Cass Art has unveiled a new collection of oil colours, promising artists a vibrant and versatile palette. Inspired by the rich tradition of oil painting, these new colours boast exceptional pigmentation and a buttery consistency. With a focus on delivering high-quality materials at an accessible price point, this exciting new range offers a diverse selection of hues, from classic primaries to unique and innovative shades, catering to a wide array of artistic styles and techniques.
The lastest addition to the Cass Art oil colour range include:
Beige, Blue Black, Bohemian Green, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red Deep, Cassel Earth, Cobalt Teal, Mauve, Naples Yellow, Peach Pink, Vandyke Brown, Royal Blue, Viridian, Gold Metallic, Silver Metallic
- High Pigmentation: Our oil colours are formulated with the highest quality pigments, ensuring exceptional colour vibrancy, lightfastness, and durability. This means that your paintings will retain their original colours over time, even when exposed to sunlight and other environmental factors. Additionally, the high pigment concentration in our paints allows for greater opacity and coverage, enabling you to achieve bold and expressive strokes.
- Smooth Application: These oil colours are formulated with a buttery consistency that glides effortlessly onto your canvas, allowing for seamless blending and precise strokes. This smooth application ensures a pleasurable painting experience and helps you achieve the desired effects with ease.
- Consistent Quality: Every tube of Cass Art oil paint is rigorously tested to guarantee consistent performance and reliability. This means that you can trust that each tube of paint will meet the same high standards of quality, regardless of when it was purchased or where it was manufactured.
- Affordability without Compromise: We believe that high-quality art supplies should be accessible to all artists. Our new oil colours offer exceptional value without compromising on quality. This means that you can enjoy the benefits of professional-grade pigments and smooth application without breaking the bank.
We wanted to take a look into the properties of a selection of this new range of oil colours and discover the potential they hold for your artist palette and why they should be your next go-to oil paint.
I tested Cass Art Cobalt Blue against three other well-known artist quality brands. The results were impressive. Cass Art's Cobalt blue (furthest left) was just as vibrant, opaque, and smooth as the more expensive options. It mixed well with other colours and seemed to hold its colour against light. If you're looking for a quality cobalt blue without the hefty price tag, Cass Art is definitely worth considering.
Even after adding a touch of titanium white, there was no noticeable difference in the colour's performance in comparing this to the other artist quality brands which you can see above - again Cass Art Cobalt Blue on the left.
Series 1
Pigment no. PW5, PY3, PY42, PR101
Lightfastness: Excellent
Opacity/Transparency: Opaque
Naples Yellow boasts an impressive pedigree, potentially dating back to 1500 BC when Egyptians used it in glassmaking. By the 17th century, it had become a mainstay in European oil painting, favoured for its unique characteristics. Unlike most yellows such as the boldness of Cadmium Yellow, Naples Yellow offers a more muted, nuanced quality. It leans slightly green in cooler tones, and when mixed with white, creates a range of exquisite, soft yellows reminiscent of natural light.
Series 1
Pigment no. PW5, PB29
Lightfastness: Excellent
Opacity/Transparency: Semi-Opaque
Royal Blue is a deep, intense blue with a slight undertone of violet. Perfect for capturing some landscape scenes such as the sky or the depth of the ocean. Its subtle tone allows for endless blending possibilities, creating a range of effects from dreamy pastels to bold undertones.
Series 4
Pigment no. PG18
Lightfastness: Excellent
Opacity/Transparency: Semi-Opaque
Viridian is a rich, bright shade of green that has been used in art and design for centuries. The pigment is known for its durability, lightfastness, and versatility, making it a popular choice among artists and designers. One of the most notable characteristics of Viridian is its hue. It is a cool, blue-green colour that is distinct from other green pigments. Its hue is reminiscent of the colour of emeralds or turquoise. This cool hue is ideal for creating natural-looking greens in paintings, and it is a popular choice for artists who want to capture the beauty of nature. Viridian is a very popular colour amongst landscape painters becuas
Series: S1
Pigment No. PW4, PW6, PY35
Lightfastness: Excellent
Transparency/Opacity: Semi-Opaque
Beige, often described as a neutral colour, is a complex hue that can range from warm, creamy tones to cooler, greyish shades. It's a colour that bridges the gap between white and brown, making it incredibly versatile for artists. Its also semi-opaque nature allows for both layering and glazing techniques.
Warm up the Beige - Mixing Beige with Cadmium Red Light or Burnt Sienna will create deeper, richer beige tones with a warmer undertone.
Cool Down the Beige - Adding a touch of Ultramarine Blue or Cobalt Blue will shift the beige towards a cooler, greyer hue.
Create Neutrals - Combine Beige with opposites on the colour wheel, like Violet or Orange, to create muted, earthy tones.
Series 2
Pigment no. P020
Lightfastness: Excellent
Opacity/Transparency: Semi-Opaque
Cadmium Orange is a vibrant, bright and warm colour which name dervies from Kádmos, the founder of Thebes in Greek mythology. It is highly opaque pigment, meaning it covers other colours completely. This makes it ideal for creating solid blocks of colour or for mixing with other pigments to create vibrant hues. Its intense luminosity makes it a standout colour. Even when mixed with other colours, it retains its vibrancy. Due to its high vibrant visibility, Cadmium Orange is perfect for creating focal points in your paintings.
While Cadmium Orange is primarily known for its brightness, it can also be used to create a wide range of hues. By mixing it with other colours, you can achieve everything from soft peach tones to deep rust browns. (See further down the blog where we mix with another one of new colours Cobalt Blue).
As we've mentioned Cadmium Orange is a highly valued pigment known for its vibrant colour and durability. Typically found in expensive, high-series oil paints, it's often out of reach for many artists. Cass Art's Series 2 Cadmium Orange offers a professional-quality alternative at a more affordable price. This means artists can enjoy the same rich colour and performance without the high cost.
Series 4
Pigment no. PG7, PB29
Lightfastness: Excellent
Opacity/Transparency: Semi-Transparent
With a moderate tinting strength Cobalt Blue is quite a clean but and is neither warm or cold but sits somewhere in between making it useful on an artists palette for muted colour mixes. This classic hue delivers the expected brilliance and depth, offering a solid foundation for a multitude of artistic endeavors. Its purity and intensity are immediately apparent, making it a standout in the range. Its versatility shines through in its ability to harmonize with a wide array of hues. Whether used for bold skies, serene water bodies, or as a base for mixing other colours, this pigment consistently delivers. Its buttery texture and excellent lightfastness further solidify its position as a reliable and essential addition to any artist's collection.
Two nice colours to experiment together of the new range are Cadmium Orange and Cobalt Blue and you achieve a beautiful range of brownish-oranges. As you increase the orange, the mixture warms up and becomes more saturated. These colours are excellent for autumnal palettes or creating a sense of warmth in a painting.
Series 3
Pigment no. Py35
Lightfastness: Excellent
Opacity/Transparency: Semi-Opaque
Cadmium yellow is a bright and vibrant yellow colour that has been used prominently on artists palettes in the early 1800's and been popular in art and design ever since. It is named after the metal cadmium, which is used to create the pigment that gives the colour its distinctive hue. When used directly from the tube, it is bright and brilliant and can be used to create some wonderful colourful combinations. One of the most striking characteristics of cadmium yellow is it's bright and bold yellow hue that can range from a pale, lemony tone to a deep, golden hue. This colour is highly desirable for artists who want to create a sense of warmth and light in their compositions. Cadmium yellow is often used in paintings to create highlights, as it can make a colour pop and add a sense of depth to the overall image.
Series 1
Pigment no. PW5, PB29
Lightfastness: Excellent
Opacity/Transparency: Semi-Opaque
Royal Blue is a deep, intense blue with a slight undertone of violet. Its high opacity allows for excellent coverage, making it ideal for creating bold statements and striking contrasts. This colour possesses a luminosity that draws the eye, adding depth and richness to paintings.
Series 1
Pigment no. PY42, PR101, PBk11, PG7
Lightfastness: Excellent
Opacity/Transparency: Semi-Transparent
Bohemian Green Earth is a beautiful natural pigment that offers a unique, earthy green hue. This versatile colour is derived from natural earth deposits and provides a subdued, yet intriguing tone. Its natural origin imparts a distinctive earthiness to the colour, making it ideal for creating landscapes and still lifes. Experiment with triadic colour schemes by combining Bohemian Green Earth with orange and violet hues. This creates a visually stimulating combination.
Series 1
Pigment no. PW5, PY184, PR154
Lightfastness: Excellent
Opacity/Transparency: Semi-Opaque
This soft gentle hue offers a versatile palette option for artists seeking to infuse their work with warmth and delicacy. Peach Pink presents a harmonious blend of pink and orange undertones, creating a colour that is both inviting and sophisticated. Its semi-opaque nature allows for buildable layers, enabling artists to achieve varying degrees of intensity. The colour possesses a subtle luminosity that adds depth and dimension to paintings.
It boasts a creamy, buttery texture that is a pleasure to work with and blends seamlessly with other colours, making it an excellent choice for creating soft transitions and gradients. The pigment is well-dispersed, ensuring even application and consistent colour results.
These new additions to the Cass Art Oil range offers a rich, diverse collection clearly aiming to cater to a broad spectrum of artistic styles and subjects. While it’s pleasing to see single pigment options like Peach Pink and Royal Blue included, the majority of the range consists of mixed pigment colours. T The unique formulations of these mixed pigment colours such as the intriguing Blue Black, offer a depth and complexity that single pigment paints often can’t match. Overall, the quality of the new Cass Art Oil Colours is impressive; they possess a buttery consistency and are packed with pigment. Artists familiar with the Cass Art range will likely be pleased with these new additions.
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