Decoding the World of Sharpie Paint Markers: Oil and Water Based Paint Markers

Have you heard of the Sharpie Paint Markers? I had and really wanted to try them out, but as usual I had to figure out what colors there were. In this blog post I will give all the colors for the paint markers and review the paint markers.

This is all of the Sharpie paint markers. There are a lot of colors and sizes. There are two types of Sharpie Markers, Oil and Water Based. The oil based dry fast, are scratch resistant and waterproof. They do come off with rubbing alcohol. These markers are great for lots of different surfaces; paper, clothing, glass, leather etc...Water based markers are not water resistant, not scratch proof, but they are acid free, ie they will not destroy paper over time. These markers are great for paper.

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Marker Sizes

The markers come in six sizes; Extra Fine Point, two types felt and metal based, Fine Point, Medium, Bold and Extra Bold.


Colors

The colors are very random for the Sharpie Paint markers. The Oil based markers definitely come in more colors than the water based markers. The colors are written on the marker half the time. See below for pictures of the markers. All the markers have UPC's on them.

Here are swatches of all of the Oil Paint markers.


The colors for the oil paint markers are as follows:

The Extra Fine Oil Based Paint Sharpie Marker Colors are:
  • Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Black, White, Silver, and Gold
The Fine Oil Based Paint Sharpie Marker Colors are:
  • Magenta, Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Lime, Green, Aqua, Blue, Black, White, Brown, Silver and Gold
The Medium Oil Based Paint Sharpie Marker Colors are:
  • Magenta, Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Lime, Green, Aqua, Blue, Purple, Black, White, Brown, Silver and Gold
The Bold Oil Based Paint Sharpie Marker Colors are:
  • White, only White
It is really strange that the fine does not include purple, maybe it does somewhere, but I could not find it. Also very strange that the bold only comes in white and the white is not very good.

Here are the swatches for the Water Based Sharpie Paint Markers.


The colors for the water based paint markers are as follows:

The Extra Fine Water Based Paint Sharpie Marker Colors are:
  • Gold, Silver, Lavender, Pink, Glitter Dark Pink, Copper Rose, Peach, Glitter Aqua, Aqua, Blue, and Glitter Blue
  • The Glitter colors come with a felt tip instead of a metal tip.
The Fine Water Based Paint Sharpie Marker Colors are:
  • Red, Yellow, Blue, Black, White, Silver and Gold
The Medium Water Based Paint Sharpie Marker Colors are:
  • Black, White, Silver and Gold
The Bold Water Based Paint Sharpie Marker Colors are:
  • White and Black
This palette is very disappointing to me. If I had to do it again I would only get the Extra Fine colors. There is a variety of colors and they are pretty.

Black Paper Test

Here are the swatches on black paper for all the markers. The markers on the right side are Posca markers. I was disappointed with how the Sharpie paint markers performed on black paper especially the white. That is where the white needs to shine, but half the time it did not show up. I had to go over the markers several times to get any color to stay. The Medium has several layers and the fine has one layer. The glitter and metallic performed the best on black paper.


Here is all the packaging for the Sharpie Paint markers. I had to go to several stores a few times, because I missed some colors the first time. And I also ended up with duplicates because I had multiple carts open and did not take them out. To say it was frustrating to get all these colors is the truth. And it really should not be because there the color palettes are not even that large.

Here are all the individual packages for the Water Based Sharpie Markers. The colors are all individually wrapped in plastic in the blister pack.

Here are all the packages for the Oil Based Sharpie Paint Markers. A lot of the markers I had to get individually because they were not sold in packs.


Oil Based Individual Sharpie Paint Markers

Here are the Medium Oil Based Sharpie Paint markers.

Here are the Fine Point Oil Based Sharpie Paint markers.

Here are the Extra Fine Oil Based Sharpie Paint markers.

Water Based Sharpie Paint Markers

Here are the all of the Water Based Sharpie Paint markers.

Here are the Extra Fine Water Based Sharpie Paint markers. The palette is super pretty


Here are the Fine Point Water Based Sharpie Paint markers.


Here are the Medium Water Based Sharpie Paint markers.
 

Would I get all of the markers again if I had the chance? Probably not. I wanted to document them though. It is going to be a real pain to store these too because they did not come in reusable packaging. I would get the medium oil based and extra fine point water based and oil based markers only. The whites were very disappointing to pay that much for them. Let me know which markers you like best. Find the markers at MichaelsOil Based Markers at Blick and Water Based Markers at Blick.

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