Oil paint colour chart

What can Gamblin FastMatte Alkyd Oil mix?

All 24 colours in the Gamblin FastMatte Alkyd Oil range: masstone swatch, Colour Index pigment codes where the name states them unambiguously (14 of 24), and the tinting-strength flags that matter at the palette. Swatches are approximate. They come from the manufacturer’s published chart, not yet from measured drawdowns, and the method page explains what that means.

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The full 24-colour chart

ColourNamePigmentTinting strength
Alizarin Permanent — strong tinter
Burnt Sienna PBr7 0.9×
Cadmium Green — average
Cadmium Orange PO20 average
Cadmium Red Light PR108 average
Cadmium Yellow Light PY35 average
Chromatic Black — 1.3×
Cobalt Blue PB28 0.9×
Dioxazine Purple PV23 strong tinter
Hansa Yellow Medium — average
Indian Yellow — average
Ivory Black PBk9 1.3×
Manganese Blue Hue — average
Napthol Scarlet — average
Phthalo Blue PB15 strong tinter
Phthalo Green PG7 strong tinter
Quinacridone Red — strong tinter
Raw Umber PBr7 0.9×
Sap Green — average
Titanium White PW6 average
Transparent Earth Red — average
Ultramarine Blue PB29 1.1×
Viridian PG18 0.9×
Yellow Ochre PY43 0.9×

5 of the 24 colours are strong tinters (at least 1.5× average tinting strength). They go into a mix last, a speck at a time; here is why the order matters. Tinting strengths are the app’s own estimates from pigment composition, not measured values.

The Zorn palette in Gamblin FastMatte Alkyd Oil tubes

The classic four-tube exercise (ochre, red, black, white) with this line’s own colours:  Titanium White,  Yellow Ochre,  Cadmium Red Light,  Ivory Black. The wheel shows the range those four can mix at mid value, computed with Kubelka–Munk pigment physics. The dimmed region is out of reach at any ratio.

At this value the four reach 4.3% of the fully saturated wheel: a small country with good flesh notes. Gamuts differ between brands because the tubes do. The same figure at three values, with the full discussion, is on the Zorn palette page and in the article.

The Zorn quartet in Gamblin FastMatte Alkyd Oil at 55% lightness. In-reach colours at full strength, out-of-reach dimmed.

Also from Gamblin

Gamblin Artist's Oil (94 colours) · Gamblin 1980 Oil (48 colours). Same maker, different pigment loads and price points, and so a different mixable range. Load both in the app and compare the wheels.

Keep exploring

Palettes Limited palettes, mapped Zorn, split-primary, earth and Impressionist, each with its computed gamut. Guide Mixing order Why the phthalo goes in last, a speck at a time. Brands All brand lines Every colour in the database, each line with its chart.

See what your Gamblin FastMatte Alkyd Oil tubes can reach

Pick the tubes you own from the range and the wheel draws their mixable gamut, with knife-part recipes for anything inside it and the ΔE for anything that isn’t.

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