By using artists grade oil colors, painters experience color at its maximum. Objectively all brands of artists' grade oil colors are equal in quality. The texture of Gamblin Artists Grade Oil Colors is between. I consider the unique tinctorial and textural differences among pigments fascinating. As the paintmaker for Gamblin Artists Colors, I preserve these unique qualities.
Cadmiums make short buttery paints.
Hansa pigments made sticky paints. These differences are lost in lesser grades. Only artists' grade oil colors are opaque. Replacing the colored pigments with extenders makes make paints more transparent. Artists' grade oil colors are bright and clear.