Oil Painting Colours - Paint Ideas for Artist Colour Palette

The last blog concerned guidelines for a basic colour palette with warm and cool colours and we gave our ideas concerning this most frequently asked question from aspiring artists and those buying a present for the 'artist in their life!'

Christmas is coming and bearing in mind the number of enquiries for this information from people coming to visit us in the shop, I thought it might be useful to produce guidelines for each brand. If, like me, stretching the budget is always a mighty challenge, we have put together our choices avoiding the most expensive colours.

Below are guidelines for a colour palette in Old Holland Classic Oil Paint; Winsor & Newton Artists Oil Paint; Schmincke Norma Professional Oils; Rembrandt Professional Oil Paints; Spectrum Studio Oil Colours

Old Holland Oil Paint - Classic Oil Colours

Yellow:

Warm   -  Scheveningen Yellow Medium C14
Cool     -  Scheveningen Yellow Lemon B10

Red:

Warm  -  Scheveningen Red Medium B169
Cool   -   Alizarin Crimson Lake Extra C163

Blue:

Warm  -  Ultramarine Blue A36
Cool   -   Scheveningen Blue B35

Mixing Colours:

Raw Sienna Deep A57
Raw Umber A69
Titanium White A1

Winsor & Newton  Oil Paint - Artists Colours

Yellow:

Warm  - Winsor Yellow Deep 731 Series 2
Cool   -  Winsor Lemon 722 Series 2

Red:  

Warm  -  Winsor Red 726 Series 2
Cool   -   Alizarin Crimson 004 Series 2

Blue:

Warm  -  French Ultramarine 263  Series 2
Cool    -  Winsor Blue (Green Shade) 707 Series 2

Mixing Colours:

Raw Sienna 552 Series 1
Raw Umber 554 Series 1
Titanium White 644 Series 1

Schmincke Norma Oil Paint - Professional Oil Colours

Yellow:

Warm  -  Cadmium Yellow Deep 244 Series 3
Cool   -   Lemon Yellow 236 Series 1

Red:

Warm  -  Cadmium Red Light 310 Series 3
Cool   -   Madder Red 318 Series 1

Blue:

Warm  -  Ultramarine Blue Deep 402 Series 1
Cool   -   Cobalt Blue Hue 412 Series 1

Mixing Colours:

Raw Sienna 608  Series 1
Raw Umber 622  Series 1
Titanium White 114 Series 1

Rembrandt Oil Paints - Professional Oil Colours

Yellow:  

Warm  -  Permanent Yellow Medium 284 Series 3
Cool   -  Permanent Lemon Yellow 254 Series 3

Red:

Warm  -  Permanent Red Medium 377 Series 3
Cool   -   Permanent Madder Deep 342 Series 3

Blue:

Warm  -  Ultramarine Deep 506 Series 2
Cool   -  Phthalo Blue (Green) 576 Series 3

Mixing Colours:

Raw Sienna 234 Series 1
Raw Umber 408 Series 1
Titanium White 118 Series 1 

Spectrum Studio Oil Paint

Yellow:  

Warm  -  Spectrum Yellow Series 1
Cool   -   Spectrum Lemon Series 1

Red: 

Warm   -  Spectrum Red Series 2
Cool    -   Alizarin Crimson Series 2

Blue:

Warm   -  French Ultramarine Series 1
Cool    -  Cobalt Blue Hue Series 1

Mixing Colours:

Yellow Ochre Series 1
Raw Sienna  Series 1
Raw Umber Series 1
Titanium White Series 1
         
I've put together the prices for each selection:
Old Holland 9 Tube Cost £82.49
Winsor & Newton  9 Tube Cost £67.47
Schmincke Norma Oil 9 Tube Cost £62.85
Rembrandt Oil 9 Tube Cost £77.46
Spectrum Studio Oils 10 Tube Cost £42

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