Brand reference

Liquitex

317 Liquitex paints measured in CIE L*a*b*, across acrylic.

Official site: liquitex.com

Paint lines

Liquitex groups its paints into ranges that differ in price, consistency and pigment load.

Professional Heavy Body

126 paints

Soft Body

111 paints

Basics

80 paints

Mediums

Compare this brand against every other one making the same kind of paint.

Acrylic

Lightfastness

How well the colour resists fading. ASTM I is the most permanent; V is fugitive.

304 paints

III

13 paints

Opacity

How much the paint covers what is underneath.

Semi-Transparent

94 paints

Opaque

93 paints

Transparent

82 paints

Semi-Opaque

48 paints

Pigments

57 distinct pigment codes across these paints. The most widely used are shown below; 49 more are used less often.

PW6

60 paints

PG7

34 paints

PY42

30 paints

PB15:3

30 paints

Mica

28 paints

PV23

25 paints

PY74

21 paints

PR122

19 paints

Colours compared across brands

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