Holbein
389 Holbein paints measured in CIE L*a*b*, across acrylic, gouache, oil, watercolor.
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Paint lines
Holbein groups its paints into ranges that differ in price, consistency and pigment load.
100 paints
91 paints
88 paints
74 paints
36 paints
Mediums
Compare this brand against every other one making the same kind of paint.
Lightfastness
How well the colour resists fading. ASTM I is the most permanent; V is fugitive.
370 paints
18 paints
1 paint
Opacity
How much the paint covers what is underneath.
176 paints
94 paints
67 paints
52 paints
Pigments
65 distinct pigment codes across these paints. The most widely used are shown below; 57 more are used less often.
35 paints
34 paints
33 paints
31 paints
25 paints
25 paints
25 paints
25 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 Yellow Deep
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Cerulean Blue
- Cerulean Blue Hue
- Chromium Oxide Green
- Cobalt Blue
- Cobalt Blue Hue
- Cobalt Green
- Cobalt Turquoise
- Green Gold
- Hooker's Green
- Indian Red
- Indian Yellow
- Indigo
- Ivory Black
- Lamp Black
- Lemon Yellow
- Mars Black
- Naples Yellow
- Olive Green
- Payne's Grey
- Permanent Green Deep
- Permanent Green Light
- Phthalo Blue
- Phthalo Green
- Primary Yellow
- Prussian Blue
- Pyrrole Red
- Quinacridone Magenta
- Quinacridone Red
- Quinacridone Violet
- Raw Sienna
- Raw Umber
- Sap Green
- Titanium White
- Transparent Orange
- Ultramarine Blue
- Ultramarine Violet
- Vandyke Brown
- Venetian Red
- Viridian
- Yellow Ochre
- Zinc White
