The artist's Oil paint assortment by Winsor & Newton offers a wide and balanced Spektrum of 117 colors. Every oil paint has been specially selected to provide the ultimate in choice and flexibility, giving all artists the color palette that best suits their work. Each color contains a maximum number of pigments for consistently good processing properties, so that they also provide optimum tinting strength when diluted with white. Only the purest pigments have been selected for processing, resulting in very clean and bright colors that provide optimal color mixing. Wherever possible, individual pigments have been used to create individual colours. With the exception of alizarin crimson, all colors have the highest lightfastness and are rated "Permanent for Artists' Use". Artist's Oil Colors