-Gogh
Royal Talens
13) Oil Colors Winsor & Newton (China)
China
14) Oil Colors Winton
Winsor & Newton
15) Aqua-Oil colors Artisan
Winsor-Newton
16) Aqua-Oil Cobra/Van-Gogh
Royal Talens
17) Acrylic Amsterdam
Royal Talens
18) Acrylic Bianyo
Bianyo, China
19) Acrylic Daler-Rowney System 3
Daler-Rowney Ltd.
20) Acrylic Expert
Royal Talens
21) Acrylic Honig PRO
Hoenig
22) Acrylic Mont-Marte
Mont Marte Intl.Pty Ltd.
23) Acrylic Rembrandt
Royal Talens
24) Acrylic Renaissance
Qinzhu Ltd.
25) Acrylic XTC
Hoenig
[Code FVD]: Oil Colors Van Dyck (84 Colors)
Ferrario

1) SKU: FVD02 (002)
Silver White
  PW6/PW4 *** OP

2) SKU: FVD03 (003)
Titanium White
  PW6/PW4 *** OP

3) SKU: FVD04 (004)
Naples Yellow Light
  PW6/PW5/PY63 *** OP

4) SKU: FVD07 (007)
Naples Yellow Deep
  PW6/PW5/PY42/ PY35 *** OP

5) SKU: FVD18 (018)
Zink Yellow
  PY73/PY3 ** TR

6) SKU: FVD12 (012)
Cadmium Yellow Lemon
  PY3 ** TR

7) SKU: FVD13 (013)
Cadmium Yellow Light
  PY35/PY74 *** OP

8) SKU: FVD83 (083)
Primary Yellow
  PY3 *** TR

9) SKU: FVD08 (008)
Chrome Yellow Light
  PW6/PY73/PY83 ** OP

10) SKU: FVD09 (009)
Chrome Yellow Medium
  PW6/PY73/PY83 ** OP

11) SKU: FVD14 (014)
Cadmium Yellow Medium
  PO34/PY73 *** SO

12) SKU: FVD10 (010)
Chrome Yellow Deep
  PY74/PO36/PW4 ** SO

13) SKU: FVD15 (015)
Cadmium Yellow Deep
  PW4/PY74/PO62 *** SO

14) SKU: FVD17 (017)
Indian Yellow
  PBk11/PY100/PR9 *** OP

15) SKU: FVD05 (005)
Naples Yellow Bright
  PW6/PY73/PO62 *** OP

16) SKU: FVD06 (006)
Naples Yellow Red Shade
  PW6/PO13/PR108 *** OP

17) SKU: FVD11 (011)
Chrome Yellow Orange
  PY74/PO36 ** TR

18) SKU: FVD16 (016)
Cadmium Yellow Orange
  PO73 *** OP

19) SKU: FVD29 (029)
Scarlet Vermillion
  PY73/PO34/PR210 ** TR

20) SKU: FVD30 (030)
Vermilion Deep
  PR255 *** SO

21) SKU: FVD27 (027)
Cadmium Red Light
  PO34/PR9 *** OP

22) SKU: FVD28 (028)
Cadmium Red Deep
  PR10/PR254 *** OP

23) SKU: FVD37 (037)
Rose Dore
  PR5/PY73/ PR101 ** SO

24) SKU: FVD35 (035)
Alizarin Madder Lake
  PR83:1/PR254 ** TR

25) SKU: FVD36 (036)
Rose Madder
  PR254/PV19 *** TR

26) SKU: FVD40 (040)
Rose Madder Carmine
  PV19/PR170 ** TR

27) SKU: FVD42 (042)
Geranuim Lake
  PR5/PR254 ** TR

28) SKU: FVD43 (043)
Carmine
  PR122/PR254 ** TR

29) SKU: FVD49 (049)
Magenta Lake
  PV19 *** TR

30) SKU: FVD84 (084)
Magenta
  PR122 *** TR

31) SKU: FVD39 (039)
Rose Madder Deep
  PR83/PBk11 ** TR

32) SKU: FVD48 (048)
Violet Rose Madder
  PB29/PR122/PR83:1 ** TR

33) SKU: FVD41 (041)
Monaco Madder
  PR122/PB29/PR5 ** TR

34) SKU: FVD44 (044)
Cobalt Violet Light
  PB29/PW6 *** OP

35) SKU: FVD46 (046)
Mineral Violet Light
  PB29/PW7 *** OP

36) SKU: FVD45 (045)
Cobalt Violet Deep
  PV23 ** SO

37) SKU: FVD47 (047)
Mineral Violet Deep
  PV23/PR122 ** SO

38) SKU: FVD53 (053)
Ultramarine Deep
  PB29 *** SO

39) SKU: FVD51 (051)
Cobalt Blue Deep
  PB15/PW6/PB29 *** OP

40) SKU: FVD50 (050)
Cobalt Blue Light
  PB15:3/PW6/PB29 *** OP

41) SKU: FVD57 (057)
Indigo
  PB15:3/PR5/PBk9 ** OP

42) SKU: FVD55 (055)
Paris Blue
  PB27/PB15:3 *** SO

43) SKU: FVD56 (056)
Prussian Blue
  PB27 *** TR

44) SKU: FVD54 (054)
Cerulean Blue
  PB15:3/PW6/PG7 *** OP

45) SKU: FVD85 (085)
Cyan Blue
  PB15:3 *** TR

46) SKU: FVD80 (080)
Turquoise Blue
  PB15:3/PW6 *** OP

47) SKU: FVD58 (058)
Cobalt Green Light
  *** OP

48) SKU: FVD59 (059)
Cobalt Green Deep
  *** OP

49) SKU: FVD60 (060)
Emerald Green
  *** OP

50) SKU: FVD61 (061)
Permanent Green
  PW6/PY1/ PG7 ** SO

51) SKU: FVD67 (067)
Veronese Green
  PY3/PG7/PW6 *** SO

52) SKU: FVD68 (068)
Green Lake
  PG7/PY73/PO62 *** TR

53) SKU: FVD66 (066)
Zink Green Deep
  PR9/PB15:3/PY3 *** TR

54) SKU: FVD70 (070)
Green Earth
  PG17/PY73/PR101 *** TR

55) SKU: FVD62 (062)
Oxide of Chromium
  PG17 *** OP

56) SKU: FVD64 (064)
Cinnabar Green Deep
  PG7/PY73/PR101 *** SO

57) SKU: FVD65 (065)
Zink Green Light
  PB15:3/PY74/ PY3 *** TR

58) SKU: FVD69 (069)
Sap Green
  PG17/PY73/PR101 *** SO

59) SKU: FVD63 (063)
Cinnabar Green Light
  PY74/PO36/PB15 *** SO

60) SKU: FVD71 (071)
Green Earth Antique
  PG7/PR101 *** TR

61) SKU: FVD23 (023)
Yellow Ochre
  PY42 *** SO

62) SKU: FVD24 (024)
Gold Ochre
  PR101/PY42 *** TR

63) SKU: FVD25 (025)
Roman Ochre
  PY42/PR101/PBk9 *** SO

64) SKU: FVD21 (021)
Gamboge
  PR10/PY83 ** TR

65) SKU: FVD26 (026)
Raw Sienna
  PR101/PY42/PBk11 *** OP

66) SKU: FVD33 (033)
Burnt Sienna
  PR101 *** TR

67) SKU: FVD32 (032)
Indian Red
  PR101 *** OP

68) SKU: FVD31 (031)
Venice Red
  PR101 *** OP

69) SKU: FVD34 (034)
Caput Mortuum
  PR101/PB29/PR83:1 ** TR

70) SKU: FVD76 (076)
Raw Umber
  PBr7 *** OP

71) SKU: FVD77 (077)
Burnt Umber
  PBr7 *** OP

72) SKU: FVD74 (074)
Transparent Brown
  PBk7 *** TR

73) SKU: FVD (0)
Van Dyck Brown
  PBk9/PBr7 *** OP

74) SKU: FVD79 (079)
Sepia
  PY42/PBr7 *** OP

75) SKU: FVD78 (078)
Cassel Earth
  PBr7/PBk9/ PR170 ** OP

76) SKU: FVD82 (082)
Payne's Grey Deep
  PBk7/PB29 *** OP

77) SKU: FVD73 (073)
Blue Black
  PBk7 *** OP

78) SKU: FVD72 (072)
Ivory Black
  PBk9 *** OP

79) SKU: FVD90 (090)
Silver
  PW6/PW20/PBk7 *** OP

80) SKU: FVD92 (092)
Antique Silver
  PW6/PW20/ PBk9 *** OP

81) SKU: FVD91 (091)
Gold
  PW6/PW20/PBk7 *** OP

82) SKU: FVD93 (093)
Antique Gold
  PW20/PW6/PR101 *** OP

83) SKU: FVD94 (094)
Copper
  PW6/PW20/PBk11 *** OP

84) SKU: FVD95 (095)
Bronze
  PW6/PW20/PBk9 *** OP