What's in a name?

Language Switcher

Spotlight

Subjects

Latest articles

Expected articles

  • Spinning wool, the basics
  • Weaving, the basics
  • Dying wool, the basics
  • Spinning silk caps and hankies
  • Wooden boxes with flowers made from Fimo clay

Welcome at To be defined

Welcome at To be defined, a website filled with creativity. Here you will find numerous manuals in words and images on various subjects. On this page you can only see a selection. Choose from the menu on the left for more articles on your favorite topic.

Basic Palette Oil Paint

Article Index

OlieverfWhen you start with oil painting, you have a choice of a multitude of materials. There is a lot of difference in price and quality. And although the costs can be enormous when you start out, investing in better paint, a good brush, and suitable supports is definitely worth it. Paints, brushes, and supports of better quality are more enjoyable to work with and often yield a better result. In addition, various mediums are used with oil paint. There are an incredibly large number of oil paint colors. You don't need all of them. Over time, you will develop your own palette of colors. In this article, you will find a basic set of colors with which you can make a beautiful start.
Basic Palette

A nice basic palette is the following:
Titanium white Titanium White (opaque) Zinc white Zinc White (mixing)
Cadmium Yellow Cadmium Yellow Yellow ochre Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Red Cadmium Red Alizarin Crimson Alizarin Red or Madder Lake
Burnt Sienna Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber Burnt Umber
Raw Umber Raw Umber Ultramarine Blue Ultramarine
Indigo Indigo Cerulean Blue Cerulean Blue
Sap green Sap Green Viridian Viridian or Emerald Green
Permanent Violet Permanent Violet Payne's Grey Payne's Grey
Hoewel je hier natuurlijk niet alles mee kunt schilderen is het een mooi begin. Het kan zijn dat er in de loop van de tijd kleuren uit je palet verdwijnen, en kleuren bijkomen. Dit leidt uiteindelijk tot een heel eigen palet dat past bij je eigen schilderstijl.


Some other common palettes are as follows:

Classic Palette

This classic palette is based on earth tones. It provides a wide tonal range and a calm harmony.
Lamp Black Lamp Black Venetian Red Venetian Red or English Red
Yellow Ochre Yellow Ochre Green Earth Green Earth
Cremnitz White LLead White or Cremnitz White    
Lead White and Cremnitz White are now only available to a limited extent due to their toxicity.
Cremnitz White is a light cream-colored white. Winsor & Newton still has this color in its collection.
Both colors are usually only available in cans.

Cool Palette

This is a cool palette. The last 2 (warm) colors are there to emphasize the coolness of the other three in your work. So, these themselves are not cool colors.
Titanium White Titanium White Ceruleuan Blue Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Blue Cobalt Blue Ultramarine Blue Ultramarine
Cadmium Yellow Cadmium Yellow (warm) Cadmium Red Cadmium Red (warm)

Warm Palette

This warm palette is very suitable for painting sunny landscapes. Here too, a cool color has been added last to your palette. This is for mixing and emphasizing the warm colors.
Titanium White Titanium White Yellow Ochre Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Yellow Cadmium Yellow Raw Sienna Raw Sienna
Cadmium Red Cadmium Red Cobalt Blue Cobalt Blue


Warm to Cool Palette

This palette contains a whole range of colors from warm to cool.
Warm: Cool:
Cremnitz White Cremnitz white Lemon Yellow Lemon Yellow
Naples Yellow Naples Yellow Viridian Viridian or Emerald Green
Yellow Ochre Yellow Ochre Chromium Oxide Green Chromium Oxide Green
Cadmium Yellow Cadmium Yellow Cobalt Blue Cobalt Blue
Raw Sienna Raw Sienna Ultramarine Blue Ultramarine
Cadmium Orange Cadmium Orange Cobalt Violet Cobalt violet
Alizarin Crimson Alizarin Red or Madder Lake Raw Umber Raw Umber
Burnt Umber Burnt Umber Lamp Black Lamp Black


Chromatic Palette

This palette contains bright colors for modern abstract work. When placing colors on your canvas, remember that complementary colors reinforce each other.
Titanium White Titanium White Alizarin Crimson Alizarin Crimson
Lemon Yellow Lemon Yellow Ultramarine Blue Ultramarine
Cadmium Yellow Deep Cadmium Yellow Deep Cerulean Blue Cerulean Blue
Cadmium orange Cadmium Orange Cobalt Blue Cobalt Blue
Vermilion Vermilion Cobalt Violet Cobalt Violet
Cadmium Red Cadmium Red Emerald Green Emerald Green
Of course, these are just suggestions for palettes. Simply start with one of the palettes that appeals to you and gradually expand it. The colors may vary from the actual colors. This depends, among other things, on the settings of your screen. They are intended to give you an idea of the colors.