The Artist's Oil paint assortment from Winsor & Newton offers a wide and balanced Spektrum of 117 colors. Every Oil paint has been specifically selected to deliver the highest level of choice and flexibility, so that all artists receive the color palette that best suits their work. Each color contains a maximum number of pigments for consistently good processing properties, so that they provide optimal tinting strength even when diluted with white. Only the purest pigments were selected for processing, resulting in very clean and bright colors that provide optimal color mixtures. Wherever possible, individual pigments were used to create individual colors. With the exception of alizarin crimson, all colors have the highest light fastness and are classified as "permanent for artists' use".