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About KROMA

KROMA has been making paint on Granville Island since 1970. Find out how we got our start, and how our business supports art & artists in our community…

Using Acrylics

Get information here about how to mix acrylic colours. Learn about ways to use acrylic paints…

Our Shop

Every stage of the paint-making process takes place in our workshops in Vancouver, Canada, from formulation, to milling pigment, to packaging and selling finished paint…

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About KROMA

The Paint Making Process The Paint Making Process

In this section we have included two texts describing how acrylic paint is made. The first version is a basic description in simple language to provide a general background and understanding. It is accompanied by an illustration showing the different stages of paintmaking. The second version, titled the paint making process in-depth , provides more detailed and technical information…

KROMA in the Community KROMA in the Community

KROMA uses a portion of its profits to donate paint to community projects. You may have seen some of these projects around the streets of Vancouver. Look out for KROMA at celebrations on Granville Island throughout the year. We take part in the Winterruption festival in February, the Canada …

KROMA History KROMA History

In 1970 Gordon Payne began KROMA industries, dissatisfied with the availability and cost of acrylics in his own career as a painter and educator teaching at the University of British Columbia…