Then, the researchers mixed pigments from a commercial acrylic paint brand (used in Germany since the 1800s) with different ratios of titanium white, trying to match colors and the range of tints ...

Close examination of these chips, labeled according to their blue, yellow or red color, that once belonged to art on the Berlin Wall reveals brushstrokes, multiple layers and the pigments used.

Established in 2015 in Tennōzu, Tokyo, and attracting industry professionals and art enthusiasts from both Japan and abroad, ...

And why is it so expensive? Oil paint has been used for hundreds of years. It's made from a drying oil, like flaxseed, and pigment sometimes with fillers and thickeners added to the mix.