Oil paint colour chart

What can Schmincke Norma Professional Oil mix?

All 81 colours in the Schmincke Norma Professional Oil range: masstone swatch, Colour Index pigment codes where the name states them unambiguously (23 of 81), 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 81-colour chart

ColourNamePigmentTinting strength
Agate Brown — average
Alizarin Crimson Hue — strong tinter
Azure Blue — average
Black Iron Oxide — 1.3×
Brilliant Orange — average
Brilliant Yellow — average
Brilliant Yellow Light — average
Burnt Ochre Light — 0.9×
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 Mix — average
Cadmium Yellow Deep PY35 average
Cadmium Yellow Lemon PY35 average
Cadmium Yellow Light PY35 average
Cadmium Yellow Mix — average
Caput Mortuum — average
Carmine Red — average
Cerulean Blue PB35 0.9×
Chrome Yellow Hue Deep — average
Chrome Yellow Hue Light — average
Chrome Yellow Hue Medium — average
Chromium Oxide Green PG17 average
Chromium Oxide Green Brill. — average
Cobalt Blue Deep — 0.9×
Cobalt Blue Hue — 0.9×
Cobalt Blue Light — 0.9×
Cobalt Cerulean Blue — 0.9×
Cobalt Turquoise — 0.9×
Cobalt Violet Hue — 0.9×
Cold Grey — average
Emerald Green — average
English Red — average
Golden Ochre — 0.9×
Green Earth — average
Indanthrene Blue PB60 average
Indian Yellow — average
Indigo — average
Ivory Black PBk9 1.3×
Lemon Yellow — average
Madder Light — average
Madder Red — average
Madder Ruby — average
Magenta — strong tinter
Naples Yellow Deep — 0.9×
Naples Yellow Light — 0.9×
Naples Yellow Reddish — 0.9×
Neutral Black — 1.3×
Olive Green — average
Opaque White — average
Payne's Grey — average
Permanent Green — average
Permanent Yellowish-Green — average
Phthalo Blue PB15 strong tinter
Phthalo Green PG7 strong tinter
Poppy Red — average
Prussian Blue PB27 strong tinter
Raw Light Ochre — 0.9×
Raw Sienna PBr7 0.9×
Raw Umber PBr7 0.9×
Red Earth — average
Royal Blue — average
Ruby Red — average
Sap Green — average
Schweinfurt Green Hue — average
Titanium White PW6 average
Transparent Ochre — 0.9×
Transparent Red Brown — average
Transparent White — average
Ultramarine Blue Deep PB29 1.1×
Ultramarine Blue Light PB29 1.1×
Vandyke Brown — average
Vermilion Red Deep — average
Vermilion Red Light — average
Violet Dark — average
Warm Grey — average
Yellow Ochre PY43 0.9×
Zinc Titanium White PW6 0.55×
Zinc White PW4 0.55×

5 of the 81 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 Schmincke Norma Professional 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 9.9% 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 Schmincke Norma Professional Oil at 55% lightness. In-reach colours at full strength, out-of-reach dimmed.

Also from Schmincke

Schmincke Mussini Oil (101 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 Schmincke Norma Professional 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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