Brand reference
Old Holland
124 Old Holland paints measured in CIE L*a*b*, across oil.
Official site: oldholland.com
Paint lines
Old Holland groups its paints into ranges that differ in price, consistency and pigment load.
Classic Oil Colors
124 paints
Lightfastness
How well the colour resists fading. ASTM I is the most permanent; V is fugitive.
I
123 paints
II
1 paint
Opacity
How much the paint covers what is underneath.
Opaque
46 paints
Transparent
41 paints
Semi-Transparent
35 paints
Semi-Opaque
2 paints
Pigments
51 distinct pigment codes across these paints. The most widely used are shown below; 43 more are used less often.
PR101
12 paints
PBk9
12 paints
PBr7
12 paints
PB29
9 paints
PY37
7 paints
PG36
7 paints
PV19
6 paints
PG7
6 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
- Indian Red
- Quinacridone Magenta
- Quinacridone Violet
- Raw Sienna
- Raw Umber
- Transparent Orange
- Ultramarine Violet
- Venetian Red
- Yellow Ochre
- Zinc White
