Van Gogh acrylic colour is made with high-quality pigments under superior Dutch quality standards. This student-artist grade acrylic paint can be used straight from the metal tube, or thinned with water. Due to the short dry time, it is easy to paint layer upon layer quickly. The heavy-body paint has high pigment load for strong, intense colours for working with artist paint brush or palette knife. Van Gogh acrylic colour is available in 40 colours. This 40ml tube of Carmine 318 is formulated with pigment(s) PR23, and has a lightfastness rating of and (25-100 years under museum conditions).