Gamblin 1980 Oil Colors
True color. Real value.
Gamblin 1980 Oil Colors are made with the same dedication and pure pigments that go into our Artist’s Oils. In addition, we use the same process of mixing, milling, filling, and hand labeling.
In order to reduce the cost of oil colors, some manufacturers use gels and waxes to stiffen colors and replace traditional pigments with less expensive ones.
Our approach is different. 1980 colors are formulated with pure pigments, the finest refined linseed oil and marble dust (calcium carbonate). More affordable colors have been made with these three ingredients since oil painting began.
With 1980 colors, artists experience colors that are true, without homogenized texture or muddy color mixtures. Our approach of using both traditional raw materials and processes ensures that artists experience the luscious working properties that they expect from their oil colors.
1980 Oil Colors are available in 37 and 150ml tubes.
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Tint = Color + Titanium Zinc White
Tone = Color + Portland Grey Medium
Shade = Color + Chromatic Black
Glaze = Color + Galkyd Medium
Series 3
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PY35, PY3
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Series 3
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PY37, PY74
Hansa Yellow Light
Series 2
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness II, PY3
Hansa Yellow Medium
Series 2
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PY74
India Yellow
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PY83
Cadmium Orange
Series 3
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PO20, PO62
Permanent Orange
Series 2
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PO62
Blush
Series 2
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PW6, PR101
Cadmium Red Light
Series 3
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PR108, PR188
Cadmium Red Medium
Series 3
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PR108, PR112
Napthol Red
Series 2
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness II, PR112
Alizarin Crimson Permanent
Series 3
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PR177
Quinacridone Red
Series 2
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PV19
Quinacridone Magenta
Series 2
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PR122
Quinacridone Violet
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PV19
Cobalt Violet
Series 3
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PV14, PV23, PV19
Dioxazine Purple
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PV23
Ultramarine Violet
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PV15
Ultramarine Blue
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PB29
Phthalo Blue
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PB15:2
Cobalt Blue
Series 3
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PB28, PB15:2
Cerulean Blue
Series 3
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PB36, PB15:2
Prussian Blue
Series 2
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PB27:1
Turquoise
Exclusive color to 1980 Gamblin
Series 2
Opaque
Lightfastness I, PW6, PB15:4, PG7
Viridian
Series 3
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PG18, PBK11, PG7
Phthalo Green
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PG7
Chromium Oxide Green
Series 2
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PG17
Olive Green
Series 2
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PBr7, PY75, PB29
Permanent Green Light
Series 2
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PY74, PG7
Cadmium Green
Series 3
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PY35, PG18
Sap Green
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PY83, PB15:2
Naples Yellow
Series 2
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PW6, PY75, PY43
Yellow Ochre
Series 1
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PY43
Raw Sienna
Series 1
Semi-transparent
Lightfastness I, PBr7
Burnt Sienna
Series 1
Semi-transparent
Lightfastness I, PBr7
Raw Umber
Series 1
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PBr7
Burnt Umber
Series 1
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PBr7
Transparent Yellow Oxide
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PY42
Transparent Red Oxide
Series 2
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PR101
Venetian Red
Series 1
Opaque
Lightfastness I, PR101
Van Dyke Brown
Series 1
Semi-transparent
Lightfastness I, PBr7, PB29
Payne’s Grey
Series 1
Transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PBr7, PB29
Neutral Grey
Series 1
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PBK11, PBr7, PW6
Ivory Black
Series 1
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PBk9
Mars Black
Series 1
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PBk11
Titanium Buff
Series 1
Opaque
Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, PW6
Transparent White
Flexible transparent white and an exclusive color to Gamblin 1980 colors
Series 1
Semi-transparent
Vehicle: Safflower oil
Lightfastness I, PW6
Titanium White
Series 1
Opaque
Vehicle: Safflower oil
Lightfastness I, PW6
1980 Colors Set
This set gives beginning painters a thoughtfully constructed palette of luscious Gamblin 1980 Oil Colors to support any style of painting. Our 1980 set includes 37 ml (1.25 oz) tubes of the following colors:
Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Green, Ivory Black, Titanium White.
You also get a tube of Solvent-Free Gel Medium, plus a primed, handcrafted panel made from sustainably forested North American birch.