What are the primary colours in the Winsor & Newton oil colour ranges?

The list below outlines primary colours for three and six colour mixing systems in the Winsor & Newton oil colour ranges. As a guide, we recommend that you choose transparent colours for colour mixing to ensure clean mixes.

Artists’ Oil Colour three colour system

  • Winsor Lemon
  • Winsor Blue (Red Shade)
  • Permanent Rose

Artists’ Oil Colour six colour system

  • Winsor Lemon
  • Winsor Yellow
  • French Ultramarine
  • Winsor Blue (Green Shade)
  • Permanent Rose
  • Cadmium Red

Winton Oil Colour

  • Lemon Yellow Hue
  • French Ultramarine
  • Permanent Rose

Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour three colour system

  • Lemon Yellow
  • Phthalo Blue (Red Shade)
  • Permanent Rose

Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour six colour system

  • Lemon Yellow
  • Cadmium Yellow Hue
  • French Ultramarine
  • Phthalo Blue (Red Shade)
  • Permanent Rose
  • Cadmium Red Hue

Griffin Alkyd Fast Drying Oil Colour three colour system

  • Winsor Lemon
  • Phthalo Blue
  • Permanent Rose

Griffin Alkyd Fast Drying Oil Colour six colour system

  • Winsor Lemon
  • Winsor Yellow
  • French Ultramarine
  • Phthalo Blue
  • Permanent Rose
  • Cadmium Red Medium

Oilbar three colour system

  • Lemon Yellow Hue
  • Winsor Blue (Red Shade)
  • Permanent Rose

Please note that Oilbar has now been discontinued.