As a color nerd, these are my favorite resources for when I was to research a pigment or paint. Arranged roughly from beginner-friendly to intense.
- Denise Soden’s Youtube Channel – Color Spotlight series with live swatches, mixes, and paintings.
- Jane Blundell’s Blog – a wealth of mixing advice and color swatches by brand and pigment
- ArtistPigments.org – Personalizable pigment database; search for paints by brand, pigment, name, etc., make your own inventory & collections. Automatically makes color wheel charts for you.
- Art is Creation Pigment Database – giant table of pigments info like lightfastness and toxicity ratings
- Kim Crick’s Pigment Database and Youtube Channel – swatches, lightfastness tests, and opinions
- Handprint.com (Bruce MacEvoy) Pigment Database – tons of info and opinion about every pigment, including extensive lightfastness tests and hue charts. active 2010-2014.
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