MIR Extra Fine Oil Paint Blues, Greens and Violets

Extra-fine quality oil, made with specific fine art pigments, highly lightfast and luminous. The drying vegetable oils that make up MIR oil paints are chosen not to alter the pigment's tone, and to dry uniformly into a colorless layer, ensuring maximum transparency and homogeneity. Pinturas MIR has been manufacturing art colors in Spain since 1933.

This range includes the blues, greens, and violets of MIR Extra-fine Oil. Choose the color and format (20, 60 or 200 ml tube) from the same dropdown menu.

Why choose MIR Extra-fine Oil?

Fine Art Pigments with high lightfastness and great luminosity.
Selected drying vegetable oils chosen not to alter the pigment's tone.
Uniform drying into a colorless layer, ensuring maximum transparency and homogeneity.
Three formats per color: 20, 60, and 200 ml (1 L and 5 L upon request).

Uses and applications

Artistic oil painting: on canvas, panel, and prepared paper.
Conservation-restoration: retouching and reconstruction of pictorial layers in original oil technique, where compatibility of medium with the original is sought. (For reversible reintegration following museum criteria, specific non-oily media are used.)
Color study, direct technique, glazes, and impasto.

Lightfastness and opacity by color

Official classification by Pinturas MIR for each color in this range. Lightfastness refers to resistance to light (permanence); opacity refers to covering power.

No.	Color	Lightfastness	Opacity
12	Sky Blue	★★★	Opaque
12A	Cyan Blue (Primary)	★★★	Opaque
13	Light Ultramarine Blue	★★★	Opaque
13A	Phthalo Manganese Blue	★★★	Transparent
14	Dark Ultramarine Blue	★★★	Semi-transparent
14A	Purest Ultramarine Blue	★★★	Semi-transparent
15	Light Cobalt Blue (Hue)	★★★	Opaque
16	Dark Cobalt Blue (Hue)	★★★	Semi-transparent
18	Prussian Blue	★★★	Semi-transparent
19	Veronese Green	★★	Opaque
19A	Permanent Yellowish Green	★★★	Transparent
20	Emerald Green	★★★	Opaque
20A	Olive Green	★★★	Semi-transparent
21	Cinnabar Green	★★	Opaque
22	Light Zinc Green	★★	Semi-transparent
24	MIR Green	★★	Semi-transparent
25	Sap Green	★★	Opaque
25A	Permanent Green	★★★	Opaque
26	Light Cadmium Green (Hue)	★★	Semi-transparent
26A	Dark Cadmium Green (Hue)	★★	Opaque
28	Permanent Violet	★★★	Semi-transparent
29	Cobalt Violet (Hue)	★★★	Semi-transparent

Lightfastness: ★★★ maximum (permanent) · ★★ good · ★ limited. Note: "Hue" colors are imitations with organic pigments—adequate permanence, but inferior to mineral pigments. Sap Green is organic and should be protected from direct light. Cobalt/Ultramarine blues and Emerald Green offer the highest permanence.

Instructions for use and precautions

Oil paint dries by oxidation of the oils; drying time varies depending on color, thickness, and environmental conditions. Follow the "fat over lean" rule when layering. Clean tools with turpentine essence or white spirit before the paint dries.

Safety

Low-risk product under normal use. Some colors contain pigments with hazard classifications; consult the safety data sheet (SDS) for the corresponding color and avoid ingestion. "Hue" colors (cobalt, etc.) are imitations without the heavy metal of the homonymous color. Keep out of reach of children.