Formulated with an optimum balance of pigment load and 100% acrylic polymer dispersion to produce a paint with a uniquely relaxed set of working characteristics and a versatility that allows artists to explore a wider range of techniques, such as portrait and landscape painting that rely on softening, shading, glazing, and creating fine detail. Open acrylics resist skinning, remain wet on the palette for extended periods and exhibit a remarkable versatility that allows them to be used directly from the tube for plein air painting, monoprinting, and screenprinting. May be blended with other Golden acrylic colours, mediums and gels, with the open time of the resulting mixtures being proportionately reduced. To maintain the maximum working time of Open acrylics, use Open mediums and thinner.