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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 Ladoga

St.Petersburg LADOGA artistic paints are perfect for those
who is only beginning to learn the art of painting,
as well as for artists looking for high quality paints
at affordable prices.
There is the same manufacturer who produces the highly successful White Nights water-colors.

Instead of expensive inorganic pigments (cadmium and cobalt),
the Ladoga paints series uses lightfast organic pigments.
The tone of analogous pigments (marked 'A' on the label)
corresponds precisely to the tones of original colours.
Dyes of “earthly” paints (ocher, cyan, and umbra) consist
of natural pigments that provide intensity
and deepness of tone unavailable when using synthetic pigments.
Manufacturing technologies and monitoring at all stages
is similar to those for the manufacture of Master Class series.
This ensures the high quality of Ladoga series artistic paints.

Tube 46 and (1.55 oz.) and 60 ml (2 fl.oz.)
St.Petersburg, Nevskaya Palitra, Russia

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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 LDG]: Oil Colors Ladoga (58 Colors)
Nevskaya Palitra

1) SKU: LDG100 (100)
Zink White
  PW4 *** ST

2) SKU: LDG101 (101)
Titanium White
  PW6/PW4 *** OP

3) SKU: LDG207 (207)
Strontium Yellow
  PY32 * OP

4) SKU: LDG203 (203)
Cadmium Lemon hue
  PY3/PW6 ** ST

5) SKU: LDG200 (200)
Cadmium Yellow Light hue
  PY1/PY3/PW6 ** ST

6) SKU: LDG201 (201)
Cadmium Yellow Medium hue
  PY1/PY2/PW6 ** ST

7) SKU: LDG202 (202)
Cadmium Yellow Deep hue
  PY1/PO13/PW6 ** ST

8) SKU: LDG219 (219)
Naples Yellow Light
  PY2/PY3/PW6 ** OP

9) SKU: LDG222 (222)
Naples Flesh
  PY42/PW4/PW6 *** OP

10) SKU: LDG329 (329)
Naples Orange-Yellow
  PY3/PO13/PW6/PW4 ** OP

11) SKU: LDG304 (304)
Cadmium Orange hue
  PY3/PO13/PW6 ST

12) SKU: LDG302 (302)
Cadmium Red Light hue
  PR4/PW6 ** ST

13) SKU: LDG303 (303)
Cadmium Red Deep hue
  PR4/PR170:1 ** ST

14) SKU: LDG333 (333)
Naples Rose
  PY42/PW4/PW6 ** OP

15) SKU: LDG368 (368)
Neon Pink
  PR122/FR15 ** TR

16) SKU: LDG306 (306)
Cadmium Purple hue
  PR4/PR170:1/PV2 ** ST

17) SKU: LDG317 (317)
Madder Lake Red hue
  PR2/PR63:1 ** TR

18) SKU: LDG330 (330)
Carmine hue
  PR170:1/PV3 ** TR

19) SKU: LDG602 (602)
Cobalt Violet Light hue
  PR81/PV3/PW4 * ST

20) SKU: LDG603 (603)
Cobalt Violet Deep hue
  PR81/PV3/PW4 * ST

21) SKU: LDG502 (502)
Cobalt Blue Spectral
  PB29/PV3/PW4 ** TR

22) SKU: LDG501 (501)
Ultramarine Light
  PB29 ** ST

23) SKU: LDG505 (505)
Cobalt Blue Medium hue
  PB29/PB15/PW4 ** TR

24) SKU: LDG504 (504)
Cobalt Blue Light hue
  PB29/PB15/PW4 ** TR

25) SKU: LDG506 (506)
Prussian Blue
  PB27 ** ST

26) SKU: LDG500 (500)
Phthalocyanine Blue
  PB15 ** TR

27) SKU: LDG516 (516)
Indigo
  PB15/PBk7 ** ST

28) SKU: LDG503 (503)
Ceruleum Blue hue
  PB15/PB29/PG7/PW4 ** ST

29) SKU: LDG512 (512)
Celestial Blue
  PB15:3/PW4 ** ST

30) SKU: LDG507 (507)
Turquoise Blue
  PB15:3/PG7/PW4 ** TR

31) SKU: LDG708 (708)
Chromium-Cobalt Blue-Green hue
  PB15:3/PG7/PG17/PW4 ** ST

32) SKU: LDG720 (720)
Emerald Greent
  PG7/PB15/PG17/PG8/PY1 *** ST

33) SKU: LDG714 (714)
Emerald Light
  PW6/PG7/PY3 *** TR

34) SKU: LDG703 (703)
Phthalo Green
  PG7 ** TR

35) SKU: LDG705 (705)
Cobalt Green Deep hue
  PG8/PB15/PG7/PW4 ** TR

36) SKU: LDG706 (706)
Cobalt Green Light hue
  PG8/PG7/PY1/PW6 ** OP

37) SKU: LDG749 (749)
Cadmium Green hue

38) SKU: LDG704 (704)
Oxide of Chromium
  PG17 *** OP

39) SKU: LDG701 (701)
Viridian Green
  PY1/PG8 * ST

40) SKU: LDG702 (702)
Glaukonite
  PG23 *** TR

41) SKU: LDG716 (716)
Sap Green
  PG17/PY83 ** TR

42) SKU: LDG748 (748)
Spring Green
  PW6/PY3/PG7 ** OP

43) SKU: LDG218 (218)
Yellow Ochre
  PY43 *** ST

44) SKU: LDG206 (206)
Ochre Light
  PY43 *** ST

45) SKU: LDG205 (205)
Golden Ochre
  PY43/PR102 *** ST

46) SKU: LDG405 (405)
Raw Sienna
  PY43/PR102 *** ST

47) SKU: LDG309 (309)
Red Ochre
  PR102 *** OP

48) SKU: LDG300 (300)
English Red
  PR101 *** OP

49) SKU: LDG301 (301)
Indian Red
  PR101 *** OP

50) SKU: LDG406 (406)
Burnt Sienna
  PR101/PBr6 *** ST

51) SKU: LDG407 (407)
Raw Umber
  PBr7 *** OP

52) SKU: LDG408 (408)
Burnt Umber
  PBr7 *** OP

53) SKU: LDG402 (402)
Mars Brown Light
  PBr7 *** ST

54) SKU: LDG403 (403)
Mars Brown Deep
  PBr7 *** ST

55) SKU: LDG601 (601)
Caput-Mortuum Dark
  PR101 *** OP

56) SKU: LDG401 (401)
Vandyke Brown
  PBr7 * ST

57) SKU: LDG802 (802)
Shungit
  PBk8 *** OP

58) SKU: LDG801 (801)
Lamp Black
  PBk7 ** OP