If you’ve been exploring Jacquard’s acrylic paint lines, you’ve likely come across two standout products: Lumière and Neopaque. Both are professional-grade, water-based acrylics that perform beautifully on fabric, leather, and mixed media — but they’re engineered for very different results. Here’s how to choose the right one for your project.
What is Jacquard Lumière?
Lumière is Jacquard’s signature metallic and pearlescent acrylic. Its light-body formula delivers luminous shimmer — think iridescent golds, coppers, pearls, halo shades, and hi-lites that catch the light beautifully. Lumière is the paint you reach for when you want your work to glow.
It’s particularly beloved by textile artists and wearable art creators for its ability to add rich metallic depth to fabric without stiffening it. Once heat-set, it’s flexible, washfast, and permanent.
What is Jacquard Neopaque?
Neopaque is Jacquard’s high-opacity matte acrylic. Where Lumière shimmers, Neopaque covers — delivering bold, solid colour even on the darkest backgrounds. It’s the professional’s choice for painting on black fabric, dark leather, and any surface where full coverage matters more than sheen.
Professional shoe painters and textile artists rely on Neopaque for its exceptional durability and adhesion. It bonds to leather, vinyl, canvas, rubber, stone, and plastic, and remains flexible and washfast after heat-setting.
Key Differences at a Glance
- Finish: Lumière = metallic/pearlescent shimmer — Neopaque = solid matte coverage
- Best for dark surfaces: Both work well, but Neopaque excels with its superior opacity
- Colour palette: Lumière offers metallics, pearls & halo shades — Neopaque offers traditional pigment colours
- Layering: Mix the two for stunning antique metallic effects — apply Neopaque as a base, then layer Lumière on top
Which Should You Choose?
Choose Lumière when you want shimmer, iridescence, or metallic effects — perfect for wearable art, decorative textiles, mixed media, and fine art where luminosity is the goal.
Choose Neopaque when you need solid, opaque colour on dark or difficult surfaces — ideal for shoe customization, dark fabric painting, leather work, and any project where full coverage is essential.
And remember: the two paints are designed to work together. Layering Neopaque under Lumière creates depth and dimension that neither paint achieves alone.
Shop Jacquard Paints at King’s Framing & Art Gallery
Both Lumière and Neopaque are available in 2.25 oz jars at King’s Framing & Art Gallery in Corbeil, Ontario — and online with shipping across Canada. Browse the full Jacquard Lumière & Neopaque collection to find your colours.