Holbein Extra Fine Artists' Oil Colors Large Whites

Holbein Extra-Fine Artists’ Oil Color Ceramic White combines the most positive qualities of other painting whites. Even though it contains non-toxic titanium and strontium pigment, Ceramic White offers superior surface strength without being brittle. Compared to Titanium White, Ceramic White increases tinting and covering power, transparency, drying time, and visual whiteness with excellent handling.

Holbein Extra-Fine Artists’ Oil Color Ceramic White combines the most positive qualities of other painting whites. Even though it contains non-toxic titanium and strontium pigment, Ceramic White offers superior surface strength without being brittle. Compared to Titanium White, Ceramic White increases tinting and covering power, transparency, drying time, and visual whiteness with excellent handling.

Holbein Extra-Fine Artists’ Oil Color Permanent White Extra is a titanium white produced using safflower oil. With the addition of a barium sulphate additive, Permanent White Extra inhibits yellowing during early drying, reduces tinting power, and increases transparency.

Holbein Extra-Fine Artists’ Oil Color Permanent White Extra is a titanium white produced using safflower oil. With the addition of a barium sulphate additive, Permanent White Extra inhibits yellowing during early drying, reduces tinting power, and increases transparency.

Holbein Extra-Fine Artists’ Oil Color Permanent White Soft is a titanium white produced using safflower oil. With the addition of a barium sulphate additive, Permanent White Extra inhibits yellowing during early drying, reduces tinting power, and increases transparency.

Quick Drying White Made of titanium white, calcium carbonate, poppy oil, alkyd resin and petroleum solvent. This quick-drying white is best suited as an undercoat offering exceptional qualities of surface adhesion and durability. Non-yellowing and non-cracking, this white, when coated thinly (0.15mm) will dry in 4 to 5 hours, while application by brush, knife, squeegee or spatula in 2mm to 3mm textured thickness will take approximately 24 hours. Dilute and clean petroleum solvent.

Silver White *S (Flake/Lead White) One of the first artificially produced pigments, white lead mixes well with oil to a smooth uniform viscosity and has excellent opacity and brush handling qualities. Possessing great surface strength, it is nevertheless toxic in nature and will react by darkening when exposed to sulphur compounds or fumes. The latter reactivity is not too important as lead pigment in use is normally well protected by the oils and varnishes with which it is mixed.

Titanium White The most popular white, Titanium White is inert and non-reactive under most ordinary conditions. It has greater opacity than lead or zinc but tends to yellow in the short term. It is slower drying than lead but faster than zinc. It handles and mixes well, and its surface qualities may be strengthened by mixture with zinc oxide which also helps reduce the sometimes too intense tinting power inherent in titanium pigment.

Zinc White Zinc Oxide is more transparent than lead and its surface qualities are more brittle. It does not have the same brushing qualities, is slower drying and does not react to sulphur. It is whiter than lead.