Linseed oil Stand paint is on the rise. On the one hand thanks to its plant-based and recyclable properties, on the other hand thanks to its unsurpassed technical qualities. It is not without reason that even today, hundreds of years old linseed oil paint layers are found in monumental work, which are still completely intact. Monuments require linseed oil paint, which has proven itself for hundreds of years as a protector of wood.

What colours can you find in this collection? Of course the classic Heerengrachtengroen and Standwit, but also Oer Rood from the Groningen landscape and for example Camperduins Groen from the Schoorlse dunes. Further back in time, people brought Indian Yellow from the East and made a warm orange paint with it. And Umber Grey, a dark grey with the yellow tones of umber, certainly does not look out of place in a contemporary street scene.

Heerengrachtengroen is traditionally, as the name suggests, the colour that was applied to Heerenhuizen on the canal in the city. Green was an expensive colour, because it was made from blue and yellow. The blue pigment was the most expensive pigment available. The yellow pigment was less colourfast and slowly faded from the colour, leaving the paint with a blue glow. With such a dark green colour on your front door you could radiate grandeur and wealth.

In contrast, in the 1950s you see our youngest heritage in the Flevopolder being painted in pale brown tones: cheaper colours that matched the scarcity during the reconstruction period.

This fan is an ode to the artisanal painting of the painters and the high quality and durability that goes with it. In a fan, colours are of course always just an indication, because in the greasy, convex gloss of the TOPLIN Linseed Oil Stand Paint, the colours are much deeper.