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Grumbacher Max Artists' Water Miscible Oil Colors

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Grumbacher's Max Oil Colors are identical to conventional oil colors, with one major difference — Max Oils thin and clean up with water. With Max Oils, there is no need for special brush cleaners, turpentine, or mineral spirits.

Max Grumbacher's professional-quality, water mixable oil colors are made from the same pigments and linseed oil as Grumbacher Pre-Tested Oils, and they have comparable drying time. Max Grumbacher colors can be intermixed with any other oil colors or oil painting mediums, and they can be varnished after 6 months. Use at least 70% Max color, and no more than 30% of regular oil colors or mediums to retain the water miscible properties of Max Oil Colors.

Note — Use this color chart as an approximation of the real color. If exact color matching is necessary, use actual samples of the materials.

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Grumbacher Max Artists' Water Miscible Oil Colors

4.8

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4/8/2013

4.0

I will be a returning customer!

By Linda

from Arizona

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Comments about Grumbacher Max Artists' Water Miscible Oil Colors:

Wide variety, great prices, good quality!

2/21/2012

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

I love this product!

By Artistica

from Rugby, TN

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Comments about Grumbacher Max Artists' Water Miscible Oil Colors:

Used with its own formula of Linseed Oil MAX water-miscible oils are my preferred oil for both travel-teaching and my Fine Art gallery paintings. I highly reccommend them to my students and art friends.

9/5/2011

(6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

water mixable oil paints

By chris

from columbia SC

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Comments about Grumbacher Max Artists' Water Miscible Oil Colors:

grumbachers water mixable oil paints are creamier than others I've tried but I dislike the rubbery feel to the painting when dry (all of the water mixables seem have this quality...I am using linseed oil (made to use with these paints) to thin; maybe that is causing the problem.

5/18/2011

(13 of 13 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Why doesn't every oil painter use these?

By Jay Moncrief

from New Jersey

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Comments about Grumbacher Max Artists' Water Miscible Oil Colors:

I think the MAX oils are great and I won't use anything else. I don't understand how in this day and age every oil painter isn't using them considering the hazardous, expensive, and smelly solvents and thinners needed for traditional oils. Even the "odorless" thinners have a smell to me. The MAX oils do everything traditional oils do except water is used in place of the hazardous solvents. I think every oil painter should at least give them a try.

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3/20/2011

(14 of 14 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Just as good as conventional oils!

By Painter in Paradise

from USA

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Comments about Grumbacher Max Artists' Water Miscible Oil Colors:

I am a full time, gallery represented professional artist working in oils. Grumbacher Max paints are my favorite of all the water mixable oil paint brands. For my palette, I use primarily Max and some Holbein plus a couple Cobras and Weber w-oils. (For the record, I don't use Winsor & Newton Artisan as I do not care for their lack of color saturation and the way they seem to fight the brush when blending.)

I formerly worked in conventional oils using top level brands including Winsor & Newton Artists' Oils, Old Holland, Classic Oils and Gamblin. Guess what? Not one of my clients has been able to tell the difference between my "conventional" oil paintings and the ones done solely with water mixable oils. You can get just as good results with water mixables and they are SO much easier to work with. I'll never go back to conventional oils again.

12/4/2010

(13 of 13 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

I won't use anything else now

By Lynn M.

from Oklahoma, USA

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Comments about Grumbacher Max Artists' Water Miscible Oil Colors:

I started off in water miscible oils with Winsor Artisan but quickly changed to Grumbacher Max. I find blending in Max to be much easier and the colors are nicer too. This is a very high quality paint! My favorite Max colors are Quin. Orange, Cobalt Turquoise, and my absolute favorite Perylene Maroon, which works excellent as a replacement for the notoriously fading Alizarin Crimson. Gorgeous! I also highly recommend the linseed oil and Quick Dry medium.

11/10/2010

(7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Rich looking colors......

By PamE.

from FL

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Comments about Grumbacher Max Artists' Water Miscible Oil Colors:

When I first tried these paints I loved the rich looking colors, but they did take longer to dry than the Cobra......that is until I discovered the Grumbacher Quick Dry Medium. After mixing the medium with some water it did make the paint dry "much" faster. I normally don't like using mediums but this one seems to work well for me. I love the Quinacridone Orange and the Payne's Gray colors in this brand. So when I don't feel like using a medium I'll use Cobra and when I do I'll use Grumbacher Max. These two brands are my favorites.

8/15/2010

(13 of 13 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

The best water soluble oils out there

By Nature Girl

from Minnesota

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Comments about Grumbacher Max Artists' Water Miscible Oil Colors:

Grumbacher Max blends more effortlessly than any other water soluble oil paint. I have tried every brand in existence and nothing else compares. Thanks to Grumbacher Max, I'm finding it much easier to create certain painting effects that I struggled to achieve using other water solubles. It is truly a professional level paint. Wonderful fun to work with. I could not recommend this brand more highly.

7/11/2010

(5 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great Web Site

By Lin

from Clare, MI

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Comments about Grumbacher Max Artists' Water Miscible Oil Colors:

I really love Grumbacher's miscible oil paints. They look like regular oils and spread like regular oils, but when it comes to cleaning the brushes, knives, etc., they clean up with soap and water. No more smelly turpentine! No more toxic fumes! The only bad part of painting has now been eradicated.

6/27/2010

(5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Better than I expected

By Napa Artist

from Napa, CA

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Comments about Grumbacher Max Artists' Water Miscible Oil Colors:

The quality of these water-mixable oils are better than I expected and appear to have a denser pigment load than two other brands of water-mixable oil paints that I've tried. These paints have good coverage and consistency, so I was pleasantly surprised!

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Item	No.	Color	Size		Price Prices, promotions, and availability may vary by store, catalog, and online.	Qty	MSDS
00414-3063	001	Alizarin Crimson	1.25 oz	List $15.23	$7.86
00414-8043	023	Burnt Sienna	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-8053	024	Burnt Umber	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-4723	025	Cadmium-Barium Orange	1.25 oz	List $20.11	$10.38
00414-3713	026	Cadmium-Barium Red Deep	1.25 oz	List $24.20	$12.48
00414-3723	027	Cadmium-Barium Red Light	1.25 oz	List $24.20	$12.48
00414-3733	029	Cadmium-Barium Red Medium	1.25 oz	List $24.20	$12.48
00414-3743	030	Cadmium-Barium Vermilion	1.25 oz	List $24.20	$12.48
00414-4623	031	Cadmium-Barium Yellow Deep	1.25 oz	List $20.11	$10.38
00414-4633	033	Cadmium-Barium Yellow Light	1.25 oz	List $20.11	$10.38
00414-4643	034	Cadmium-Barium Yellow Medium	1.25 oz	List $20.11	$10.38
00414-4713	035	Cadmium-Barium Yellow Orange	1.25 oz	List $20.11	$10.38
00414-4653	036	Cadmium-Barium Yellow Pale	1.25 oz	List $20.11	$10.38
00414-5163	040	Cerulean Blue	1.25 oz	List $28.35	$14.58
00414-7113	048	Chromium Oxide Green	1.25 oz	List $15.23	$7.86
00414-5183	049	Cobalt Blue	1.25 oz	List $24.20	$12.48
00414-5913	059	Cobalt Titanate Blue	1.25 oz	List $20.11	$10.38
00414-5373	309	Cobalt Turquoise	1.25 oz	List $20.11	$10.38
00414-4493	060	Diarylide Yellow	1.25 oz	List $15.23	$7.86
00414-6023	061	Dioxazine Purple	1.25 oz	List $15.23	$7.86
00414-3863	071	Flesh Hue	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-5273	076	French Ultramarine Blue	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-9233	080	Golden Ochre Hue	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-7913	085	Green Earth Hue	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-3753	095	Grumbacher Red (Naphthol)	1.25 oz	List $15.23	$7.86
00414-5343	109	Indanthrone Blue	1.25 oz	List $20.11	$10.38
00414-3253	110	Indian Red	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-2253	115	Ivory Black	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-2023	116	Lamp Black	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-2043	134	Mars Black	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-4243	146	Naples Yellow Hue	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-4823	148	Nickel Titanium Yellow	1.25 oz	List $20.21	$10.43
00414-2563	156	Payne's Gray	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-5783	160	Permanent Blue	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-7923	093	Permanent Bright Green	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-7083	162	Permanent Green Light	1.25 oz	List $15.23	$7.86
00414-8913	163	Perylene Maroon (Anthraquinone)	1.25 oz	List $20.11	$10.38
00414-5223	168	Prussian Blue	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-7583	166	Prussian Green	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-4913	169	Quinacridone Orange	1.25 oz	List $20.11	$10.38
00414-3273	170	Quinacridone Red	1.25 oz	List $15.23	$7.86
00414-8063	171	Raw Sienna	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-8073	172	Raw Umber	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-7093	187	Sap Green	1.25 oz	List $15.23	$7.86
00414-5143	203	Thalo Blue	1.25 oz	List $15.23	$7.86
00414-7183	205	Thalo Green (Blue Shade)	1.25 oz	List $15.23	$7.86
00414-7563	306	Thalo Green (Yellow Shade)	1.25 oz	List $15.23	$7.86
00414-3773	208	Thalo Red Rose	1.25 oz	List $20.11	$10.38
00414-7573	210	Thalo Yellow Green	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-6553	211	Thio™ Violet	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-1013	212	Titanium White	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-1014	212	Titanium White	5 oz	List $24.10	$12.38
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00414-5253	307	Ultramarine Blue Deep	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-3783	220	Ultramarine Red	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29
00414-8923	222	Van Dyck Brown Hue	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-3133	223	Venetian Red	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-7103	232	Viridian	1.25 oz	List $20.01	$10.32
00414-4043	244	Yellow Ochre	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-1033	248	Zinc White	1.25 oz	List $9.40	$4.82
00414-4433	249	Zinc Yellow Hue	1.25 oz	List $12.29	$6.29