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Da Vinci Paint Co Inc
29726 Avenida De Las Bandera, Rancho
Santa Margarita, CA 92688
United States
davincipaints.com
The paint formulas my grandfather began as an experiment in Italy more than 100 years ago have evolved into what is now Da Vinci Paints. His goal was to make the highest quality artist colors and offer them at affordable prices. Today, we’re still 100-percent committed to that purpose. Making quality paints is built into our DNA. Although our formulas originated more than a century ago, Da Vinci Paint Company wasn’t founded until 1975 when my father moved us to Orange County, California. He started with a range of 56 professional oil colors which he initially offered to local, small family-owned art shops.

It took many years and a strong commitment to establish a following of artists who discovered the quality of Da Vinci Paints. In the 1980s, Dad formulated a new range of watercolors which included the first ever Permanent Alizarin Crimson, a lightfast and reliable option to the traditional, fugitive Alizarin Crimson. He also picked convenience and value over tradition when he chose to sell Da Vinci watercolors in a 37mL tube size that, until that point, was used solely for oil paints. This made Da Vinci watercolors the first to be offered in a large tube, and it was priced to compete with other manufacturers’ standard 14mL size.