Brand reference
Matisse
262 Matisse paints measured in CIE L*a*b*, across acrylic.
Official site: matisse.com.au
Paint lines
Matisse groups its paints into ranges that differ in price, consistency and pigment load.
Structure Formula
124 paints
Flow Formula
98 paints
Fluid
40 paints
Lightfastness
How well the colour resists fading. ASTM I is the most permanent; V is fugitive.
I
260 paints
II
2 paints
Opacity
How much the paint covers what is underneath.
Opaque
133 paints
Transparent
47 paints
Semi-Opaque
43 paints
Semi-Transparent
39 paints
Pigments
60 distinct pigment codes across these paints. The most widely used are shown below; 52 more are used less often.
PW6
48 paints
PR101
33 paints
PY74
26 paints
PG7
23 paints
PY42
21 paints
PBr7
20 paints
PY83
20 paints
PB15:3
16 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 Medium
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Cadmium Yellow Medium
- Cerulean Blue
- Cobalt Blue
- Cobalt Turquoise
- Dioxazine Purple
- Hooker's Green
- Ivory Black
- Mars Black
- Payne's Grey
- Permanent Green Light
- Primary Yellow
- Prussian Blue
- Quinacridone Red
- Raw Sienna
- Raw Umber
- Titanium White
- Ultramarine Blue
- Venetian Red
- Zinc White
