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| Color Name (ItemNumber) | Series | Pigment (CI Name) | Lightfastness rating | Opacity / Transparency | Drying Time | Grind | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Brilliant Yellow Extra Pale (6000202) | 2 | PY74, PW6, PY65 |  |  | Medium (2-7 days) |  |
 | Brilliant Yellow Pale (6000212) | 2 | PY175, PY74, PW6 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Nickel Yellow (6000224) | 4 | PY53 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Bismuth Vanadate Yellow (6001929) | 7 | PY184 |  | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Cadmium Lemon (6000246) | 6 | PY35 | | | Medium (2-7 days) |  |
 | Permanent Lemon (6000263) | 3 | PY3, PW6, PG18 |  |  | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Cadmium Yellow Light (6000286) | 6 | PY35 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Permanent Yellow Light (6000303) | 3 | PY3 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Permanent Yellow Medium (6000383) | 3 | PY74, PY65 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Cadmium Yellow Medium (6000366) | 6 | PY35 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Nickel Azo Yellow (6001928) | 6 | PY150 | |  | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | India Yellow (6000524) | 3 | PY83 |  | | Very Slow (10-21+ days) | |
 | Permanent Yellow Deep (6000423) | 3 | PY65 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Cadmium Yellow Deep (6000406) | 6 | PY35 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Cadmium Yellow Extra Deep (6000416) | 6 | PY35 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Naples Yellow Italian (6000461) | 2 | PY35, PW6, PBr24 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Naples Yellow Reddish (6000422) | 2 | PY74, PW6, PO73, PY42 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Canton Rose (6000744) | 4 | PW6, PR101, PR254, PY42 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Jaune Brilliant (6000463) | 2 | PY74, PW6, PO73, PY42 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Montserrat Orange (6000583) | 3 | PW6, PO73, PV19, PY154 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Alizarin Yellow (6000514) | 4 | PY42, PY83 |  | | Very Slow (10-21+ days) |  |
 | Unbleached Titanium Pale (6000191) | 1 | PW6 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Unbleached Titanium (6000181) | 1 | PW6 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Cadmium Orange (6000546) | 6 | PO20 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Permanent Orange (6000542) | 4 | PR112, PY154 | | | Very Slow (10-21+ days) | |
 | Alizarin Orange (6000534) | 4 | PY83, PR177 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Permanent Red-Orange (6000563) | 3 | PO36 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Pyrrole Orange (6001927) | 7 | PO73 | | | Very Slow (10-21+ days) | |
 | Cadmium Red Vermilion (6000597) | 7 | PR108 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Cadmium Red Light (6000587) | 7 | PR108 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Fanchon Red (6000624) | 4 | PR112 | | | Very Slow (10-21+ days) | |
 | Pyrrole Red (6001925) | 4 | PR254 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Cadmium Red Medium (6000607) | 7 | PR108 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Cadmium Red Deep (6000647) | 7 | PR108 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Cadmium Red Purple (6000657) | 7 | PR108 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Cadmium Purple (6000658) | 8 | PR108 | | | | |
 | Quinacridone Red (6000665) | 5 | PV19 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Quinacridone Magenta (6000775) | 5 | PR122 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Carl's Crimson (Permanent) (6000685) | 5 | PR187 | | | Very Slow (10-21+ days) | |
 | Permanent Crimson (6000687) | 6 | PR177 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Quinacridone Violet (6000785) | 5 | PV19 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Perylene Crimson (6000686) | 6 | PR179 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Persian Rose (6000713) | 2 | PR112, PW6, PV19, PY154 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Dianthus Pink (6000724) | 4 | PW6, PV19 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Cobalt Violet Deep (6000748) | 8 | PV14 | |  | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Provence Violet Reddish (6000734) | 4 | PW6, PV19 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Provence Violet Bluish (6000754) | 4 | PV23, PW6 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Manganese Violet (6000704) | 4 | PV16 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Ultramarine Violet (6000764) | 3 | PV15 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Egyptian Violet (6000805) | 5 | PV23 | | | Very Slow (10-21+ days) | |
 | King's Blue (6000813) | 3 | PB29, PW6, PB15:3 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Sevres Blue (6000823) | 3 | PW6, PB15:3 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Cerulean Blue (Genuine) (6000848) | 8 | PB35 | | | | |
 | Cobalt Teal Greenish (6000786) | 7 | PG50 | | | | |
 | Cobalt Teal Bluish (6000817) | 7 | PG50 | | | | |
 | Cobalt Turqoise Greenish (6000887) | 7 | PB36 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Cobalt Turqoise Bluish (6000907) | 7 | PB36 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Ultramarine Blue (6000942) | 2 | PB29 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Cobalt Blue (6000927) | 7 | PB28 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Cobalt Blue Deep (6000937) | 7 | PB28 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Ultramarine Blue French (6000962) | 2 | PB29, PV15 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Indanthrone Blue (6000985) | 7 | PB60 | | | Very Slow (10-21+ days) | |
 | Prussian Blue (6000982) | 2 | PB27 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Phthalo Blue (6001004) | 4 | PB15:3 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Phthalo Turquoise (6001024) | 4 | PG7, PB15:3 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Indigo (6001043) | 3 | PBr7, PB27 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Cerulean Blue French (6000857) | 7 | PB36 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Courbet Green (6001323) | 3 | PY65, PB27, PR102 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Turquoise (6000863) | 3 | PG7, PW6, PB15:3 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Veronese Green (6001103) | 3 | PY3, PG7, PW6 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Cinnabar Green Light (6001153) | 3 | PY3, PB29, PW6, PB15:3 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Cadmium Green Light (6001146) | 6 | PY35, PG18 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Permanent Green Light (6001163) | 3 | PY3, PG7 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Permanent Green (6001263) | 3 | PY74, PG7, PY65 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Cobalt Green (6001250) | 6 | PG26 | N/A | | | |
 | Viridian (6001245) | 5 | PG18 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Phthalo Green-Yellowish (6001264) | 4 | PG36 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Phthalo Green (6001284) | 4 | PG7 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Sap Green (6001303) | 5 | PG7, PY42, PY129 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Cadmium Green (6001186) | 6 | PY35, PG18 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Chromium Oxide Green (6001223) | 3 | PG17 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Olive Green (6000322) | 6 | PG36, PY42, PY129 | | | Fast (1-2 days) |  |
 | Bohemian Green Earth (6001021) | 2 | PBk11, PR101, PY42 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Earth Green (6001122) | 2 | PG7, PY43 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Green Gold (6000518) | 7 | PY129 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Mars Violet (6001442) | 2 | PR101 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Titan Buff (6000160) | 1 | PW6, PR101, PY42 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Naples Yellow (6000442) | 2 | PY175, PW6, PY42, PV15, PY65 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide (6001920) | 4 | PY42 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Yellow Ochre (Domestic) (6001401) | 1 | PY43 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Raw Sienna (6001501) | 1 | PY43 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Cyprus Orange (6001512) | 3 | PO73, PY43 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Stil De Grain (6001464) | 4 | PY42 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Transparent Red Iron Oxide (6001922) | 4 | PR101 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Brown Pink (6001484) | 4 | PR101 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Italian Pink (6001474) | 4 | PR101, PY42 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Van Dyke Brown (6001680) | 1 | PBk9, PR101 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Burnt Sienna (6001521) | 1 | PR102 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Yellow Ochre Burnt (6001541) | 1 | PR101, PY43, PY42, PR102 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Brown Ochre (6001561) | 1 | PR101, PY42 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Red Ochre (6001581) | 1 | PR102 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Spanish Earth (6001601) | 1 | PR102 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Mars Yellow Light (6001342) | 2 | PY42 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Mars Yellow Deep (6001362) | 2 | PR101, PY42 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Mars Orange (6001382) | 2 | PR101, PY42 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Mars Red Light (6001402) | 2 | PR101 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Mars Red (6001422) | 2 | PR101 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Burnt Umber (6001661) | 1 | PBr7 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Raw Umber (6001621) | 1 | PBr7 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Brown Umber (Natural) (6001631) | 1 | PBr7 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Dutch Brown (Transparent) (6001494) | 4 | PR101 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Turkey Umber (6001641) | 1 | PG7, PBr7 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Red Umber (6001671) | 1 | PBr7 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | German Earth (6001792) | 2 | PBk11 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Mars Black (6001742) | 2 | PBk11 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Ivory Black (6001721) | 1 | PBk9 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Davy's Gray Deep (6001701) | 1 | PBk19 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Graphite Gray (6001702) | 1 | PBk10 | | | Very Slow (10-21+ days) | |
 | Payne's Gray (Violet) (6001063) | 2 | PBr7, PV23, PB29 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Payne's Gray (6001703) | 2 | PBk9, PB29 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Lamp Black (6001761) | 1 | PBk6 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Cold Black (6001732) | 2 | PBk9, PB29 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Flake White (6000104) | 4 | PW1 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Titanium - Zinc White (6000121) | 1 | PW6, PW4 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Zinc White (6000141) | 1 | PW4 | | | Very Slow (10-21+ days) | |
 | Titanium White (6000101) | 1 | PW6 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | French Terre Verte (6000052) | 4 | PG23 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | French Yellow Ochre Deep (6000040) | 2 | PY43 | | | | |
 | French Raw Sienna (6000041) | 2 | PY43 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | French Ochre Havane (6000042) | 2 | PY43 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | French Rouge Indien (6000043) | 2 | PR102 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | French Brown Ochre (6000044) | 2 | PY43 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | French Burnt Ochre (6000046) | 2 | PBr7 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | French Burnt Umber (6000045) | 3 | PBr7 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | French Light Sienna (6000051) | 2 | PY43 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | French Ardoise Gray (6000050) | 2 | PBk19 | N/A | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | French Raw Umber (6000047) | 2 | PBr7 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Italian Terra Verte (6000013) | 3 | PG23 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Italian Lemon Ochre (6000014) | 3 | PY43 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Italian Yellow Ochre (6000015) | 3 | PY43 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Italian Raw Sienna (6000024) | 3 | PY43 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Italian Green Ochre (6000017) | 3 | PBr7, PY43 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Italian Orange Ochre (6000016) | 3 | PBr7 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Italian Pompeii Red (6000018) | 3 | PR102 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Italian Rosso Veneto (6000019) | 3 | PR102 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Italian Pozzuoli Earth (6000020) | 3 | PR102 | | | | |
 | Italian Terra Rosa (6000021) | 3 | PR102 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Italian Burnt Sienna (6000023) | 3 | PBr7 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Italian Raw Umber (6000025) | 3 | PBr7 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Italian Black Roman Earth (6000022) | 3 | PBr7, PBk6 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | Cobalt Yellow (Discontinued) (6000508) | 8 | PY40 | | | Fast (1-2 days) | |
 | SF Flake White (6003104) | 4 | PW1 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | SF Porcelain White (6003103) | 4 | PW5 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | SF Titanium White (6003101) | 1 | PW6 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | SF French Ardoise Gray (6003050) | 2 | PBk19 | N/A | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | SF Ultramarine Violet (6003764) | 3 | PV15 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | SF Cerulean Blue French (6003857) | 7 | PB36 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | SF Ultramarine Blue (6003942) | 2 | PB29 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | SF Ultramarine Blue French (6003962) | 2 | PB29, PV15 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | SF Italian Terra Verte (6003013) | 3 | PG23 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Interference Violet (6001813) | 4 | NA | N/A | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Interference Red (6001873) | 4 | NA | N/A | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Interference Blue (6001803) | 4 | NA | N/A | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Interference Green (6001893) | 4 | NA | N/A | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Iridescent Copper (6001883) | 3 | NA | N/A | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Iridescent Pale Gold (6001823) | 3 | NA | N/A | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Iridescent Pearl White (6001863) | 3 | NA | N/A | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Iridescent Bronze (6001853) | 3 | NA | N/A | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Iridescent Silver (6001833) | 3 | NA | N/A | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Iridescent Pewter (6001843) | 3 | NA | N/A | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Alizarin Crimson (6000684) | 4 | PR83 | | | Very Slow (10-21+ days) | |
 | Ultramarine Pink (Discontinued) (6000774) | 4 | PV15 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | Cobalt Violet Light (Discontinued) (6000728) | 8 | PV49 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | Quinacridone Gold Brown (Discontinued) (6000874) | 8 | PR206, PO48 | | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
 | SF Ultramarine Pink (Discontinued) (6003774) | 4 | PV15 | | | Slow (5-14 days) | |
 | SF Cobalt Violet Light (Discontinued) (6003728) | 8 | PV49 | N/A | | Medium (2-7 days) | |
Lightfastness
The Lightfastness Ratings are provided by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) in the standard for "Artists' Acrylic Emulsion Paints". (ASTM D 5098, Annual Book of Standards, Volume 6.02). Colors with a Lightfastness Rating of I are considered Excellent and those with a Lightfastness Rating of II are Very Good. Where Lightfastness Ratings have not been obtained according to ASTM test protocol, "N/A" is used. In those cases, data from pigment manufacturers and our own test facilities have been used and an appropriate description assigned under Permanency.
Lightfastness I: Excellent
Artist colors are let down with white to arrive at a pastel shade. These samples are exposed to an accelerated dose of light energy equivalent to that which would be expected to occur during approximately 100 years of museum-lit conditions. This exposure is condensed into approximately 15 weeks of testing time, or less, depending upon the accelerated test methods used. For the purposes of the official test, before and after color difference is determined using a spectrophotometer, and difference units are mathematically calculated. Less than 4 units color change earns a color the designation of Lightfastness I. In practicality, this means that a visual comparison of the unexposed and exposed samples, when held adjacent, would reveal, at worse, a barely perceptible color change.
Lightfastness II: Very Good
Under the same test conditions, a visual comparison of adjacent unexposed and exposed samples will reveal a perceptible color change. This change will quickly become imperceptible to most observers as the sample pieces are moved apart from one another. When expressed mathematically, change falling within the range of 4-8 units is covered by this category.
Permanency
Lightfastness and durability based on our testing and manufacturer's data. The levels of permanency are:
- Excellent (Exc.)
- Very Good (V.G.)
- Poor
Opacity / Transparency
We have determined that an eight-point scale is most appropriate for describing the properties of our colors. We have assigned each color in the chart a number from 1 (most opaque) to 8 (most transparent) to indicate the opacity/transparency of that color.
Color Index Name & Number
The Colour Index Name and Number are internationally recognized codes assigned to a particular "colorant" by both the Society of Dyers and Colourists and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. The C.I. Name consists of the category (type of dye or pigment), general hue and serial number, based on its chemical constitution. For example, PB 60, Anthraquinone Blue, indicates a specific Pigment Blue. The C.I. Number is a five-digit reference number assigned in the Colour Index based on the chemical structure of a colorant, regardless of usage class. For more information on these check out the following article:
Pigment Classification
Designates whether the pigments used in a color are based on Organic or Inorganic chemistry. When containing both types, the term Mixed is used.
Abbreviations
- C.P. - indicates concentrated cadmium pigments (CC)
- G.S. - Green Shade
- B.S. - Blue Shade
- R.S. - Red Shade
- Y.S. - Yellow Shade