Brand reference
Lukas
111 Lukas paints measured in CIE L*a*b*, across oil.
Official site: lukas.eu
Paint lines
Lukas groups its paints into ranges that differ in price, consistency and pigment load.
1862 Artists' Oil
70 paints
Berlin Water-Mixable Oil
41 paints
Lightfastness
How well the colour resists fading. ASTM I is the most permanent; V is fugitive.
I
110 paints
II
1 paint
Opacity
How much the paint covers what is underneath.
Opaque
48 paints
Transparent
29 paints
Semi-Opaque
18 paints
Semi-Transparent
16 paints
Pigments
48 distinct pigment codes across these paints. The most widely used are shown below; 40 more are used less often.
PG7
19 paints
PW6
15 paints
PR101
13 paints
PW5
10 paints
PY42
10 paints
PO34
8 paints
PB29
8 paints
PY3
7 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 Hue
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Cerulean Blue
- Cerulean Blue Hue
- Chromium Oxide Green
- Cobalt Blue
- Cobalt Blue Hue
- Cobalt Green
- Indian Red
- Indian Yellow
- Indigo
- Ivory Black
- Lemon Yellow
- Naples Yellow
- Olive Green
- Payne's Grey
- Permanent Green Deep
- Permanent Green Light
- Phthalo Blue
- Phthalo Green
- Prussian Blue
- Raw Sienna
- Raw Umber
- Sap Green
- Titanium White
- Ultramarine Violet
- Venetian Red
- Viridian
- Yellow Ochre
- Zinc White
