Original Permalba White

Among Weber's most notable product inventions is Original Permalba White, first formulated in 1921, it was the first nontoxic, opaque, white oil paint with smooth working qualities to replace the toxic, lead-based whites that artists had used for hundreds of years. F. Weber Co. “Permalba” became a byword of artists’ colors and is best known as an oil color white. Permalba is actually a composite white pigment formulated and developed by Weber, and marked the first time a titanium based pigment was successfully modified for artists’ use. Used in Weber water colors. pastels and inks, as well as in oil colors and pigments, Permalba was also employed as a priming for Weber artists’ canvases because of its durability and unchanging characteristics.