Oil paint colour chart
What can Royal Talens Van Gogh Oil mix?
All 66 colours in the Royal Talens Van Gogh Oil range: masstone swatch, Colour Index pigment codes where the name states them unambiguously (28 of 66), 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.
Pick the tubes you own and the wheel shows their mixable gamut. Free.
The full 66-colour chart
| Colour | Name | Pigment | Tinting strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alizarin Crimson | PR83 | strong tinter | |
| Azo Orange | — | average | |
| Azo Red Deep | — | average | |
| Azo Red Light | — | average | |
| Azo Red Medium | — | average | |
| Azo Yellow Deep | — | average | |
| Azo Yellow Lemon (Primary) | — | average | |
| Azo Yellow Light | — | average | |
| Azo Yellow Medium | — | average | |
| Burnt Sienna | PBr7 | 0.9× | |
| Burnt Umber | PBr7 | 0.9× | |
| Cadmium Orange | PO20 | average | |
| Cadmium Red Deep | PR108 | average | |
| Cadmium Red Light | PR108 | average | |
| Cadmium Red Medium | PR108 | average | |
| Cadmium Yellow Deep | PY35 | average | |
| Cadmium Yellow Light | PY35 | average | |
| Cadmium Yellow Medium | PY35 | average | |
| Carmine | — | average | |
| Cerulean Blue | PB35 | 0.9× | |
| Cerulean Blue (Phthalo) | — | strong tinter | |
| Chromium Oxide Green | PG17 | average | |
| Cobalt Blue | PB28 | 0.9× | |
| Cobalt Blue (Ultramarine) | PB29 | 1.1× | |
| Emerald Green | — | average | |
| Fir Green | — | average | |
| Green Earth | — | average | |
| Indian Red | — | average | |
| Indian Yellow | — | average | |
| Ivory Black | PBk9 | 1.3× | |
| Lamp Black | PBk6 | 1.3× | |
| Light Oxide Red | — | average | |
| Madder Lake Deep | — | average | |
| Madder Lake Light | — | average | |
| Mars Violet | — | average | |
| Naples Yellow Deep | — | 0.9× | |
| Naples Yellow Light | — | 0.9× | |
| Naples Yellow Red | — | 0.9× | |
| Olive Green | — | average | |
| Payne's Grey | — | average | |
| Permanent Green Deep | — | average | |
| Permanent Green Medium | — | average | |
| Permanent Red | — | average | |
| Permanent Red Violet | — | average | |
| Phthalo Blue (Primary) | PB15 | strong tinter | |
| Phthalo Green | PG7 | strong tinter | |
| Phthalo Turquoise Blue | — | strong tinter | |
| Prussian Blue | PB27 | strong tinter | |
| Quinacridone Rose (Primary) | PV19 | strong tinter | |
| Raw Sienna | PBr7 | 0.9× | |
| Raw Umber | PBr7 | 0.9× | |
| Sap Green | — | average | |
| Sèvres Blue | — | average | |
| Titanium White (Linseed Oil) | PW6 | average | |
| Titanium White (Safflower Oil) | PW6 | average | |
| Transparent Oxide Red | — | average | |
| Transparent Oxide Yellow | — | average | |
| Turquoise Blue | — | average | |
| Ultramarine | PB29 | 1.1× | |
| Vandyke Brown | — | average | |
| Vermilion | — | average | |
| Violet | — | average | |
| Viridian | PG18 | 0.9× | |
| Yellow Ochre | PY43 | 0.9× | |
| Yellowish Green | — | average | |
| Zinc White (Safflower Oil) | PW4 | 0.55× |
7 of the 66 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 Royal Talens Van Gogh Oil tubes
The classic four-tube exercise (ochre, red, black, white) with this line’s own colours: Titanium White (Linseed Oil), 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 11.7% 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.
Also from Royal Talens
Royal Talens Rembrandt Oil (113 colours). Same maker, different pigment loads and price points, and so a different mixable range. Load both in the app and compare the wheels.
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See what your Royal Talens Van Gogh 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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