Description
The Classic Oil series is a line of 168 oil paints created in 1985 that are considered to be of the highest quality. The paints are made with modern lightfast pigments and have a high concentration of pigment, which results in a paint with an unprecedented color strength. The series includes a wide range of opaque and transparent colors, each with the highest possible brilliance and clarity characteristics. The only medium used is cold-pressed extra virgin linseed oil, which results in an oil paint of unequalled quality.
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: Oxides of cobalt-Nickel and titanium
Colour Index: PG50
Colour index number: 77377
Lightfastness: Lightfast pigment according to ASTM
Category 1 and 2
Opacity/Transparency: Opaque
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