Munsell Color System Notations for Rublev Colours Artist Oils
How Munsell Color Notation Works
The Munsell color order system is a three-dimensional model depicted in the Munsell color tree. Each color has three qualities or attributes:
Hue—Colors such as red, orange, yellow, etc.
Value—The lightness or darkness of a color
Chroma—The saturation or brilliance of a color
Munsell Color Theory is based on a three-dimensional model in which each color is comprised of three attributes: hue (color itself), value (lightness/darkness), and chroma (color saturation or brilliance). The Munsell Color system is a numerical scale with visually uniform steps for the three color attributes. In Munsell color notation, each color has a logical and visual relationship to all other colors.
Learn more about the Munsell Color System.
Rublev Colours Artist Oils
Natural PIgments developed this list based on the Munsell Color System by measuring the colors with a spectrophotometer and including visual interpretation. The color samples were prepared by mixing each color with titanium white in a ratio noted in the table below. The mixtures were spread evenly in 6 mils thicknesses on a Leneta card, and the sample was read with a spectrophotometer.
Munsell color system. (2022, November 17). In Wikipedia.
| SKU | Color Name | Colour Index | Hue No. | Hue Family | Value | Chroma | Sample |
| 820-103 | Lazurite | PB 29 | 6.25 | PB | 2.5 | 4.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-104 | Ultramarine Blue (Green Shade) | PB 29 | 9 | PB | 0.5 | 4.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-108 | Ultramarine Blue (Red Shade) | PB 29 | 8.5 | PB | 2 | 4 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-111 | Prussian Blue | PB 27 | 0 | N | 0 | 0 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-112 | Maya Blue | PB 82 | 7.5 | R | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-205 | Nicosia Green Earth | PG 23 | 8.5 | G | 3 | 3.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-206 | Verona Green Earth | PG 23 | 9 | GY | 2 | 2.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-208 | Antica Green Earth | PG 23 | 8.75 | Y | 3 | 1 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-221 | Chrome Green | PY 34 / PB 27 | 4.75 | G | 3.5 | 7 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-226 | Cinnabar Green | PY 34 / PB 27 | 5 | GY | 4 | 8.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-303 | Blue Ridge Yellow Ocher | PY 43 | 10 | YR | 5.5 | 8 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-306 | Lemon Ocher | PY 43 | 0.25 | Y | 5.5 | 7.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-307 | Italian Yellow Earth | PY 43 | 9.75 | YR | 5.5 | 6.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-308 | Italian Dark Ocher | PY 43 | 5.25 | YR | 3.5 | 5.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-309 | Lead-Tin Yellow | N/A | 7.25 | Y | 8.5 | 8 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-310 | Chrome Yellow Primrose | PY 34 | 5.25 | Y | 8 | 12 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-312 | French Yellow Oxide | PY 43 | 8.75 | YR | 4.5 | 6 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-313 | Yellow Ocher Light | PY 43 | 7 | YR | 5 | 5.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-321 | Chrome Yellow Light | PY 34 | 2.5 | Y | 8.5 | 14 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-322 | Chrome Yellow Medium | PY 34 | 0.25 | Y | 8 | 15 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-325 | Chrome Ocher | PY 43 / PY 34 | 3.25 | Y | 7 | 10.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-355 | Naples Yellow | PY 41 | 4.75 | Y | 8 | 9 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-357 | Naples Yellow Paris | PY 41 | 2.25 | Y | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-362 | Cadmium Yellow Light | PY 35 | 5.5 | Y | 7.9 | 10.1 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-363 | Cadmium Yellow Medium | PY 35 | 5.6 | Y | 8.5 | 12.6 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-364 | Cadmium Yellow Deep | PY 35 | 9.8 | YR | 7.3 | 13.1 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-401 | Orange Ocher | PY 43 | 4.5 | YR | 4 | 7 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-403 | Molybdate Orange | PR 104 | 8.75 | R | 4.5 | 16 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-501 | Sartorius Red Earth | PR 102 | 9.25 | R | 3 | 3.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-502 | Pozzuoli Red | PR 102 | 0.75 | YR | 3.5 | 8 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-503 | Ercolano Red | PR 102 | 0.5 | YR | 3.5 | 7.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-504 | Venetian Red | PR 102 | 10 | R | 3.5 | 7.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-505 | Indian Red | PR 102 | 1.5 | YR | 3.5 | 6 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-506 | French Red Ocher | PR 102 | 9.25 | R | 3.5 | 5.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-508 | Vermillion | PR 106 | 6.25 | R | 4.5 | 11 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-509 | Minium (Red Lead) | PR 105 | 0.5 | YR | 5.5 | 15.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-512 | Alizarin Crimson | PR 82 | 6.25 | R | 0.5 | 7 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-517 | Hematite | PR 102 | 6 | R | 3 | 5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-520 | Crimson Ocher | PR 102 | 2.25 | YR | 2.5 | 5.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-521 | Transparent Mummy | PR 102 | 8 | R | 3.5 | 5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-542 | Cadmium Red Light | PR 108 | 6.8 | R | 4.7 | 13.6 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-543 | Cadmium Red Medium | PR 108 | 5.2 | R | 3.9 | 11.0 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-544 | Cadmium Red Maroon | PR 108 | 1:2 color/titanium white | ||||
| 820-606 | French Sienna | PY 43 | 2.75 | Y | 3 | 4.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-608 | French Burnt Sienna | PR 102 | 9.75 | R | 3 | 3 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-609 | French Burnt Umber | PBr 7 | 1.75 | YR | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-610 | French Umber | PBr 7 | 10 | YR | 3 | 1 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-611 | Italian Sienna | PY 43 | 9 | YR | 4.5 | 5.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-612 | Italian Burnt Sienna | PR 102 | 8.75 | R | 3 | 3 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-613 | Cyprus Umber Light | PBr 7 | 0.25 | Y | 2.5 | 4 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-614 | Cyprus Umber Medium | PBr 7 | 7.25 | YR | 2 | 1 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-615 | Cyprus Umber Dark | PBr 7 | 0.75 | Y | 2 | 1.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-616 | Cyprus Burnt Umber | PBr 7 | 7 | YR | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-617 | Cyprus Burnt Umber Warm | PBr 7 | 2 | YR | 2.5 | 2 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-619 | Italian Green Umber | PBr 7 | 2.5 | Y | 2 | 0.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-622 | Italian Brown Ocher | PBr 7 | 9.75 | YR | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-631 | Van Dyke Brown | NBr 8 | 0 | N | 2 | 0 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-701 | Violet Hematite | PR 102 | 5 | R | 3.5 | 1 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-702 | Purple Ocher | PR 102 | 1 | YR | 2 | 3.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-802 | Lead White #1 | PW 1 | 3.75 | Y | 9 | 2.5 | 3:1 color/bone black |
| 820-803 | Lead White #2 | PW 1 | 5.75 | Y | 9 | 1.5 | 3:1 color/bone black |
| 820-805 | Crystal White | PW 1 | 6 | Y | 8.5 | 2 | 3:1 color/bone black |
| 820-806 | Mica Lead White | PW 1 / PW 20 | 5.75 | Y | 8.5 | 2 | 3:1 color/bone black |
| 820-808 | Venetian White | PW 1 / PW 21 | 4.75 | Y | 9 | 2 | 3:1 color/bone black |
| 820-809 | Ceruse | PW 1 / PW 18 | 5 | Y | 8.5 | 2.5 | 3:1 color/bone black |
| 820-810 | Barite | PW 21 | 5.75 | Y | 8.5 | 4.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-811 | Flemish White | PW 3 / PW 1 | 3 | Y | 8.5 | 3.5 | 3:1 color/bone black |
| 820-903 | Bone Black | PBk 9 | 0 | N | 1.5 | 0 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-904 | Vine Black | PBk 8 | 0 | N | 2 | 0 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-905 | Cassel Brown Earth | PBr 7 | 7.5 | R | 2 | 0.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-906 | Roman Black | PBk 11 | 0 | N | 1 | 0 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-908 | Natural Black Oxide | PBk 11 | 8.75 | PB | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
| 820-920 | Blue Black | PBk 9 / PB 27 | 0.5 | PB | 2 | 0.5 | 1:2 color/titanium white |
