When he founded Gamblin Artists Colors in his garage in 1980, Robert Gamblin had just enough money for a small three-roll mill and some white pigments. During that time, he resolved to build a colorhouse completely dedicated to oil painters. Making materials not just as they had been, but as they ought to be. We would help painters to find their flow in painting and to paint freely. Gamblin 1980 Oil Colors are handcrafted with those beginnings and that same dedication in mind. A better paint, made here in America at an outstanding value. True colors, not hues: real Cadmium, Viridian, Earths, etc. All made at Gamblin in Portland, Oregon! (Designed to replace and improve upon the ASO Color Line.)