or waste expensive paint on practice work

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Thanks for sharing your palette! It’s always useful to be able to learn from what other artists are using! I feel like it’s really through those years of trial & error where you learn what really works for you. I’ve never actually tried cobalt teal or turquoise but it’s certainly looked tempting to me as I’ve seen it in other artists palettes - tho as u say quite expensive! One red I’ve found that is also a great cadmium replacement is vermillion extra by old holland & it’s even more expensive than cadmium and I feel that every time I use it haha I have to remind myself I bought it to use it!

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That is definitely a tricky 1. As you say, most artists go through white at a much higher rate so that can get pricy so you could switch to use a student grade white & given you are more likely to replace it sooner than other colours this gives u the option to upgrade again in the future. Also unlike other colours whites are usually the same pigments in student & artist grade paints it’s just the ingredients will be more simple in more expensive brands so more expensive white will likely last longer. But because u mix white in so many other colours some artists choose to upgrade their white and save by buying other colours in student grade - given white is mixed into most areas of your canvas it can lift the quality of other colours. White is also one of the cheaper pigments to buy in artist quality paints - I think it’s usually series 1 along with earth colours. So you could decide to buy expensive colours like cadmium’s cobalts etc in cheaper brands or as skip those pigments for similar but less expensive pigments. Both strategies can work for different reasons. You can also order white in even bigger quantities online if u don’t mind it in a can (I think gamblin & Williamsburg) as that tends to be most cost effective.

If the price is that different then they are probably using a different pigment. Colour names are decided by the brand and can be misleading. Colours named the same in different brands can be made using different pigments or sometimes a mix of a few pigments. If I were you I’d compare the pigments on the tube or on the manufacturers website. I’ve also found the art store Delta Art & Drafting in Canada gives pigment information for oil paint on their website & is a good place to compare. Original cobalt is more expensive & toxic than other colours & is sometimes substituted with something like a phthalo. The only other reasons for a price difference may be to do with the way they process that pigment or how easy it is to procure in the country the paint is manufactured etc so there may be other factors at play. I would be surprised if it’s to do with the pigment load as all those brands are artist quality so should be consistent as far as the pigment to oil ratio for the same pigment.

@@dorisroseart Ah yes I see thank you. I just looked it up the cheaper brands use PB28 and the expensive brands use PG50, so entirely different! PB28 is also slightly more transparent

They are very similar colours and comparable but are different pigments. Benzimidazolone Yellow Medium (PY154) has a similar masstone to Hansa Yellow Medium (PY73) But is weaker in tint strength and brightness than Hansa Yellow Medium. Benzimidazolone Yellow Light (PY175) is very similar to Hansa Yellow Light (PY3) in colour but the difference is the masstone

I think the lightfastness is similar but not sure - you’d have to compare the paint manufacturer’s lightfast score for those paints

@@dorisroseart i see thank you maam

She only said "artist quality", not that everybody needs Old Holland.