The best ingredients

Ara uses the finest ingredients, including colour pure, lightfast pigments and a 100% pure non-yellowing acrylic emulsion. The pigments in Ara colours come from the paint factory of Old Holland Classic Colours. To ensure high quality, the acrylic paint is made there according to a unique recipe.

To ensure this high quality, we constantly test our acrylic paints. The result is a brilliant and highly durable acrylic paint.

‍

Ara uses the finest ingredients, including colour pure, lightfast pigments and a 100% pure non-yellowing acrylic emulsion. The pigments in Ara colours come from the paint factory of Old Holland Classic Colours. To ensure high quality, the acrylic paint is made there according to a unique recipe.

To ensure this high quality, we constantly test our acrylic paints. The result is a brilliant and highly durable acrylic paint.

‍

All pigments used in Ara acrylic paints have lightfastness according to ASTM standards I and II. This means that under museum conditions the colours are lightfast from 50 to 100 years and longer with the exception of the neon colours. These are made from lacquered dyes and have a lightfastness according to the ASTM standard of IV which is about 2 to 15 years. Ara acrylic paint is highly pigmented and the pigments are very finely ground. This makes the tinting strength very high. All pigments come from the paint factory of Old Holland. The Ara range consists of opaque, semi-opaque and transparent colours.

‍

Our metallic and pearl colours have two types of colour effect: regular colour effect and mirrored colour effect.

‍

With a regular colour effect,  part of the light is absorbed. The part that is reflected determines the colour. When you see red, blue and yellow are absorbed.

‍

With mirrored colour effect, the pigments form the basis of this colour effect. 

They are:

Metallic pigments: tiny flat pieces of silver, bronze and gold pigment particles reflect light and give a typical shine to the colour.

Iridescent pigments: the pigment is applied to tiny plates. This reflects light and gives the colour a metallic sheen.

Interference pigments: a very thin layer of titanium dioxide is applied to mica plate. Light is now partly reflected by the surface of the mica and partly by the surface of the titanium dioxide particle. The two different light rays are out of phase, and they interfere to form light with a different frequency, causing a colour to appear. This colour is strongest on a dark surface and at a certain angle.

Our metallic and pearl colours have two types of colour effect: regular colour effect and mirrored colour effect.

‍

With a regular colour effect,  part of the light is absorbed. The part that is reflected determines the colour. When you see red, blue and yellow are absorbed.

‍

With mirrored colour effect, the pigments form the basis of this colour effect. 

They are:

Metallic pigments: tiny flat pieces of silver, bronze and gold pigment particles reflect light and give a typical shine to the colour.

Iridescent pigments: the pigment is applied to tiny plates. This reflects light and gives the colour a metallic sheen.

Interference pigments: a very thin layer of titanium dioxide is applied to mica plate. Light is now partly reflected by the surface of the mica and partly by the surface of the titanium dioxide particle. The two different light rays are out of phase, and they interfere to form light with a different frequency, causing a colour to appear. This colour is strongest on a dark surface and at a certain angle.