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GOLDEN ARTIST ACRYLICS

The GOLDEN brand of acrylics is known for quality and archival integrity as well as being the most innovative and extensive system available.

WILLIAMSBURG ARTIST OIL COLORS

Williamsburg is known for its quality and extensive palette of oil colors, including genuine Italian and French earth colors.

QoR ARTIST WATERCOLORS

QoR® is a modern watercolor made with an exclusive Aquazol® binder, providing more pigment in every brushstroke as well as a color strength, range and versatility unmatched in the history of watercolors.

PANPASTEL ARTIST PASTELS

PanPastel colors are professional artists’ quality soft pastels packed in a unique pan format. Their special qualities mean that artists can blend and apply pastel (dry) color like paint. Use for painting, drawing and mixed media.

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Alternative Color Mixes for Discontinued Quinacridones

How to mix colors to match discontinued Quinacridone Crimson, Quin/Nickel Azo Gold, and Quin Burnt Orange colors.

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Product Development and Testing at GOLDEN

In this article we provide some insight into the product development lifecycle and testing methods used at GOLDEN.

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Wet Sanding Acrylics

Adding water to the process lubricates the surface to reduce the build up of heat, and softens the acrylic making it easier to abrade away unwanted material. Acrylics are thermoplastic, which means they soften

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OPEN Slow-Drying Acrylic Colors Overview

OPEN Acrylics are a slow-drying paint with a slightly softer consistency than our Heavy Body paints. The increased working time of these colors exp...

New & Updated Virtual Paint Mixer [now mixing oil colors!]

Golden Artist Colors introduces an updated acrylic color mixer and all-new oil color mixer that is free to use! In addition to the improved, more u...

How to Apply Spray Varnish to Paintings

Properly applied Archival Aerosol Varnish MSA with UVLS creates a durable, even film with the same features as GOLDEN brushable MSA varnish and wit...

More Ways to Paint!

Golden Artist Colors is the manufacturer of five acrylic color lines, QoR Artist Watercolors, Williamsburg Artist Oil Colors, and (now!) PanPastel ...

Materials & Application Support

Our role in the arts community has been to provide artists with the best tools to meet their needs. This includes an obligation to provide the most complete information available on artists' materials from our laboratory, research, and collaboration with other innovators and material scientists.

Please use this resource to obtain information regarding art materials in general, and GOLDEN products in particular. We cover product labeling, guidelines for safe use of art materials, waste disposal and environmental impact. We also provide links to other information that we have found helpful. If you don't find what you need, please contact us.