Liquitex
Uncapped

Acrylic paint
demystified

Learn how Liquitex acrylic paint transforms from lab to tube, pigment to palette. Take a deep dive into your favorite colors and materials.

UNBLEACHED TITANIUM

Meet Unbleached Titanium, an opaque, warm creamy color.

How do we develop a new color?

Learn more about that planning that goes into our color development process.

PRUSSIAN BLUE HUE

Explore the history of the first modern synthetic pigment.

HEAVY BODY

Meet our thickest acrylic.

Yellow Oxide

Discover the modern alternative to one of mankind’s oldest colors.

Pantone Color of the Year 2023

Learn how to recreate Viva Magenta in Heavy Body or Soft Body Acrylic.

OUR MOST FLUID ACRYLIC

Learn more about the versatility and lightfastness of Acrylic Ink.

EMERALD GREEN

Meet Emerald Green, the vibrant green-blue.

MEDIUM MAGENTA

Discover the vivid bright red-purple which is Medium Magenta.

HOW ARE ACRYLIC MEDIUMS MADE?

Learn more about our acrylic painting mediums and how they work. 

BURNT UMBER

Rich with history and hue. Learn more about one of the oldest and most historic pigments.

COBALT BLUE

Vibrant. Bright. Intense. Learn more about this single-pigment color which dates back to the earliest crafts.

Transparent Viridian Hue

Bright. Deep. Green. Learn more about this single-pigment color with a fascinating backstory.

QUINACRIDONE RED

Explore the history and origin of Quinacridone Red.

The World's First Water-Based Acrylic

Discover the story behind Soft Body Acrylic and how you can use it in your practice.

TRANSPARENT ORANGE

Learn more about the latest Heavy Body color.

Mythbuster: You can't include a photo without damaging it

Here's how to use a transfer technique to add images to mixed media.

MARS BLACK

Opaque. Lightfast. Powerful. Find out more about this essential pigment. 

Paint... Meet Digital Technology

Learn how you can create an Acrylic Gouache green screen and digital collage.

CERULEAN BLUE

The big blue. Meet cerulean blue, an inorganic synthetic mineral pigment known as PB35. What color is cerulean?

ACRYLIC PAINT COMPATIBILITY

What do we mean by 100% compatibility?

MYTHBUSTER: SHIPPING ACRYLIC WORK IS HARD

Acrylic paintings are easy to ship – here’s how to ship your work safely.

Acrylic Gouache

MYTHBUSTER: ALL GOUACHES MUST BE DILUTED

While traditional gouaches DO need water to flow, our Acrylic Gouache is different. 

DIOXAZINE PURPLE

DIOXAZINE PURPLE

Highly transparent. Ultra-vivid. This is one of the bluest shades of violet you can have on your palette.

CREATING CADMIUM-FREE PAINT

CADMIUM-FREE PAINT

How do you make an acrylic behave like a cadmium color without any actual cadmium?

MYTH BUSTER: INKS AND WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES

MYTHBUSTER: LOVE OILS = HATE ACRYLICS

If you use oils, Heavy Body's comparable density and viscosity makes it an easy transition.

World Pigment Day

EXPLORING WORLD PIGMENT DAY

Pigment is central to the story of art. Find out more as we speak to the creators of World Pigment Day.

VARNISHING

MYTHBUSTER: VARNISHING ISN’T NECESSARY

Working on a piece you want to protect, showcase or preserve? You should varnish.

TITANIUM WHITE

TITANIUM WHITE

The strongest. The whitest. The brightest. And the most opaque. This is your go-to for power.

MythBuster: You have to be skilled to enjoy art

Do you have to be technically proficient to enjoy creating?

LIGHTFASTNESS

WHAT IS LIGHTFASTNESS?

Longevity and permanence. Learn more about lightfastness and how we test it.

ACRYLIC GOUACHE REIMAGINED

Intense pigment. Flat, matte finish. No brush strokes or cracks, and no need to dilute. How did we do it?  

Pantone Color of the Year 2022

Meet Very Peri, Pantone's first new Color of the Year color.

MYTHBUSTER: INKS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES

Discover how to use it for airbrushing, pouring, marbling and more.