Our Products

Click here for information about what we make, our paints, mediums & gesso. Order online in this area, or by phone from anywhere!

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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Our Shop

KROMA’s Granville Island Workshop KROMA’s Granville Island Workshop

We sell all our products directly from our workshop in the Net Loft building on Granville Island, which is just across the street from the Public Market. The entrance to our store is on Duranleau St., on the exterior of the Net Loft building, the opposite side of the street from the maritime stores.

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…

Shop & Paintmaking Photos Shop & Paintmaking Photos

This section contains photos of some of the tools, materials and machinery that we use at to create our acrylic paints and other products. As well as some photos of Kroma’s artisans at work on Duranleau Street on Granville Island, in Vancouver..