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| Lightfastness +++ = the highest degree of lightfastness (178 colours, lightfast for a minimum of 150 years under museum lighting, ASTM I-class) ++ = a good degree of lightfastness (32 colours, lightfast for a minimum of 75 years under museum lighting, ASTM II-class) + = reasonable degree of lightfastness (11 colours, lightfast for a minimum of 25 years under museum lighting, ASTM III/IV-class) |
Pigments Because the durability of pastel works is important, only the best pigments are used in Rembrandt pastels which have a maximum UV resistance (all pigments have been tested in accordance with ASTM standards D5067 and D4303). |
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A leading brand such as Rembrandt Soft Pastels has a wide and professional range of colours.
203 to be exact. Whatever colour or mixed shade you are looking for, it's there. So there is a maximum choice of
colour. The Rembrandt assortment consists of 42 pure colours (full tones), 40 intermediate shades going towards black
and 121 intermediate shades towards white. The Rembrandt Pastel coding system makes it easy to see whether a colour
is pure or is a mixture. Each colour has its own number, for example Lemon yellow has 205. In the case of pure colours
this number is followed by the figure, 5. In the case of lemon yellow what is on the label is 205,5. The gradation
darker (mixed with black) is indicated by 205,3. The lighter gradations (mixtures with white with higher figures.
In this case: 205,7, 205,9 and 205,12. Some colours also have the gradations, 8 and, 10. |