This color chart is complimentary at Provo Art & Frame.
We stock the following colors in 37 ml tubes.
• Opaque
~ Semi-Transparent
○ Transparent
Mineral Inorganic Colors
All colors made from metals.
High pigment load, low oil absorption.
Colors grey easily in mixtures so these are good choices for natural light painting.
Cadmium Orange • Cadmiums are made from chemically pure cadmium of low toxicity.
Cadmium Yellow Deep •
Cadmium Yellow Medium •
Cadmium Yellow Light •
Cadmium Lemon •
Cadmium Orange Deep •
Cadmium Red Light •
Cadmium Red Medium •
Cadmium Red Deep •
Ultramarine Violet ○
Cobalt Violet ~
Manganese Violet ~
Alizarin Crimson ○
Cerulean Blue • Coolest mineral blue
Cobalt Teal • Cobalt colors most permanent of permanent colors.
Cobalt Blue ~ True middle blue
Ultramarine Blue ○
Prussian Blue ~
Emerald Green ~
Chromium Oxide Green •
Viridian ○
Cobalt Green ~
Cadmium Green •
Naples Yellow Hue •
Gold Ochre ○
Yellow Ochre ~
Raw Sienna ~
Burnt Sienna ~
Brown Pink ○
Transparent Earth Yellow ○ Like renaissance glazing colors.
Transparent Earth Orange ○ Like renaissance glazing colors.
Transparent Earth Red ○ Like renaissance glazing colors.
Asphaltum ○ Like renaissance glazing colors.
Caucasian Flesh Tone • Synthetic iron oxide, very opaque
Venetian Red • Synthetic iron oxide, very opaque
Indian Red • Synthetic iron oxide, very opaque
Olive Green ~
Terre Verte ○ Muted earth green. Excellent for grisaille.
Raw Umber ~
Burnt Umber ~
Modern Organic Colors
Carbon based pigments.
Best choice for high key painting, bright tints.
Most colors available in a warm or cool version.
Hansa Yellow Light ~ Hansas very clean in masstone and in mixtures, makes more intense secondaries then cadmium yellows.
Hansa Yellow Medium ~
Hansa Yellow Deep ~
Indian Yellow ○
Napthol Red ~
Napthol Scarlet ~ Replaces Vermilion or Scarlet Red.
Mono Orange ~
Transparent Orange ○
Perylene Red ○ Only cool red with a yellow undertone.
Alizarin Permanent ○ Light fast replacement for Alizarin.
Quinacridone Red ○
Quinacridone Magenta ○
Quinacridone Violet ○
Manganese Blue Hue ○ Coolest blue on the palette, excellent copy of the no longer available Manganese Blue.
Phthalo Blue ○ Phthalo Colors - High tinting strength pigments of extremely fine particle size, both blue and green available in a warm or cool version.
Phthalo Turquoise ○
Indanthrone Blue ~ Excellent all purpose blue with a beautiful smokey glaze.
Dioxazine Purple ○ Highest tinting strength of all colors, also use as a black.
Cerulean Blue Hue ~
Permanent Green Light ~
Phthalo Green ○ Phthalo Colors - High tinting strength pigments of extremely fine particle size, both blue and green available in a warm or cool version.
Phthalo Emerald ○
Sap Green ○ Dark earthy green with beautiful yellow undertone.
METAL COLORS
Bronze, aluminum, and copper powders in a fast drying alkyd resin binder.
Rich Gold •
Pale Gold •
Silver •
Copper •
RADIANT COLORS
High intensity tints at value 7 on the Munsell system.
Radiant Lemon
Radiant Yellow •
Radiant Red •
Radiant Magenta •
Radiant Green •
Radiant Turquoise •
Radiant Blue •
Radiant Violet •
GREYS
Neutral Greys - Great for easily reducing the chroma of pure color in color mixing.
Portland Grey Light • Value 8
Portland Grey Medium • Value 6
Portland Grey Deep • Value 4
BLACKS
Payne's Grey ○ Coolest black
Black Spinel • Matte black, works like Flake White only it's black.
Mars Black • Strongest black
Ivory Black • Best all around mixing black
Chromatic Black ○ A neutral black made without carbon.
Van Dyke Brown ~ Warm, lightest black
WHITES
Titanium White •
Strongest, most opaque white. Highest tinting strength, fastest drying.
Titanium-Zinc White
Combination of Titanium's tinting strength with Zinc's creamy texture. Most permanent.
Zinc White
More transparent, slow drying. Best for use in glazes and scumbles.
Flake White Replacement
Has the same working properties as Flake White but does not contain lead.
Tinting strength, look, feel, and dry time of Flake White.
Quick Dry White
Titanium and Zinc mixture in an oil modified alkyd binder. Fast drying with high tack.
Radiant White
Made with poppy oil. Tinting strength and opacity are the same as Titanium White.
The brightest, whitest oil color.
We stock the following colors in 150 ml tubes.
If you would like a color that is not on this list we can order it for you. Our shipments arrive on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Yellow Deep
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Cadmium Yellow Light
Hansa Yellow Light
Cadmium Red Light
Cadmium Red Medium
Cadmium Red Deep
Cobalt Violet
Alizarin Crimson
Alizarin Permanent
Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Phthalo Blue
Dioxazine Purple
Chromium Oxide Green
Viridian
Permanent Green Light
Phthalo Green
Naples Yellow Hue
Yellow Ochre
Raw Sienna
Burnt Sienna
Sap Green
Cerulean Blue Hue
Raw Umber
Burnt Umber
Portland Grey Light
Portland Grey Medium
Portland Grey Deep
Mars Black Ivory Black
Titanium White
Titanium Zinc White
Flake White Replacement
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