Oil Paint For Beginner
♫ Saturday, October 15th, 2011
Another thing you need to know about oil paints is they are not all the same price. It depends on the color you want and how rare the substance that makes that color. For example the color COBALT which comes in various colors is more expensive due to the cobalt metal that is used to make the color.
You will need to learn how to read the label on the paint tube and understand what the information means. The information on the label will vary according to each paint manufacturer. Artist quality oil paint will have the following information on the label:
* Manufacturer’s name or name of color
* Name of the pigment used and the color index name or number
* The vehicle the pigment is suspended in such as linseed oil
* The manufacturer’s lightfastness or permanence rating
* The volume of paint in the tube or what size it is
* Manufacturer name and address
The series the paint belongs to. The manufacturer groups the colors into various price bands. Some manufacturer’s use letters like Series A, Series B, etc. and others use number series; Series 1, Series 2, etc. The higher the series number or letter, the more expensive the paint.
If the price is higher this usually means the pigments used are more expensive for the manufacturer to purchase therefore they have to charge more for the paints. Also, they put more pigment into the higher price paints. In addition, the processing of these higher price paints is more expensive for the manufacturer therefore adding to the costs of making the paints. They also use a finer, better quality vehicle to suspend the pigment in.
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