Brand reference
M. Graham
125 M. Graham paints measured in CIE L*a*b*, across oil, watercolor.
Official site: mgraham.com
Paint lines
M. Graham groups its paints into ranges that differ in price, consistency and pigment load.
Artists' Watercolor
64 paints
Artists' Oil Colors
61 paints
Lightfastness
How well the colour resists fading. ASTM I is the most permanent; V is fugitive.
I
123 paints
III
2 paints
Opacity
How much the paint covers what is underneath.
Transparent
61 paints
Opaque
31 paints
Semi-Transparent
29 paints
Semi-Opaque
4 paints
Pigments
45 distinct pigment codes across these paints. The most widely used are shown below; 37 more are used less often.
PBr7
11 paints
PBk9
10 paints
PR101
7 paints
PY37
6 paints
PR108
6 paints
PB15:3
6 paints
PY129
6 paints
PW4
5 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
- Cerulean Blue
- Chromium Oxide Green
- Cobalt Blue
- Cobalt Green
- Dioxazine Purple
- Green Gold
- Hooker's Green
- Indian Red
- Indian Yellow
- Indigo
- Ivory Black
- Lamp Black
- Mars Black
- Naples Yellow
- Olive Green
- Payne's Grey
- Phthalo Blue
- Phthalo Green
- Prussian Blue
- Quinacridone Red
- Quinacridone Violet
- Raw Sienna
- Raw Umber
- Sap Green
- Titanium White
- Transparent Orange
- Ultramarine Blue
- Ultramarine Violet
- Venetian Red
- Viridian
- Yellow Ochre
- Zinc White
