Thank you to my reader M, for letting me know that Derivan have their cruelty-free statement now up on their website.
Here you can find Derivan’s statement.

Source: reader mail; Derivan website
Derivan’s listing in my compendium.
Thank you to my reader M, for letting me know that Derivan have their cruelty-free statement now up on their website.
Here you can find Derivan’s statement.
Source: reader mail; Derivan website
Derivan’s listing in my compendium.
Derivan Watercolours: some contain oxgall and several a small amount of honey.
Thank you, Freia, for informing me about this matter. I checked the Derivan watercolour information sheet – and sure enough, it states there, that in some colours oxgall is an additive.
I don’t know whether they changed the formula or it was overlooked in April 2018, when I contacted the brand. Back then, the only animal ingredients in their products was ‘ivory black’ in only the Matisse range (ingredient :charred bones).
Please always check – double check the products you are interested in, better be precautious than sorry later on.
The oldest information you can find here will date back to 2017. A lot can change within three years, e.g. ingredients of products. I am grateful to you for notifying me about changes you spotted.
Source: reader mail; Derivan website; Derivan mail contact, April 2018
Hi everyone,
I wanted to give you a heads-up, at the moment, outlook won’t let me send emails out,but receiving them still works.
I mention this because I am not able to reply to your messages. So I reply here and hope you will find it and don’t think I overlooked your mail.
Thank you Ben, for writing in about spraypaints. I didn’t have really success so far, but will start a new round of inquiries as soon as I can send mails again.
Here are the companies, I’ve written to(I can’t remember if its all of them):
(Compendium )
vegan-friendly airbrushable inks (cruelty-free brands):
Souce: Mail contact
Hope you see this Ben; to Helen and Stephanie: I haven’t forgotten about you; once outlook is up and running again, I’ll send out inquiries.
Here is an update on inquiries sent out:
Here is my compendium : https://www.veganartstuff.info/compendium/
Source: Mail contact
Australia based Derivan is a cruelty-free company with an array of different products.
Except the one colour Ivory Black in the Matisse range, all Derivan and Matisse branded paints are vegan-friendly!
Here: http://www.derivan.com.au you can find all of their products, e.g. cadmium-free acrylics, different types of acrylics, acrylic based inks, mediums, screen ink, block ink, watercolour, fabric paint, face and body paint, glitter glue, liquid pencil, …
Matisse is Derivan’s professional acrylics range: http://matisse.com.au/products/.
Source: Mail contact