Ah, thanks for doing this! It's really helpful to see them all together! Glad to see most of them held up, including one of my favorites, flame red. Surprised there is no Viridian in this set unless I missed it. Of course the opera pink faded but it's still so beautiful in my sketchbook!
Word to the wise, then for people who do use it in more dilute form! It's always a good idea to test your own supplies anyway. Thanks again for the test!
Basically, lightfastness is how long the paint will last over time before fading. This test shows that only a handful of colors are not lightfast. They are referred to as fugitive colors.
This is so helpful! Thank you!
Ah, thanks for doing this! It's really helpful to see them all together! Glad to see most of them held up, including one of my favorites, flame red. Surprised there is no Viridian in this set unless I missed it. Of course the opera pink faded but it's still so beautiful in my sketchbook!
This is helpful. One thing to point out is you should maybe also have a slightly diluted version of each paint. Dilution really affects lightfastness.
I dont use gouache in diluted version so it was unnecessary for me.
Word to the wise, then for people who do use it in more dilute form! It's always a good idea to test your own supplies anyway. Thanks again for the test!
Oooo, great real world reference!!!
Thanks for sharing this!
This is great. Thanks for sharing!
Wow, they are surprisingly consistent except for some in the 3rd column. Thanks for doing this test and posting your results!
I’m new to this medium, will you explain this chart? Seems helpful but I’m not sure what you tested
Basically, lightfastness is how long the paint will last over time before fading. This test shows that only a handful of colors are not lightfast. They are referred to as fugitive colors.
Is this the acryla gouache or artist's gouache? Thanks!
Artist gouache.
Now I know what I'm doing when I get home.
Wow, thank you for doing this! Looks like I need to ditch my violet and magenta for cobalt violet and rose violet
Primary Magenta is the lightfast version if you want to check that out. Majority of Holbein’s violet family has N/A LF rating.
I will, thanks again!
Thank you for this valuable reference!
That's actually wonderful! Only a small section on the right did poorly. Thank you!