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Aquarylic Colors are a new paint medium that combines transparency and vibrancy. The transparency lets you build artworks up in layers — creating depth and life. Despite that transparency, the colors keep their brilliance and intensity, enhanced by a subtle sheen.

Used in glazes, the colors take on a watercolor character and follow the water, yet dry water-resistant. Used at full strength, they can be combined with traditional oil paint, wet-in-wet or over already-dried oil paint. Aquarylic Colors adhere to many surfaces, including canvas, paper, wood, metal, and glass.

Aquarylic Color uses a specially developed binder that combines several properties. Among them is the ability to combine the paint with other media such as acrylic, watercolor, and oil paint.

Compared to acrylic paint, Aquarylic Colors are more fluid, dry glossy or satin-matte, and keep their brilliance without darkening much as they dry. Watercolor paint stays water-soluble after drying, while Aquarylic Colors form a water-resistant layer. Color intensity stays high even in glazed applications.

Yes, Aquarylic Color is water-based. This makes it easy to thin with water and allows for versatile application.

Yes, Aquarylic Colors can be mixed with oil paint and create special effects when you do. Because the viscosities differ, the result isn't a fully homogeneous mixture.

Unlike pure oil paint, Aquarylic Colors dry faster. That's useful when you need quick drying and good blendability. The low viscosity also supports smooth transitions in sfumato techniques.

No, Aquarylic Colors are not chemically comparable to water-soluble oil paint. They are their own paint medium with their own range of applications.

Yes, Aquarylic Colors can be thinned with either water or alcohol. This gives you a range from transparent glazes to full opacity.

Yes, Aquarylic Color can be used with epoxy resin and creates special effects when you do.

Yes, Aquarylic Colors are suitable for airbrushing. With a medium needle, you can use the paint undiluted; with a finer needle, it's best to thin it slightly.

Yes, Aquarylic Colors are also suitable for dot painting. Because of their liquid consistency, it takes a bit of practice to control the paint precisely.

Yes, because of the high pigment density, the pigment can settle. Shaking well before use redistributes the pigments evenly again.

For a color wheel you can use either the RGB or the CMY system with Aquarylic Colors and acrylic paints. Our primary colors are pure single-pigment shades and therefore give clear, vivid results.

The RGB primary colors are Signal Red, Permanent Yellow and Ultramarine.

The CMY primary colors are Phthalo Blue Cyan, Quinacridone Magenta and Lemon Yellow.

Read the blog post about our primary colors

Our acrylic paints are highly pigmented and work well for glazing techniques. Compared to studio-quality paints, our artist-quality acrylic paints offer more color intensity and brilliance — achieved through the binders and lightfast pigments we use. These properties are stated on every container.

Chalk paints can be applied to various surfaces, most commonly canvas or wood. Applied undiluted, all shades are opaque and dry matte. Diluted with water, they create powdery effects.

On wood, chalk paints work well for painting furniture, for a shabby-chic look, or for a matte, opaque finish. We recommend sealing furniture pieces after painting. Chalk paints are also one of the few paint media suited to the encaustic technique.

Aquarylic Colors dry with a slight sheen when applied undiluted, and silky matte when applied in glazes. Our acrylic paints dry silky matte, while chalk paints leave a matte, powdery surface.

Opacity depends on the paint medium and shade. Details are listed on the product page for each shade. You can also download the color charts for Aquarylic Color, acrylic paint, and chalk paint — they list the opacity for each shade.

Lightfastness depends on the pigments used. When selecting pigments, we make sure to use only those with high lightfastness. Most of our paints achieve 5 out of 5 (excellent lightfastness, equivalent to Blue Wool Scale 8), with a few shades at 4 out of 5 (very good lightfastness, equivalent to Blue Wool Scale 7). We do not carry paints with lower lightfastness.

Details are listed on the product page for each shade. You can also download the color charts — they list the lightfastness for each shade.

Yes, all Aquarylic Colors shades are vegan and contain no animal-derived pigments.

Yes, both Aquarylic Colors and acrylic paints are suitable for pouring. If you want classic effects with large cells, acrylic paint is the better choice.

Aquarylic Colors have a lower viscosity, so it's usually enough to mix them directly with pouring medium — without additional dilution with water. Acrylic paints need additional dilution with water.

Our chalk paints are among the few paint media suited to encaustic painting and are valued by artists working in this technique.

Acrylic paints and Aquarylic Colors are not suitable for encaustic painting.

On our downloads page, you can download product brochures, comparisons of the paint media, color charts, and safety data sheets as PDFs: Go to the downloads page

Yes, you can seal artwork with rust effects. Varnish may slightly darken the rust surface — this can enhance or change the desired effect.

Yes, our Modeling Paste dries matte and provides a base for further layers of paint.

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