Medium reference
Gouache paints
343 gouache paints from 5 brands, measured in CIE L*a*b*.
Brands
Every brand in the database making gouache paint.
Lightfastness
How well the colour resists fading. ASTM I is the most permanent; V is fugitive.
I
301 paints
II
19 paints
III
15 paints
IV
5 paints
V
3 paints
Opacity
How much the paint covers what is underneath.
Opaque
274 paints
Semi-Opaque
50 paints
Semi-Transparent
18 paints
Transparent
1 paint
Pigments
78 distinct pigment codes across these paints. The most widely used are shown below; 70 more are used less often.
PW6
48 paints
PW4
36 paints
PBk9
29 paints
PY3
26 paints
PR101
26 paints
PY42
25 paints
PB15:3
24 paints
PG7
24 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
- Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Cerulean Blue
- Cerulean Blue Hue
- Chromium Oxide Green
- Cobalt Blue
- Cobalt Blue Hue
- Green Gold
- Hooker's Green
- Indian Red
- Indian Yellow
- Indigo
- Ivory Black
- Lamp Black
- Lemon Yellow
- Naples Yellow
- Olive Green
- Payne's Grey
- Permanent Green Deep
- Permanent Green Light
- Phthalo Blue
- Phthalo Green
- Primary Yellow
- Prussian Blue
- Quinacridone Magenta
- Raw Sienna
- Raw Umber
- Sap Green
- Titanium White
- Ultramarine Violet
- Vandyke Brown
- Venetian Red
- Viridian
- Yellow Ochre
- Zinc White
