Oil paint colour chart

What can Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil mix?

All 131 colours in the Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil range: masstone swatch, Colour Index pigment codes where the name states them unambiguously (35 of 131), 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 131-colour chart

Name	Pigment	Tinting strength
Alizarin Crimson	PR83	strong tinter
Bismuth Yellow	—	average
Blue Black	—	1.3×
Bright Red	—	average
Brown Ochre	—	0.9×
Burnt Sienna	PBr7	0.9×
Burnt Umber	PBr7	0.9×
Cadmium Green Pale	—	average
Cadmium Lemon	PY35	average
Cadmium Orange	PO20	average
Cadmium Red	PR108	average
Cadmium Red Deep	PR108	average
Cadmium Scarlet	PR108	average
Cadmium Yellow	PY35	average
Cadmium Yellow Deep	PY35	average
Cadmium Yellow Pale	PY35	average
Cadmium-Free Green Pale	—	average
Cadmium-Free Lemon	—	average
Cadmium-Free Orange	—	average
Cadmium-Free Red	—	average
Cadmium-Free Red Deep	—	average
Cadmium-Free Scarlet	—	average
Cadmium-Free Yellow	—	average
Cadmium-Free Yellow Deep	—	average
Cadmium-Free Yellow Pale	—	average
Cerulean Blue	PB35	0.9×
Charcoal Grey	—	average
Chrome Green Deep Hue	—	average
Chrome Yellow Hue	—	average
Cinnabar Green	—	average
Cobalt Blue	PB28	0.9×
Cobalt Blue Deep	—	0.9×
Cobalt Chromite Green	—	0.9×
Cobalt Green	—	0.9×
Cobalt Turquoise	—	0.9×
Cobalt Turquoise Light	—	0.9×
Cobalt Violet	—	0.9×
Davy's Gray	—	average
Flake White Hue	—	average
French Ultramarine	PB29	1.1×
Gold Ochre	—	0.9×
Green Gold	—	average
Indanthrene Blue	PB60	average
Indian Red	—	average
Indian Yellow	—	average
Indian Yellow Deep	—	average
Indigo	—	average
Iridescent White	—	average
Ivory Black	PBk9	1.3×
Jaune Brillant	—	average
Lamp Black	PBk6	1.3×
Lemon Yellow Hue	—	average
Light Red	—	average
Magenta	—	strong tinter
Manganese Blue Hue	—	average
Mars Black	PBk11	1.3×
Mars Violet Deep	—	average
Mauve (Blue Shade)	—	average
Mineral Green Deep	—	average
Mineral Grey	—	average
Naples Yellow	—	0.9×
Naples Yellow Deep	—	0.9×
Naples Yellow Light	—	0.9×
Olive Green	—	average
Orange Laque Mineral	—	average
Oriental Blue	—	average
Oxide Of Chromium	—	average
Pale Rose Blush	—	average
Payne's Gray	—	average
Permanent Alizarin Crimson	—	strong tinter
Permanent Carmine	—	average
Permanent Green	—	average
Permanent Green Deep	—	average
Permanent Green Light	—	average
Permanent Magenta	—	strong tinter
Permanent Mauve	—	average
Permanent Rose	PV19	strong tinter
Perylene Black	—	1.3×
Phthalo Turquoise	—	strong tinter
Prussian Blue	PB27	strong tinter
Prussian Green	—	strong tinter
Purple Lake	—	average
Purple Madder	—	average
Quinacridone Magenta	PR122	strong tinter
Quinacridone Red	—	strong tinter
Raw Sienna	PBr7	0.9×
Raw Umber	PBr7	0.9×
Raw Umber (Green Shade)	PBr7	0.9×
Raw Umber Light	PBr7	0.9×
Rose Dore	—	average
Rose Madder Genuine	—	average
Royal Blue	—	average
Ruby Madder Alizarin	—	strong tinter
Sap Green	—	average
Scarlet Lake	—	average
Smalt (Dumont's Blue)	—	average
Terra Rosa	—	average
Terre Verte	—	average
Titanium White	PW6	average
Transparent Brown Oxide	—	average
Transparent Gold Ochre	—	0.9×
Transparent Maroon	—	average
Transparent Orange	—	average
Transparent Red Ochre	—	0.9×
Transparent Yellow	—	average
Ultramarine (Green Shade)	PB29	1.1×
Ultramarine Ash	PB29	1.1×
Ultramarine Pink	PB29	1.1×
Ultramarine Violet	PB29	1.1×
Underpainting White (Fast Drying)	—	average
Vandyke Brown	—	average
Venetian Red	—	average
Viridian	PG18	0.9×
Warm Brown Pink	—	average
Warm White	—	average
Winsor Blue (Green Shade)	—	strong tinter
Winsor Blue (Red Shade)	—	strong tinter
Winsor Emerald	—	average
Winsor Green (Phthalo)	—	strong tinter
Winsor Green (Yellow Shade)	—	strong tinter
Winsor Lemon	—	average
Winsor Orange	—	average
Winsor Red	—	average
Winsor Red Deep	—	average
Winsor Violet (Dioxazine)	—	strong tinter
Winsor Yellow	—	average
Winsor Yellow Deep	—	average
Yellow Ochre	PY43	0.9×
Yellow Ochre Light	PY43	0.9×
Yellow Ochre Pale	PY43	0.9×
Zinc White	PW4	0.55×

16 of the 131 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 Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil tubes

The classic four-tube exercise (ochre, red, black, white) with this line’s own colours: Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red, 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 5.3% 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 Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil at 55% lightness. In-reach colours at full strength, out-of-reach dimmed.

Also from Winsor & Newton

Winsor & Newton Winton Oil (55 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 Winsor & Newton Artists' 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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