Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour
Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour
Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour
- W&N researches, formulates, and mills each colour individually for stability, tinting strength & coverage; Selecting the finest pigments, most suitable drying oils & method of pigment dispersion
- 80 single pigment colours in the range offer brighter, cleaner mixtures; Buttery & stiff consistency of colours can retain brush or palette knife marks; Works perfectly for impasto to glazing;
- 115 of 116 colours are classified as permanent for artists' use, which aids the longevity of paintings;
- Colours will become touch dry in thin films in 2-14 days
- Professional quality traditional oil colour made in France; Conforms to ASTM D4236.
Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour is unmatched for its purity, quality and reliability - a success which is reflected in its world-wide reputation amongst professional artists. Every Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour is individually formulated to enhance each pigment's natural characteristics and ensure stability of colour. By exercising maximum quality control throughout all stages of manufacture, selecting the most suitable drying oils and method of pigment dispersion, the unique individual properties of each colour are preserved. Combined with over 180 years of manufacturing and quality control expertise, the formulation of Artist's Oil Colour ensures the best raw materials are made into the World's Finest Colours.
The AOC range consists of 116 vibrant colours, made only from the finest pigments & offering the widest spectrum of all the Winsor & Newton oil ranges. Each tone is carefully formulated for stability, tinting strength and coverage.
Pigments
Winsor & Newton’s quality standards include the use of single pigments wherever possible to create individual colours. Combined with strength of colour, single pigments provide a wide colour range in themselves and offer cleaner, brighter mixtures with an infinite range of hues. This is particularly important for greens, violets and oranges. Single pigment 'secondaries' considerably broaden the artists' available spectrum. There are 80 single pigment colours in the range. Like all raw materials, pigments are available in various grades. W&N use only the purest of pigments ensuring the cleanest, brightest colours, which in turn produce the best colour mixtures.
Consistency & Texture
The buttery consistency of Artists' Oil Colour, together with the smell of linseed oil, are the two characteristics most admired by oil painters. These qualities are unbeaten by other media. The stiff consistency of Winsor & Newton colours can retain brush or palette knife marks or it can be thinned to the very finest of glazes.
Surface Sheen
While Artists' Oil Colour is formulated to provide as even a reflective surface as possible, it's important to note that the reflective quality of the oil film is affected by a wide variety of factors. Because each pigment requires differing volumes of oil in formulation, the surface sheen may differ from colour to colour. The addition of solvent, and the use of additive mediums will alter surface sheen as well as the ground used.
Covering Power
Covering Power not only comes from pigment strength, but also from the greater thickness of colour, which results from the stiff consistency associated with Winsor & Newton's Artists' Oil Colour. Covering power is particularly linked to the most opaque colours like Titanium White and the Cadmiums.
Colour Series
As the cost of the pigments used varies, so does the price charged for the colour. Therefore Winsor & Newton have grouped colours together in 'series'. The higher the series number, the higher the price. You can find the series number both on the colour chart and on the tube.
Transparency & Opacity
Pigments vary in their transparency by nature. Remember that the level of transparency of a colour is relative to other colours. Transparent colours are used for glazing and tinting, providing optical colour mixtures and depth of colour to the painting surface. Opaque colours cover well, give flat areas of colour and obscure the under-layers of the painting. Winsor & Newton Artist Oil Colour is formulated to reflect the characteristics of each of the various pigments, ensuring that synthetic organics such as Phthalocyanines and Quinacridones (i.e. Winsor or Permanent colours) deliver maximum transparency, whilst Cadmiums and Earth colours offer excellent opacity.
Permanence
Since 1832 Winsor & Newton have been developing permanent alternatives for the less durable traditional colours, without compromising the handling properties of their oils. As a result, the permanence of the colour range has been improved beyond the dreams of past painters. Of the 116 colours in the range, 115 are now classified as permanent for artists' use (AA or A ratings from Winsor & Newton) which results in the longevity of paintings. Although Alizarin Crimson is only given a B rating (moderately durable), it has been part of Artists' Oil Colour for over 130 years and is still considered a key colour by many contemporary artists.
Drying Times
The long drying time of Winsor & Newton Artist Oil Colour is a key feature of oil painting. The colour remains soft and wet for a few days and therefore allows alterations to be made from day to day. All colours will become touch dry in thin films in 2-14 days. The different reaction of each pigment when mixed with oil results in the different drying rates. Each colour is individually formulated to optimise its drying rate, which helps artists to avoid the problems of slow drying underlayers. However, the following list is a guide to the likely variations.
Fast Drying Colours, dry in around two days: Permanent Mauve (manganese), Cobalt Blues, Prussian Blue, Raw Sienna, Umbers, Flake, Foundation and Cremnitz Whites.
Medium Drying Colours, dry in around five days: Winsor Blues and Greens (phthalocyanines), Burnt Sienna, Cobalt Greens and Violet, Ultramarine Blues, Mars colours (synthetic iron oxides), Sap Green, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Ochres, Cadmiums, Titanium White, Zinc White, Lamp Black, Ivory Black, Pyrroles, Bismuth Yellow, Perylenes.
Slow Drying Colours, dry in more than five days: Winsor Yellows and Orange, Quinacridones, Alizarin Crimson. Liquin Original is the perfect medium to speed the drying time of oil colour. It will speed the drying by approximately 50%.
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Lemon Yellow Hue ( 347 )
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Winsor Lemon ( 722 )
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Cadmium Lemon ( 722 )
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Cadmium Free Lemon ( 086 )
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Bismuth Yellow ( 898 )
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Transparent Yellow ( 025 )
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Winsor Yellow ( 653 )
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Chrome Yellow Hue ( 730 )
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Cadmium Yellow Pale ( 730 )
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Cadmium Free Yellow Pale ( 149 )
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Indian Yellow Deep ( 118 )
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Indian Yellow ( 907 )
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Cadmium Yellow ( 907 )
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Cadmium Free Yellow ( 320 )
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Winsor Yellow Deep ( 319 )
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Cadmium Yellow Deep ( 319 )
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Cadmium Free Yellow Deep ( 108 )
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Cadmium Orange ( 890 )
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Cadmium Free Orange ( 890 )
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Winsor Orange ( 731 )
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Cadmium Scarlet ( 111 )
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Cadmium Free Scarlet ( 891 )
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Scarlet Lake ( 089 )
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Winsor Red ( 899 )
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Cadmium Red ( 899 )
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Cadmium Free Red ( 724 )
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Bright Red ( 106 )
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Winsor Red Deep ( 903 )
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Cadmium Red Deep ( 603 )
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Cadmium Free Red Deep ( 726 )
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Quinacridone Red ( 094 )
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Pale Rose Blush ( 901 )
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Permanent Rose ( 901 )
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Rose Dore ( 042 )
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Rose Madder Genuine ( 042 )
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Alizarin Crimson ( 725 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Permanent Alizarin Crimson ( 097 )
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Permanent Carmine ( 895 )
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Quinacridone Magenta ( 548 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Magenta ( 257 )
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Permanent Magenta ( 502 )
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Purple Madder ( 502 )
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Purple Lake ( 576 )
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Cobalt Violet ( 587 )
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Permanent Mauve ( 004 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Mauve Blue Shade ( 004 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Ultramarine Violet ( 468 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Violet Dioxazine ( 468 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Prussian Blue ( 479 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Indanthrene Blue ( 545 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Blue Deep ( 545 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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French Ultramarine ( 380 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Ultramarine Green Shade ( 380 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Blue Red Shade ( 489 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Blue Green Shade ( 543 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cerulean Blue ( 544 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Blue ( 192 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Manganese Blue Hue ( 491 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Phthalo Turquoise ( 400 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Turquoise ( 672 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Turquoise Light ( 733 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Green ( 733 )
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Cadmium Green Pale ( 538 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cadmium Free Green Pale ( 538 )
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Winsor Emerald ( 321 )
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Permanent Green Light ( 180 )
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Permanent Green ( 263 )
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Permanent Green Deep ( 263 )
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Terre Verte ( 667 )
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Oxide Of Chromium ( 706 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Chrome Green Deep Hue ( 706 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Cobalt Chromite Green ( 707 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Viridian ( 137 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Green Yellow Shade ( 178 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Winsor Green Phthalo ( 178 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Prussian Green ( 379 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Sap Green ( 379 )
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Olive Green ( 526 )
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Green Gold ( 526 )
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Jaune Brillant ( 190 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Naples Yellow Light ( 191 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Naples Yellow ( 184 )
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Naples Yellow Deep ( 084 )
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Yellow Ochre Pale ( 897 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Yellow Ochre Light ( 708 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Gold Ochre ( 483 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Yellow Ochre ( 481 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Raw Sienna ( 482 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Transparent Gold Ochre ( 637 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Burnt Sienna ( 637 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Transparent Brown Oxide ( 459 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Transparent Maroon ( 147 )
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Brown Ochre ( 183 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Transparent Red Ochre ( 692 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Terra Rosa ( 692 )
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Light Red ( 721 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Venetian Red ( 720 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Indian Red ( 540 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Mars Violet Deep ( 599 )
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Brown Madder ( 599 )
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Burnt Umber ( 447 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Vandyke Brown ( 447 )
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Raw Umber Light ( 294 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Raw Umber (Green Shade) ( 333 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Raw Umber ( 426 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Davy's Gray ( 426 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Charcoal Grey ( 422 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Indigo ( 422 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Payne's Gray ( 425 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Blue Black ( 746 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Mars Black ( 746 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Ivory Black ( 745 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Lamp Black ( 285 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Perylene Black ( 744 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Iridescent White ( 744 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Flake White Hue ( 552 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Titanium White ( 552 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Underpainting White ( 646 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Zinc White ( 074 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Gold ( 074 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Renaissance Gold ( 648 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Copper ( 657 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Bronze ( 059 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Pewter ( 647 )
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Silver ( 635 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Warm Brown Pink ( 635 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Oriental Blue ( 362 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Orange Laque Mineral ( 678 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Smalt ( 317 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Ultramarine Pink ( 395 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Ruby Madder Alizarin ( 056 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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Mineral Green Deep ( 076 )
Lightfastness: I (Excellent) Transparency: Opaque Pigment(s): PY53
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- W&N researches, formulates, and mills each colour individually for stability, tinting strength & coverage; Selecting the finest pigments, most suitable drying oils & method of pigment dispersion
- 80 single pigment colours in the range offer brighter, cleaner mixtures; Buttery & stiff consistency of colours can retain brush or palette knife marks; Works perfectly for impasto to glazing;
- 115 of 116 colours are classified as permanent for artists' use, which aids the longevity of paintings;
- Colours will become touch dry in thin films in 2-14 days
- Professional quality traditional oil colour made in France; Conforms to ASTM D4236.
Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour is unmatched for its purity, quality and reliability - a success which is reflected in its world-wide reputation amongst professional artists. Every Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour is individually formulated to enhance each pigment's natural characteristics and ensure stability of colour. By exercising maximum quality control throughout all stages of manufacture, selecting the most suitable drying oils and method of pigment dispersion, the unique individual properties of each colour are preserved. Combined with over 180 years of manufacturing and quality control expertise, the formulation of Artist's Oil Colour ensures the best raw materials are made into the World's Finest Colours.
The AOC range consists of 116 vibrant colours, made only from the finest pigments & offering the widest spectrum of all the Winsor & Newton oil ranges. Each tone is carefully formulated for stability, tinting strength and coverage.
Pigments
Winsor & Newton’s quality standards include the use of single pigments wherever possible to create individual colours. Combined with strength of colour, single pigments provide a wide colour range in themselves and offer cleaner, brighter mixtures with an infinite range of hues. This is particularly important for greens, violets and oranges. Single pigment 'secondaries' considerably broaden the artists' available spectrum. There are 80 single pigment colours in the range. Like all raw materials, pigments are available in various grades. W&N use only the purest of pigments ensuring the cleanest, brightest colours, which in turn produce the best colour mixtures.
Consistency & Texture
The buttery consistency of Artists' Oil Colour, together with the smell of linseed oil, are the two characteristics most admired by oil painters. These qualities are unbeaten by other media. The stiff consistency of Winsor & Newton colours can retain brush or palette knife marks or it can be thinned to the very finest of glazes.
Surface Sheen
While Artists' Oil Colour is formulated to provide as even a reflective surface as possible, it's important to note that the reflective quality of the oil film is affected by a wide variety of factors. Because each pigment requires differing volumes of oil in formulation, the surface sheen may differ from colour to colour. The addition of solvent, and the use of additive mediums will alter surface sheen as well as the ground used.
Covering Power
Covering Power not only comes from pigment strength, but also from the greater thickness of colour, which results from the stiff consistency associated with Winsor & Newton's Artists' Oil Colour. Covering power is particularly linked to the most opaque colours like Titanium White and the Cadmiums.
Colour Series
As the cost of the pigments used varies, so does the price charged for the colour. Therefore Winsor & Newton have grouped colours together in 'series'. The higher the series number, the higher the price. You can find the series number both on the colour chart and on the tube.
Transparency & Opacity
Pigments vary in their transparency by nature. Remember that the level of transparency of a colour is relative to other colours. Transparent colours are used for glazing and tinting, providing optical colour mixtures and depth of colour to the painting surface. Opaque colours cover well, give flat areas of colour and obscure the under-layers of the painting. Winsor & Newton Artist Oil Colour is formulated to reflect the characteristics of each of the various pigments, ensuring that synthetic organics such as Phthalocyanines and Quinacridones (i.e. Winsor or Permanent colours) deliver maximum transparency, whilst Cadmiums and Earth colours offer excellent opacity.
Permanence
Since 1832 Winsor & Newton have been developing permanent alternatives for the less durable traditional colours, without compromising the handling properties of their oils. As a result, the permanence of the colour range has been improved beyond the dreams of past painters. Of the 116 colours in the range, 115 are now classified as permanent for artists' use (AA or A ratings from Winsor & Newton) which results in the longevity of paintings. Although Alizarin Crimson is only given a B rating (moderately durable), it has been part of Artists' Oil Colour for over 130 years and is still considered a key colour by many contemporary artists.
Drying Times
The long drying time of Winsor & Newton Artist Oil Colour is a key feature of oil painting. The colour remains soft and wet for a few days and therefore allows alterations to be made from day to day. All colours will become touch dry in thin films in 2-14 days. The different reaction of each pigment when mixed with oil results in the different drying rates. Each colour is individually formulated to optimise its drying rate, which helps artists to avoid the problems of slow drying underlayers. However, the following list is a guide to the likely variations.
Fast Drying Colours, dry in around two days: Permanent Mauve (manganese), Cobalt Blues, Prussian Blue, Raw Sienna, Umbers, Flake, Foundation and Cremnitz Whites.
Medium Drying Colours, dry in around five days: Winsor Blues and Greens (phthalocyanines), Burnt Sienna, Cobalt Greens and Violet, Ultramarine Blues, Mars colours (synthetic iron oxides), Sap Green, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Ochres, Cadmiums, Titanium White, Zinc White, Lamp Black, Ivory Black, Pyrroles, Bismuth Yellow, Perylenes.
Slow Drying Colours, dry in more than five days: Winsor Yellows and Orange, Quinacridones, Alizarin Crimson. Liquin Original is the perfect medium to speed the drying time of oil colour. It will speed the drying by approximately 50%.
The Galeria Acrylics line consists of 60 magnificent colors in 60ml tubes and 500ml Jars making it ideal for art & design students, hobbyists, muralists, decorative painters and fine artists who work on a grand scale.
Although Galeria Acrylics are sometimes referred to as a fine grade acrylic, their high pigment levels deliver professional results with significantly better covering power than many similarly priced brands
