A dark blue grey made from a mixture of Ultramarine, mars black and sometimes crimson. It was named after the 18th century water-colorist William Payne who created the mixture and often recommended it to his students as an alternative to plain black. Whether you’re a beginner on a budget, an experienced artist doing underpainting or sketching, or a creative professional doing color scoping and exploration, Liquitex Basics Acrylic has you covered. Formulated with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in our professional range (just with a lighter pigment load), Basics Acrylic delivers a lightfast, medium viscosity experience that sacrifices nothing. It’s the perfect balance of quality, versatility, and economy. So, what are you waiting for? Jump straight in, go for it, and see what happens. Experience The Everyday Acrylic.

• Student-Grade Quality with Artist-Level Performance: Offers a great balance of quality and value, making it ideal for beginners, students, and artists who need reliable performance on a budget.
• Thick, Buttery Consistency: Retains brushstrokes and texture well, allowing for expressive techniques such as impasto, palette knife work, and layering.
• Mixable and Blendable: Colors blend smoothly and can be mixed with other Liquitex products, giving artists full creative control and endless color possibilities.
• Lightfast and Permanent: Made with high-quality pigments that resist fading, ensuring artwork maintains its color integrity over time.
• Affordable High-Quality: Formulated to offer dependable standards of performance at a more affordable cost.
• Trusted Liquitex quality: Made by Liquitex, experts in fine art materials for students and professionals.