Brand reference
Maimeri
171 Maimeri paints measured in CIE L*a*b*, across oil.
Official site: maimeri.it
Paint lines
Maimeri groups its paints into ranges that differ in price, consistency and pigment load.
Classico
88 paints
Puro
83 paints
Lightfastness
How well the colour resists fading. ASTM I is the most permanent; V is fugitive.
I
167 paints
II
4 paints
Opacity
How much the paint covers what is underneath.
Semi-Opaque
70 paints
Opaque
65 paints
Transparent
36 paints
Pigments
62 distinct pigment codes across these paints. The most widely used are shown below; 54 more are used less often.
PW6
22 paints
PBr7
19 paints
PG7
11 paints
PY97
10 paints
PY43
10 paints
PR101
10 paints
PY35
9 paints
PY42
9 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
- Cobalt Green
- Indian Yellow
- Ivory Black
- Mars Black
- Naples Yellow
- Payne's Grey
- Permanent Green Deep
- Permanent Green Light
- Phthalo Green
- Primary Yellow
- Prussian Blue
- Quinacridone Red
- Quinacridone Violet
- Raw Sienna
- Raw Umber
- Sap Green
- Titanium White
- Ultramarine Violet
- Vandyke Brown
- Venetian Red
- Viridian
- Yellow Ochre
- Zinc White
