Brand reference
Amsterdam
173 Amsterdam paints measured in CIE L*a*b*, across acrylic.
Official site: royaltalens.com
Paint lines
Amsterdam groups its paints into ranges that differ in price, consistency and pigment load.
Standard Series
102 paints
Expert Series
71 paints
Lightfastness
How well the colour resists fading. ASTM I is the most permanent; V is fugitive.
I
164 paints
II
5 paints
IV
4 paints
Opacity
How much the paint covers what is underneath.
Semi-Opaque
62 paints
Opaque
51 paints
Semi-Transparent
33 paints
Transparent
27 paints
Pigments
39 distinct pigment codes across these paints. The most widely used are shown below; 31 more are used less often.
PW6
54 paints
PG7
32 paints
PY74
27 paints
PB15
24 paints
PV19
21 paints
PY42
20 paints
MICA
19 paints
PR101
18 paints
Colours compared across brands
Each page sets this colour side by side with every brand that makes it, measured in CIE L*a*b*.
- Burnt Sienna
- Burnt Umber
- Cadmium Orange
- Cadmium Red Deep
- Cadmium Red Light
- Cadmium Red Medium
- Cadmium Yellow Deep
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Cadmium Yellow Medium
- Chromium Oxide Green
- Cobalt Blue
- Indigo
- Ivory Black
- Lamp Black
- Olive Green
- Payne's Grey
- Permanent Green Deep
- Permanent Green Light
- Phthalo Blue
- Phthalo Green
- Primary Yellow
- Pyrrole Red
- Raw Sienna
- Raw Umber
- Sap Green
- Titanium White
- Transparent Orange
- Ultramarine Violet
- Vandyke Brown
- Yellow Ochre
- Zinc White
