Description
Classic Oil paints are made with modern lightfast pigments and have a high color strength. They are opaque and have a color index number of 77947-77891-11710-74265. They are also lightfast and according to ASTM, they are classified as Category 1 and 2.
In 1985, following extensive research, Old Holland presented a revolutionary range of 168 oil paints, each with the highest degree of lightfastness. Traditional, non-lightfast pigments were replaced with modern lightfast pigments with the same colour characteristics as the traditional ones. Thanks to the highest possible concentration of pigment in each colour, the paint has an unprecedented colour strength. Within the unique range of 168 colours, there is a wide range of opaque and transparent colours, each with the highest possible brilliance (intense) and clarity (clean) characteristics. The only medium used for these oil paints is cold-pressed extra virgin linseed oil, to obtain an optimum oxidisation (drying) of the paint. This increases durability and brushstroke spread. Together, these characteristics result in an oil paint of unequalled quality.
Pigment Classification: Zinc oxide-Titanium dioxide-Monoazo-Phthalocyanine
Colour Index: PW4-PW6-PY3-PG36
Colour index number: 77947-77891-11710-74265
Lightfastness: Lightfast pigment according to ASTM
Category 1 and 2
Opacity/Transparency: Opaque