Artist Paints & Pigments

Introduction

This site is an easily accessible reference of 593 artist products, 35797 paints and other artist materials with pigment information and 3895 hand painted swatches. You can also browse by company or medium. With a registered user you can maintain your own paint collection or palettes, or use it as a wishlist. It's free, and freely re-usable under CC license.

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Blockx Aquarelles

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• OKLab ab
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Pigment Database — Color Codes

The database contains 444 artists' pigments, with references to paints. The most popular pigments:

PW6 PR101 PG7 PY42 PB29 PBk7 PBr7 PY3 PB15:3 PBk11 PB15 PY74 PV23 PV19 PW4 PR122 PY35 PY83 PBk9 PR108 PG17 PB27 PR112 PY43 PB28 PR254 PY1 PBk6 PO20 PG36 PB15:1 PR170 PV15 PY65 PG18 PO13 PB36 PY53 PW20 PR102 PY150 PY14 PY184 PY154 PO73 PR83 PB60 PG50 and more...

Watercolor

» 113 watercolor brands in the database, some highlights:

• A. Gallo Honey-Based Watercolor
• Blockx Aquarelles
• Da Vinci Watercolors
• Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors
• Golden QOR Watercolor
• Holbein Artists' Watercolor (HWC)
• M. Graham & Co. Artists' Watercolor
• Maimeri MaimeriBlu
• Mijello Mission Gold Watercolor
• Old Holland Classic Watercolours
• Roman Szmal Aquarius
• Rosa Gallery Watercolour
• Royal Talens Rembrandt Water Colour
• Schmincke HORADAM Aquarell [Series 14]
• Sennelier l'Aquarelle
• Shinhan PWC
• Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour

Water-Soluble Colored Pencil

» 17 water-soluble colored pencil brands in the database, some highlights:

• Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle
• Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer

Acrylic Gouache

» 6 acrylic gouache brands in the database, some highlights:

• Holbein Acryla Gouache
• Turner Acryl Gouache

Oil

» 125 oil brands in the database, some highlights:

• Gamblin 1980 Oil Colors
• Golden Williamsburg
• Holbein Artists' Oil Color (HOC)
• Holbein Vernét Superior Artists' Oil Color
• Lefranc & Bourgeois Extra Fine Oil Paint
• M. Graham & Co. Artists' Oil Color
• Michael Harding Artists Oil Colours
• Old Holland Classic Oil Colours
• Schmincke Mussini [Series 10]
• Schmincke Norma [Series 11]
• Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour

Water Mixable Oil

» 9 water mixable oil brands in the database, some highlights:

• Holbein Duo Aqua Oil
• Schmincke Norma Blue [Series 21]
• Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour

Colored Pencil

» 24 colored pencil brands in the database, some highlights:

• Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901
• Derwent Lightfast Pencils
• Faber-Castell Polychromos 9201
• Koh-I-Noor Polycolor 3800

Gouache

» 45 gouache brands in the database, some highlights:

• Da Vinci Permanent Artists' Gouache
• Holbein Artists' Gouache
• Lefranc & Bourgeois LINEL Extra-Fine Gouache
• Royal Talens Gouache Extra Fine
• Schmincke HORADAM Gouache [Series 12]
• Shinhan Professional Designers Gouache
• Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache

Poster Color

» 4 poster color brands in the database, some highlights:

• Nicker Poster Colour

Acrylic

» 114 acrylic brands in the database, some highlights:

• Daler Rowney Cryla
• Daler Rowney System3 Acrylic
• Golden Heavy Body
• Golden OPEN
• Lascaux Artist
• Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic
• Maimeri Brera
• Old Holland New Masters
• Schmincke PRIMAcryl [Series 13]
• Turner U-35
• Vallejo Acrylic Artist Color
• Winsor & Newton Professional Acrylic

Pigment, dry or paste

» 37 pigment, dry or paste brands in the database, some highlights:

• Blockx Pigment
• Couleurs Leroux Pigments Purs Leroux
• Guerra Pigment Dispersions
• Holbein Artists' Pigment
• Jackson's Artist Pigment
• Kremer Pigmente [Dry] Pigments
• L. Cornelissen & Son Pigments
• Old Holland Pigment
• Schmincke Pure Artists' Pigments [Series 18]
• Sennelier Dry Pigments

Soft Pastel

» 15 soft pastel brands in the database, some highlights:

• Holbein Artists' Soft Pastel
• PanPastel Artists' Pastel

Oil Pastel

» 9 oil pastel brands in the database, some highlights:

• Caran d'Ache Neopastel

And more mediums, including: egg temperas, encaustics, inks, acrylic inks, intaglio inks, liquid watercolors, resin-based restoration paints