W&N Artists' Oils

A rich dark brown pigment, Burnt Umber is made from natural brown clays found in earth. It was named after Umbria, a region in Italy where it was mined. Burning the raw pigment intensifies its colour. 

Vandyke Brown is a brown pigment named after the Flemish painter Van Dyke who used it in many of his paintings. It is an earth pigment, and is often used for shading. 

Raw Umber Light is a warm pale brown pigment made by the natural brown clays found in earth. It was named after Umbria, a region in Italy where it was mined. 

Raw Umber (Green Shade) is a rich brown pigment with green undertones made from the natural brown clays found in earth. It was named after Umbria, a region in Italy where it was mined. 

Raw Umber is a rich brown pigment made by the natural brown clays found in earth. It was named after Umbria, a region in Italy where it was mined. 

Davy's Gray is a soft grey colour traditionally including powdered slate pigments. It was developed by Winsor & Newton for the 19th c English artist Henry Davy, a pupil of famous water-colourist J S Cotman. 

Charcoal Grey, as the name suggests, is made from ground charcoal. It is a dark grey oil colour. 

Payne's Gray is a dark blue grey made from a mixture of Ultramarine, Mars Black and sometimes Crimson. It was named after the 18th c. water-colourist William Payne who created the mixture and often recommended it to his students as an alternative to...

Blue Black is a semi-opaque dark blue which when mixed with whites creates blue-grey colours. Blue Black is a permanent alternative to the traditional fugitive Vine Black colour. 

Gold is a unique colour which, due to its unusual combination of pigments, contains a metal sheen resembling that of gold. 

Renaissance Gold is a semi-opaque acrylic colour. It is a unique colour which due to its unusual combination of pigments, contains a metal sheen resembling that of aged gold 

Copper is a unique brown colour with warm red undertones. Due to its innovative combination of pigments, it creates a metal sheen closely resembling that of copper. 

Bronze is a unique oil colour which is semi-opaque and due to its unusual combination of pigments, creates a metal sheen resembling that of bronze. 

Pewter is a unique silver grey oil colour which is semi-opaque. Due to its unusual combination of pigments, it creates a metal sheen closely resembling that of pewter. 

Silver is a unique colour which, due to its unusual combination of pigments, creates a metal sheen closely resembling that of silver.