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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 Top Oil
Top quality artists professional oil colors with economical prices.
Tube 40 ml (1.35 fl.oz.)

Colors contain classic top grade stabilizers.
Professional Pigments with high concentartion.
Minimum of inerts pigments.
White colors contain Alkali Refined Safflower oil, that will not get yellowish shade.
Colors Cadmium and Cobalt contain natural mineral pigments, not synthetic hue.
Avoid skin or mouth contact.

Hoenig, Israel

These paints have High pigmentation, clean shades and creamy consistency.
The results of testing allow to compare Hoenig Top oil colors
with worlwide famous trademarks Winsor&Newton and Rembrandt - professional artists oil colors.

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[Code HTOL]: Oil Colors Hoenig Top Oil (58 Colors) Hoenig 1) SKU: HTL101 (101) Titanium White-Classic   PW6/PW4 *** OP 2) SKU: HTL102 (102) Zink White   PW4 *** SO 3) SKU: HTL103 (103) Zink Titan   PW4/PW6 *** SO 4) SKU: HTL121 (121) Titanium Yellow   PY53 *** ST 5) SKU: HTL122 (02) Lemon Yellow Classic   PY3 ** ST 6) SKU: HTL126 (126) Cadmium Yellow Light   PY35 *** OP 7) SKU: HTL123 (123) Medium Yellow   PY74 ** ST 8) SKU: HTL127 (127) Cadmium Yellow Medium   PY37 *** OP 9) SKU: HTL124 (124) Indian Yellow   PY154 *** ST 10) SKU: HTL128 (128) Cadmium Yellow Deep   PY37/PO20 *** OP 11) SKU: HTL125 (125) Deep Yellow   PY83 ** ST 12) SKU: HTL129 (129) Indian Yellow Deep   PY151/PR101 *** ST 13) SKU: HTL133 (133) Cadmium Orange   PO20 *** ST 14) SKU: HTL131 (131) Permanent Orange Light   PO36/PY154 *** ST 15) SKU: HTL132 (132) Permanent Orange   PO36/PY154 *** ST 16) SKU: HTL142 (142) Permanent Scarlet   PR188 *** OP 17) SKU: HTL141 (141) Cadmium Scarlet   PR108/PO20 *** OP 18) SKU: HTL144 (144) Bright Red   PR112 ** ST 19) SKU: HTL145 (145) Pyrrolle Red   PR254 ** OP 20) SKU: HTL146 (146) Cadmium Red   PR108 *** OP 21) SKU: HTL147 (147) Cadmium Red Deep   PR108 *** OP 22) SKU: HTL152 (152) Quinaqridone Rose   PV19 *** ST 23) SKU: HTL151 (151) Magenta   PR122 *** ST 24) SKU: HTL153 (153) Quinaqridone Violet   PV19 *** SO 25) SKU: HTL155 (155) Ultramarine Violet   PV15 *** ST 26) SKU: HTL154 (154) Diaxozine Violet   PV23 *** ST 27) SKU: HTL161 (161) French Ultramarine   PB29 *** ST 28) SKU: HTL162 (162) Blue Ultramarine   PB29 *** OP 29) SKU: HTL164 (164) Cobalt Blue hue   PB29/PW6 *** OP 30) SKU: HTL163 (163) Cobalt Blue   PB28 *** OP 31) SKU: HTL171 (171) Indigo   PB15/PBk7 *** OP 32) SKU: HTL169 (169) Prussian Blue   PB27 *** ST 33) SKU: HTL168 (168) Phthalo Blue Red Shade   PB15:1 *** ST 34) SKU: HTL167 (167) Phthalo Blue Green Shade   PB15:3 *** OP 35) SKU: HTL166 (166) Cerulean Blue hue   PB15:3/PW4 *** OP 36) SKU: HTL165 (165) Cerulean Blue   PB36 *** ST 37) SKU: HTL172 (172) Turquoise   PB15:3/PG7/PW4 *** ST 38) SKU: HTL185 (185) Phthalo Green   PG7 ** ST 39) SKU: HTL186 (186) Cerulean Green hue   PG7/PW4 ** OP 40) SKU: HTL184 (184) Clear Green   PG36 *** ST 41) SKU: HTL183 (183) Emerald Green hue   PG7/PY3 *** ST 42) SKU: HTL181 (181) Medium Green   PG7/PY154 *** ST 43) SKU: HTL180 (180) Light Green   PG7/PY154 *** ST 44) SKU: HTL189 (189) Chrome Oxide Green   PG17 *** OP 45) SKU: HTL188 (188) Sap Green   PG7/PY83 *** ST 46) SKU: HTL191 (191) Flesh Tint   PW4/PY42 *** SO 47) SKU: HTL190 (190) Yellow Ochre   PY42 *** OP 48) SKU: HTL192 (192) Golden Ochre   PY42 *** ST 49) SKU: HTL196 (196) Transparent Ochre   PY42 *** ST 50) SKU: HTL197 (197) Transparent Red Oxide   PR101 *** TR 51) SKU: HTL193 (193) Burnt Sienna   PR101 *** OP 52) SKU: HTL198 (198) Transparent Brown   PR101 *** ST 53) SKU: HTL194 (194) Burnt Umber   PBr7 *** OP 54) SKU: HTL195 (195) Raw Umber   PBr8 *** OP 55) SKU: HTL199 (199) Mars Black   PBk11 *** OP 56) SKU: HTL200 (200) Lamp Black   PBk6 *** OP 57) SKU: HTL202 (202) Silver   *** ST 58) SKU: HTL205 (205) Light Brass   *** ST 59) SKU: HTL203 (203) Gold   *** ST 60) SKU: HTL204 (204) Royal Gold   *** ST 61) SKU: HTL206 (206) Copper   *** ST