Buy acrylic paint with confidence after reading our handy guide! Learn about paint quality, color, permanence, viscosity, drying time, brands and more.

• You can buy acrylics in two grades: artists' quality and students' quality.
• Permanence, often called lightfastness, refers to the ability of the pigment in the paint to resist gradual fading when exposed to light. ASTM III = Not Sufficiently Lightfast