Demo Opacity of Artistic Oil and Acrylic Paints of different Manufacturers.

Test Opacity of Artistic Paints

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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 (H₂Oil), Acrylic and Gouache artistic colors 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

Hoenig Acrylic PRO

Hoenig Professional acrylic colors were created especially for experienced artists
and amateurs who demand quality brush marks and more vivacious gloss.

Professional colors are available in a widest variety of hues offering
the most important shades for use and packaged in transparent tubes containing 120 ml of paint.
Almost any desired shade can be matched by completing simple mixture process.

Professional colors are manufactured from pure acrylates and selected pigments.
Professional colors contain no ingredients liable to endanger the environment.
Professional colors can be applied to any surface except smooth, oily or greasy exteriors.
The paint can be diluted with water or with acrylic gel or medium.
Brushes should be rinsed in water and kept moist to prevent plastification.
The paint dries to form a water-resistant shiny film.
Non toxic.
Ready to use.

44 colors + 6 metallic + 4 special gel/medium.
120 ml plastic transparent tube (4 fl.oz.)
Honig Art Colours Ltd., Israel

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Oil Colors

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 Pebeo XL
Pebeo

10) Oil Colors Reeves
Reeves

11) Oil Colors Rembrandt
Royal Talens

12) Oil Colors Rosa Gallery
Ukraine

13) Oil Colors Van Dyck
Ferrario

14) Oil Colors Van-Gogh
Royal Talens

15) Oil Colors Winsor & Newton (China)
China

16) Oil Colors Winton
Winsor & Newton

h2oil: Water-Mixable Oil Colors

17) Aqua-Oil colors Artisan
Winsor-Newton

18) Aqua-Oil Cobra/Van-Gogh
Royal Talens

Acrylic Colors

19) Acrylic Amsterdam
Royal Talens

20) Acrylic Bianyo
Bianyo, China

21) Acrylic Daler-Rowney System 3
Daler-Rowney Ltd.

22) Acrylic Expert
Royal Talens

23) Acrylic Honig PRO
Hoenig

24) Acrylic Mont-Marte
Mont Marte Intl.Pty Ltd.

25) Acrylic Reeves
Reeves

26) Acrylic Rembrandt
Royal Talens

27) Acrylic Renaissance
Qinzhu Ltd.

28) Acrylic XTC
Hoenig

Gouache Colors

29) Gouache Talens
Royal Talens

[Code HAP]: Acrylic Honig PRO (48 Colors)
Hoenig

1) SKU: HAP01 Titanium White PW6 *** OP	2) SKU: HAP34 Butter Milk PW6/PY4 *** OP	3) SKU: HAP32 Nickel Titanate PY5 ** ST	4) SKU: HAP04 Lemon Yellow PW6/PY3 ** TR
5) SKU: HAP03 Naples Yellow PW6/PY43/PY7 *** OP	6) SKU: HAP05 Cadmium Yellow hue PY7 ** ST	7) SKU: HAP35 Cream PW6/PY43/PR10 *** OP	8) SKU: HAP02 Flesh-Tint PW6/PY43/PR10 *** OP
9) SKU: HAP06 Hanza Yellow Deep PY83 ** TR	10) SKU: HAP07 Cadmium Orange hue PO3 ** ST	11) SKU: HAP08 Vermilion Red hue PY74/PW6/PO3 ** ST	12) SKU: HAP09 Cadmium Red Light hue PR11 ** ST
13) SKU: HAP10 Cadmium Red Deep hue PR3 ** ST	14) SKU: HAP33 Pyrrol PR25 ** ST	15) SKU: HAP14 Bordeaux PR63 ** TR	16) SKU: HAP11 Red Rose PR48 ** ST
17) SKU: HAP47 Quinacridone Rose *** TR	18) SKU: HAP13 Magenta PR12 ** TR	19) SKU: HAP12 Pink PR122/PW6 *** OP	20) SKU: HAP53 Quinacridone Violet
21) SKU: HAP16 Light Violet *** OP	22) SKU: HAP15 Deep Violet *** TR	23) SKU: HAP17 Ultramarine Blue PB2 ** TR	24) SKU: HAP18 Cobalt Blue hue PB29 ** ST
25) SKU: HAP48 Prussian Blue PB15 *** ST	26) SKU: HAP19 Phthalo Blue PB1 ** TR	27) SKU: HAP46 Primary Cyan PB15 *** ST	28) SKU: HAP52 Cerulean Blue PB15 *** OP
29) SKU: HAP20 Turquoise hue PB15/PG7 *** OP	30) SKU: HAP24 Phthalo Green *** TR	31) SKU: HAP22 Cerulean Green PG7 *** OP	32) SKU: HAP31 Real Green PG3 *** TR
33) SKU: HAP23 Viridian PG7/PY3 *** ST	34) SKU: HAP21 Light Green PG7/PY3 ** ST	35) SKU: HAP27 Raw Umber PB29/PY43/PBr6 *** OP	36) SKU: HAP25 Yellow Ochre PY43 *** OP
37) SKU: HAP39 Transparent Ochre PY4 *** TR	38) SKU: HAP26 Burnt Sienna PBr6 *** OP	39) SKU: HAP36 Transparent Brown *** OP	40) SKU: HAP30 Indian Red PR10 *** OP
41) SKU: HAP37 Transparent Red PR10 *** TR	42) SKU: HAP28 Burnt Umber PBr6/PBk7 *** OP	43) SKU: HAP49 Warm Grey PW6/PBk11/PR10 *** OP	44) SKU: HAP50 Neutral Grey PW6/PBk8/PY4 *** OP
45) SKU: HAP29 Lamp Black PBk7 *** OP	46) SKU: HAP81 Gel Medium