Description
The Classic Oil line is a 168 color range of oil paints that are made with modern lightfast pigments. The paints have an unparalleled color strength and brilliance, and are made with cold-pressed extra virgin linseed oil.
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: Phthalocyanine
Colour Index: PB15
Colour index number:74160
Lightfastness: Lightfast pigment according to ASTM
Category 1 and 2
Opacity/Transparency: Opaque