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GALERIA Acrylic Colour
Wed, 07/01/2009 - 15:08 — Artyfect
Range Introduction
Galeria Acrylic Colour is a high quality acrylic which delivers professional results and is ideal for artists who want good quality colour at an affordable price.
All of the 60 colours in the Galeria Acrylic range offer a wide spectrum of pigment characteristics to choose from as well as excellent brilliance of colour, high levels of pigment strength, opacity & permanence, strong brush stroke retention, clean colour and a smooth, satin finish.
Size availablity
Galeria also offers a balanced spectrum of 60 colours across two Series. There is a broad choice of pack sizes, making it ideal for small and large scale art work: 
- 60ml tubes - full range
- 120ml plastic tubes - full range
- 200ml tubes - 35 colours available
- 250ml pots - full range
- 500ml pots - full range
- 1 Litre pots - 25 colours available
- Mars Black and Titanium White available in 2.5 Litre buckets
Pigment Strength and Purity
Galeria enjoys a good to high level of pigmentation, which gives artists from beginner to professional a good correlation to artists' acrylics, making it easier in the transition to artists' grade when a wider choice and even higher pigment strength is needed.
Although Galeria is sometimes referred to as ‘student grade' the high levels of pigment deliver professional results with significantly better covering power than many similarly priced brands. (See our section below on Opacity and Cove
ring Power to understand more.)
During the process of searching for new pigments, suggested colours are made by our chemists and these Leneta cards are just one way we look at the proposals.
These examples show how Galeria is a stronger colour when mixed to a tint 1:10 with Titanium White, vs. the competitor acrylic
A= Galeria
B= Competitor
Spectrum and new colours
Galeria Acrylic Colours have been chosen to offer a wide and balanced spectrum of bright and vibrant colours, giving the artist excellent choice and the ability to select a palette that best suits their work. Each colour has been specially selected by looking at individual pigment characteristics in both mass and undertone such as hue, colour bias, purity, brightness, transparency, tinti
ng strength and stability.
We have also extended the range to include 
10 NEW colours taking the total number to 60. With these colours Galeria offers an even wider choice for your palette.
The advantage of Galeria is that the range covers every requirement - from the essential colours for your basic palette, to unique colours not achievable through mixtures, to colours formulated from professional artist grade pigments.
The spectrum also includes a number of tints (colour plus white). These ready mixed colours enable the artist to select and apply the colour quickly and easily, without having to worry about consistent colour mixing.
Genuine Artists' Pigments
Winsor & Newton are the first to introduce some of the higher performance pigments, which are more normally found in artists’ acrylics, into our lower priced range, namely Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Red Medium, Cobalt Blue, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Green Gold, Transparent Yellow & Opera Rose. This widens the choice across the spectrum within the economical option of Galeria.
Colours made from cadmium pigments constitute an important part of the artists’ palette. Cadmium Yellow Medium and Cadmium Red Medium offer unique colours, good opacity a
nd excellent lightfastness which are unmatched by other pigments available. Cobalt Blue is a semi opaque blue with great permanence. As the genuine pigment does not contain any white, it is therefore not only useful in its own right but resultant colour mixtures are less chalky.
Galeria now offers a choice to the artist between these genuine pigments, priced at a Series 2, and the hues, which provide an equivalent tonal alternative, priced at Series 1.
Versatility
Acrylic colour is becoming increasingly popular because it is so versatile. It can be used on the widest variety of surfaces, (providing they are grease free and properly prepared); paper, canvas, hardboard, timber, sculpture, brickwork and plaster - so you can use it whatever your painting style.
It can be applied both thinly and thickly and at any dilution in between and is easy to use and clean up. Galeria ensures the artist has an acrylic with the best all round handling characteristics and performance at an affordable price.
Galeria, can be used straight from the tube/ pot or thinned or thickened with a medium or water. This variety in consistency makes Galeria suitable for both oil and water colour techniques.
Drying Times
Thin films of colour will dry in 10-20 minutes, thicker films can take an hour or more.
Upgrading to Artists' Acrylic Colour
Acrylic colour relies upon the variable characteristics of the pigments used in each colour in order to achieve results. Therefore, being able to choose from the widest possible range of pigments means that you have greater choice and flexibility to develop your work and technique.
Upgrading to our Artists' Acrylic Colour range means that you will have a much wider and balanced spectrum of colours to choose from, giving you the widest choice of pigments as well as unparalleled brilliance of colour.
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