Oil paint colour chart

What can Winsor & Newton Winton Oil mix?

All 55 colours in the Winsor & Newton Winton Oil range: masstone swatch, Colour Index pigment codes where the name states them unambiguously (22 of 55), 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 55-colour chart

ColourNamePigmentTinting strength
Azo Brown — average
Azo Yellow Green — average
Burnt Sienna PBr7 0.9×
Burnt Umber PBr7 0.9×
Cadmium Lemon PY35 average
Cadmium Orange PO20 average
Cadmium Orange Hue — average
Cadmium Red Deep Hue — average
Cadmium Red Hue — average
Cadmium Red Light PR108 average
Cadmium Red Medium PR108 average
Cadmium Scarlet Hue — average
Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue — average
Cadmium Yellow Hue — average
Cadmium Yellow Light PY35 average
Cadmium Yellow Medium PY35 average
Cadmium Yellow Pale Hue — average
Cerulean Blue PB35 0.9×
Cerulean Blue Hue — 0.9×
Cobalt Blue PB28 0.9×
Cobalt Blue Hue — 0.9×
Cobalt Violet Hue — 0.9×
Dark Verdigris — average
Dioxazine Blue — strong tinter
Dioxazine Purple PV23 strong tinter
French Ultramarine PB29 1.1×
Indian Red — average
Ivory Black PBk9 1.3×
Lamp Black PBk6 1.3×
Lemon Yellow Hue — average
Light Red — average
Magenta — strong tinter
Naples Yellow Hue — 0.9×
Oxide Of Chromium — average
Pale Rose Blush — average
Payne's Gray — average
Permanent Alizarin Crimson — strong tinter
Permanent Green Light — average
Permanent Rose PV19 strong tinter
Phthalo Blue PB15 strong tinter
Phthalo Deep Green — strong tinter
Phthalo Yellow Green — strong tinter
Prussian Blue PB27 strong tinter
Quinacridone Deep Pink — strong tinter
Raw Sienna PBr7 0.9×
Raw Umber PBr7 0.9×
Sap Green — average
Soft Mixing White — average
Terre Verte — average
Titanium White PW6 average
Vandyke Brown — average
Vermilion Hue — average
Viridian Hue — 0.9×
Yellow Ochre PY43 0.9×
Zinc White PW4 0.55×

10 of the 55 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 Winton 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 5.9% 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 Winsor & Newton Winton Oil at 55% lightness. In-reach colours at full strength, out-of-reach dimmed.

Also from Winsor & Newton

Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil (131 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 Winton 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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