Description
Oil colours have been used in various forms since the fifteenth century. The popularity of oil colour can be attributed to its extraordinary versatility. It offers excellent results from the traditional painting techniques of blending and glazing, impasto and scumbling. Winsor & Newton began making colour in 1832 swiftly developing and subsequently maintaining a reputation for unparalleled excellence and consistency worldwide. The most recent advances in pigment technology have allowed us to build upon our already high standards and further improve the range for artists. The improvements are a result of using new and unique pigments, which offer increased permanence and greater colour strength.
The Artists’ Oil Colour range offers a wide and balanced spectrum of 120 colours in a variety of sizes (indicated on the colour chart). Each colour has been specially selected to offer the greatest choice and flexibility, ensuring all artists can obtain the palette best suited to their work. Within the range of 120 Artists’ Oil Colours there are 21 brand new colours, 31 modified colours and 68 colours that have remained unchanged. Fifteen colours from the former range have been discontinued. For simplification the number of series in the range has been reduced, lowering the price of some of the most expensive colours with no change in quality. Full range details, including information on the closest equivalents for the discontinued colours, are available in the technical section.
The Artists’ Oil Colour are buttery and vibrant, made from only the finest pigments. Carefully formulate each tone for stability, tinting strength and coverage. Use them thickly with palette knives or brushes, or thin them to a very fine glaze. Artist’s Oil Color is unmatched for purity, quality and reliability, a success which is reflected in its worldwide reputation amongst proffesional artists.
