Humbrol Acrylic Paints

Humbrol Acrylic Paints, now supplied in plastic pots (ABxxxx) or dropper bottles (DBxxxx) of 14 ml content, was originally sold in stable plastic kegs of the 50xx series with a content of 30 ml. The plastic used appears to be completely gas-tight, but suffers from plastic corrosion when exposed to UV radiation: at our editorial offices we have a keg of Humbrol 5030 dark green that was bought in 1997 and opened, the contents of which are in excellent condition. The pigment had settled on the bottom of the container and clumped together over time, but the paint could still be stirred to a perfect consistency in 2021.

The packaging does not provide any information about the pigments that are contained in a particular colour, whether it is a single pigment colour or a mixed pigment colour. Without this information, it is difficult to predict how a colour will perform when glazed over or mixed with another colour.

Humbrol Acrylic Paints

Model Paints