Holbein oil color is a world-class Artist Oil Color range that utilizes the purest of available pigments and is manufactured to the highest standards of quality control in the industry.
Available in 145 open stock colors in 40ml and 20ml tubes, 11 transparent glazing colors in 20ml tubes, four foundation colors in 110ml tubes and seven whites in 50ml, 110ml, 170ml tubes and 330ml cans. Holbein Artist Oil Color is adapted to the Munsell Color Standard for hue, value and Chroma.
Holbein Artist Oil is smooth, highly pigmented and the color range incorporates both traditional colors and modern pigments. All colors are ground up to 10 times in order to achieve a uniform viscosity across the entire palette of 167 colors. For the artist, this uniform viscosity ensures that every color will perform in the same vivid and smooth manner.
Spirit of Petroleum
A petroleum-derived distillate used as a commonly used in thinning or mixing of paints and varnishes.
Spirit of Turpentine
An oil distilled from gum turpentine or pine wood, used in thinning or mixing of paints and varnishes.
Linseed Oil
Extracted from the flax plant, used for thinning oil color and provides a natural luster to the artwork. As a vegetable based oil, it leaves a slight film when dry, which sometimes causes a yellowing problem over time.
Poppy Oil
Extracted from poppy seeds, used for thinning oil color, and provides a natural luster to the artwork. Poppy Oil leaves no residue behind and will not cause yellowing.
LESOLVENT
Lesolvent is an ideal mixture of Spirit of Turpentine, Poppy Oil, Siccatif and resin. Properly mixed for read-to-use purposes, thus saving time and labor necessary for mixing various oils. The use of this medium will speed the drying time, and add vivid luster and smoothness to your painting application.
Painting Oil
The ingredients in Painting Oil are the same as Lesolvent except Linseed Oil is substituted for Poppy Oil.
Painting Varnish
A type of luster oil. When applied with Poppy or Linseed Oil, this varnish gives extreme brilliance to the picture. This varnish yields faster drying time and higher gloss. An ideal varnish for the painter.
Picture Varnish
For application to the painting about six months after completion. Brush this oil very thinly and lightly on the work after it has completely dried and you can reproduce a natural luster on the picture. This oil serves to protect the surface.
Retouch Varnish
A type of glossing oil. Used to retouch the picture after completion and to produce the same gloss as in the original. It’s not as thick as Picture Varnish but produces an excellent gloss.
Sun Thickened Poppy Oil
A glossing oil made from condensed poppy oil. Try to mix oil colors with this oil alone, without the use of other mediums, the result will be a painting of such high gloss as to appear similar to enamels. The use of this oil is an individual choice and many artist enjoy its features in application.
Sun Thickened Linseed Oil
Still made by the orthodox method of exposure to the sun for prolonged periods. Its increased viscosity improves drying, leveling, and protective characteristics. Used for oil mediums, varnishes, and glazes, it may be diluted with turpentine or spirits of petroleum.
White Mat Varnish
Used for matting a picture already painted. This allows you to view the painting from many different angles much like a watercolor painting since they don’t reflect light. Many paintings can be enhanced by matting back to a dull service.
Stand Linseed Oil
A heavy, viscous oil for blending with oil color to produce surface transparency and brightness and a smoothness which enhances the leveling of the brush stroke. With a greatly reduced tendency to yellow with age, its mixed viscosity may be softened with turpentine or spirits of petroleum.
Spike Lavender Oil
Distilled from a variety of the lavender plant family, this fragrant oil has properties similar to turpentine but has greater tendency to oxidize or gum and does not evaporate as readily.
Venetian Turpentine
A heavy, thick liquid made from European Pine Trees used in oil mediums. It offers transparency and glossy surface. Due to yellowing with time, it should be used or thinned with dry oils (stand oil) or volatile oils (turpentine).
Developed by Holbein in 1999 to offer the same high pigment quality and archival characteristics of Holbein’s Artists’ Oil line while allowing soap-and-water cleanup, Duo Aqua Oils are characterized by rich hues, high chroma, excellent lightfast ratings equivalent to that of traditional oil color and superior working characteristics. Holbein specifically details 17 colors as “Elite” colors that contain heavy metal pigments like cadmiums and cobalts. DUO offers 100 highly pigmented Artist Grade Colors suspended in a water soluble, Refined Linseed Oil. DUO is compatible with all media including traditional oil color and mediums, watercolor, gouache, acrylic gouache and acrylic. DUO is an excellent teaching tool and a superb printmaking ink.
DUO Linseed Oil
Increases the transparency and gloss finish while slowing drying time of DUO. Available in 55 & 200 ml.
• Can be thinned with water.
• Milky appearance from adding water will become clear when dry.
• While DUO Linseed Oil may become cloudy over time, performance will not be affected.
DUO Stand Linseed Oil
A highly viscous, thermal polymerized linseed oil that increases the transparency of DUO. Available in 55ml.
• Produces a leveled and enamel gloss effect when mixing with DUO Colors and/or DUO Painting Medium.
• Creates an elastic and durable film.
• Milky appearance from adding water will become clear when dry.
• While DUO Stand Linseed Oil may become cloudy over time, performance will not be affected.
DUO Painting Oil Medium
Enhances transparency and gloss finish while accelerating drying time. Aids in brush ability and flow. Great for detail. Available in 55 & 200ml.
• Use alone, or thin with water.
• Milky appearance from adding water will become clear when dry.
• DUO Linseed Oil can be added for stronger surface finish during final layers of painting.
• Store in a cool, dark place.
• While DUO Painting Oil Medium may become cloudy over time, performance will not be affected.
DUO Quick Drying Liquid
Enhances transparency and gloss finish while dramatically accelerating drying time. Available in 55 & 200ml.
• When mixing DUO Quick Drying Liquid and DUO Color in equal parts, substrate surface will become tacky in as little as 30 minutes.
• Adding too much DUO Quick Drying Liquid may cause unstable results. Do not exceed 50%.
• Can be thinned with water, reducing the overall effect.
• Milky appearance from adding water will become clear when dry.
• While DUO Quick Drying Liquid may become cloudy over time, performance will not be affected.
DUO Quick Drying Medium, Gloss Paste
An aqueous paste medium that, when mixed with DUO, results in a transparent and gloss finish while dramatically accelerating drying time. Available in 50 & 110ml tubes.
• When mixing DUO Quick Drying Medium Gloss and DUO Color in equal parts, substrate surface will become tacky in as little as 30 minutes.
• Thick layers may cause wrinkling.
• Can be thinned with water, reducing gloss effects.
• Milky appearance from adding water will become clear when dry.
DUO Quick Drying Medium, Matte Paste
An aqueous paste medium that, when mixed with DUO, results in a translucent and matte finish while dramatically accelerating drying time. Available in 50 & 100ml tubes.
• When mixing DUO Quick Drying Medium Matte and DUO Color in equal parts, substrate surface will become tacking in as little as 30 minutes.
• Overall matte effect varies from color to color.
• Thick layers may cause wrinkling.
• Can be thinned with water, reducing the matte effect.
• Milky appearance from adding water will become clear when dry.
