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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



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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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 HAP]: Acrylic Honig PRO (48 Colors)
Hoenig

1) SKU: HAP01 (01)
Titanium White
  PW6 *** OP

2) SKU: HAP34 (34)
Butter Milk
  PW6/PY4 *** OP

3) SKU: HAP32 (32)
Nickel Titanate
  PY5 ** ST

4) SKU: HAP04 (04)
Lemon Yellow
  PW6/PY3 ** TR

5) SKU: HAP03 (03)
Naples Yellow
  PW6/PY43/PY7 *** OP

6) SKU: HAP05 (05)
Cadmium Yellow hue
  PY7 ** ST

7) SKU: HAP35 (35)
Cream
  PW6/PY43/PR10 *** OP

8) SKU: HAP02 (02)
Flesh-Tint
  PW6/PY43/PR10 *** OP

9) SKU: HAP06 (06)
Hanza Yellow Deep
  PY83 ** TR

10) SKU: HAP07 (07)
Cadmium Orange hue
  PO3 ** ST

11) SKU: HAP08 (08)
Vermilion Red hue
  PY74/PW6/PO3 ** ST

12) SKU: HAP09 (09)
Cadmium Red Light hue
  PR11 ** ST

13) SKU: HAP10 (10)
Cadmium Red Deep hue
  PR3 ** ST

14) SKU: HAP33 (33)
Pyrrol
  PR25 ** ST

15) SKU: HAP14 (14)
Bordeaux
  PR63 ** TR

16) SKU: HAP11 (11)
Red Rose
  PR48 ** ST

17) SKU: HAP47 (47)
Quinacridone Rose
  *** TR

18) SKU: HAP13 (13)
Magenta
  PR12 ** TR

19) SKU: HAP12 (12)
Pink
  PR122/PW6 *** OP

20) SKU: HAP53 (53)
Quinacridone Violet

21) SKU: HAP16 (16)
Light Violet
  *** OP

22) SKU: HAP15 (15)
Deep Violet
  *** TR

23) SKU: HAP17 (17)
Ultramarine Blue
  PB2 ** TR

24) SKU: HAP18 (18)
Cobalt Blue hue
  PB29 ** ST

25) SKU: HAP48 (48)
Prussian Blue
  PB15 *** ST

26) SKU: HAP19 (19)
Phthalo Blue
  PB1 ** TR

27) SKU: HAP46 (46)
Primary Cyan
  PB15 *** ST

28) SKU: HAP52 (52)
Cerulean Blue
  PB15 *** OP

29) SKU: HAP20 (20)
Turquoise hue
  PB15/PG7 *** OP

30) SKU: HAP24 (24)
Phthalo Green
  *** TR

31) SKU: HAP22 (22)
Cerulean Green
  PG7 *** OP

32) SKU: HAP31 (24)
Real Green
  PG3 *** TR

33) SKU: HAP23 (23)
Viridian
  PG7/PY3 *** ST

34) SKU: HAP21 (21)
Light Green
  PG7/PY3 ** ST

35) SKU: HAP27 (27)
Raw Umber
  PB29/PY43/PBr6 *** OP

36) SKU: HAP25 (25)
Yellow Ochre
  PY43 *** OP

37) SKU: HAP39 (39)
Transparent Ochre
  PY4 *** TR

38) SKU: HAP26 (26)
Burnt Sienna
  PBr6 *** OP

39) SKU: HAP36 (36)
Transparent Brown
  *** OP

40) SKU: HAP30 (30)
Indian Red
  PR10 *** OP

41) SKU: HAP37 (37)
Transparent Red
  PR10 *** TR

42) SKU: HAP28 (28)
Burnt Umber
  PBr6/PBk7 *** OP

43) SKU: HAP49 (49)
Warm Grey
  PW6/PBk11/PR10 *** OP

44) SKU: HAP50 (50)
Neutral Grey
  PW6/PBk8/PY4 *** OP

45) SKU: HAP29 (29)
Lamp Black
  PBk7 *** OP

46) SKU: HAP81 (81)
Gel Medium