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All other color wheels in the world will not match these pigment oppositions.

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Here is the 36 color palette

The first Number is their spectrum color wheel order, the colors are listed in my painting palette order. White is in the middle of the palette. Here is the list of my pigments in my palette order. I usually need from 3 to 20 colors.
00. Mussini Zinc Yellow,  
01. Bellini Lemon Yellow,  
02. YYYY, Grumbacher Cadmium Barium Yellow Pale,  
03. Mussini Cadmium Yellow Lemon,  
04. Old Holland Gamboge Lake Extra,  
4a. Mussini Indian Yellow Brown Lake Extra,  
05. Schmincke Mussini Cadmium Yellow Middle,  
06, Old Holland Indian Yellow-Orange Lake Extra,  
06a. Old Holland Indian Yellow Brown Lake Extra,  
07. YYYM, Mussini Cadmium Orange,  
08. Rembrandt Chinese Vermilion Extra,  
09. YYMM, Cadmium Red Light,  
10, YMMM, Rembrandt Rose,  
11. MMMM, Danial Smith Quinacridone Magenta,  
12. MMMM, Bocour, New York, Cobalt Violet Phosphate,  
13. MMMC, Liquitex Carbazole Dioxazine Purple,  
14. Grumbacher Dioxazine Purple,  
15. Ultramarine Violet,  
16. MMCC, Blocks French Ultramarine Blue,  
17. Mussini Ultramarine Light,  
18. Mussini Cobalt Blue Light,  
19. CCCC, Grumbacher Thalo Blue,  
20. CCCY, Rembrandt Blue Green,  
21. CCYY, Mussini Phthalo Green,  
22. Mussini Opaque Green Light,  
23. Grumbacher Thalo Green Yellow/Side,  
24. Mussini Permanent Green Light,  
25. Winsor and Newton Sap Green,  
26. CYYY, Old Holland Yellow-Green Organic Opaque,  
27. Mussini Naples Yellow Light,  
27a. Mussini Naples Yellow Deep,  
28. Mussini Yellow Raw Ocher,  
29. Mussini Translucent Yellow Oxide,  
30. Rembrandt's or Mussini's Asphaltum,  
31. Mussini Raw Umber,   32. Mussini Burnt Umber,  
33. Mussini Burnt Sienna,   34. Blocks Venetian Red,  
35, Rembrandt Chromium Green Oxide,   36. Grumbacher Green Earth,  
37. Mussini Genuine Golden Green,


Interactive Real Color Wheel Matching Tube Pigment Colors and RGB,HTML


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Top-tone is adding White to the color. Under-tone is adding clear. Mass-tone is thick out of the tube.
The first Number is their purchasing order of importance, the colors are laid out in my painting palette order. White is in the middle of the palette.
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00. Mussini Zinc Yellow, the coolest Yellow. An extra color. #"F1F10A", RGB, R=241 G=241 B=010

01a. Mussini Cadmium Yellow Pale, a slightly cool Yellow.   #"FFFA43", R=255 G255 B=040

01. Bellini Lemon Yellow, Lead Chromate, a cool Yellow.  #"FFFF28", RGB, R=255 G=255 B=000

02. YYYY, Grumbacher Cadmium Barium Yellow Pale, a middle Yellow.  #"FFFF0E", R=255 G=255 B=014

02a. YYYY, Mussini Cadmium Yellow Lemon, the middle Yellow.  #"FFFF00", R=255 G=255 B=000

27. Mussini Naples Yellow Light, an opaque Nickel and Titanium replacement for Antimony Yellow. This is the first of eleven pre-made with added white colors, they must be added to a complete painting color palette. This was the traditional (1875) base flesh tone when made with Antimony Lead. #"FFEDA8", R=255 G=237 B=168

27a. Mussini Naples Yellow Deep, (True Naples is either Green-side, Yellow-side or Red-side, higher firing temperatures make lighter colors.  #"D9A878", R=217 G=169 B=120


04. Choose between two transparent colors here. Old Holland Gamboge Lake Extra, a Yellow-Orange duel-tone changing to a Cadmium Yellow Under-tone.  #"FFFF00", R255, G255 B000 

or a slightly darker transparent Orange-Ocher to Yellow dual-toned called 

4a. Mussini Indian Yellow Brown Lake Extra. It makes a good dark triad neutral, but not a strong Yellow, more like a Cadmium Yellow Middle Under-tone.  #"986011", R=152 G=096 B=017. True Indian Yellow would make a strong Yellow in the Under-tone range. Below is the Under-tone color of Mussini Indian Yellow Brown Lake Extra.


28. Mussini Yellow Raw Ocher, opaque tan. #"9B6A26", R=155 G=106 B=038

29. Mussini Translucent Yellow Oxide, dual-toned red-tan, add white for a yellow-tan. It has the same mass-tone matching color as Mussini Indian Yellow Brown Lake Extra.  #"986011", R=152 G=096 B=017

A top-tone of Mussini Translucent Yellow Oxide is click able below


30. Rembrandt's or Mussini's Asphaltum, the ancient color Bitumen, a transparent dark brown/yellow side, Rembrandt's favorite glaze to transcend dark.  #"331D00", R=051, G=029, B=000

A transparent Under-tone of Rembrandt's or Mussini's Asphaltum is click able below


31. Mussini Raw Umber, a translucent cool Brown/green side. (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow-Green darkens to this color in my light to pigment color wheel).  #"332500", R051, G=037, B=000

32. Mussini Burnt Umber, a calcined translucent warm Red-Brown. Note: Cadmium Yellow darkens to this color in this pigment matching light color wheel. RCW for "Real Color Wheel". Using this Brown to form all warm Yellows.  #"331500", R=051, G=021, B=000

33. Mussini Burnt Sienna, transparent Red-Brown. Orange changing to it's dark brown, goes through Burnt Sienna. Above click is the mass-tone from the tube.  #"4D0000", R=077, G=000, B=000

To See an Under-tone (the color with clear medium) of Mussini Burnt Sienna, click below.

Below is a high Top-tone tint of Mussini Burnt Sienna.


34. Blocks Venetian Red, warm opaque. Cadmium Red going to it's neutral dark black. #"A60000", RGB, R=153, G=000, B=000

05. Schmincke Mussini Cadmium Yellow Middle is more Yellow than Grumbacher Cadmium Yellow Medium. #"FF9F00", R=255 G=159 B=000

05a. Grumbacher Cadmium Yellow Medium. #"FF9400" R=255 G=148 B=000


06, Old Holland Indian Yellow-Orange Lake Extra, a dual-toned Orange to Yellow transparent color. The pale undertone is a strong Yellow-Pale while the top mass-tone is Orange and Vermilion mixed 1:1. This color can replace the famous "golden transparent", one of the two color aspects of Natural Indian Yellow, there's no single strong replacement for the Yellow to Brown side yet. (Old Holland Indian Yellow Brown Lake, has a Warm Tan Ocher top-tone with a Middle Cadmium Yellow undertone. It makes a poor Orange but will turn Ultramarine Blue to a nice Neutral Dark if that's all you had on a three color palette.) We artists REALLY need this color in acrylics and water colors, not just in oils by only one manufacture. This is the color we were not taught how to use. Winsor-Newton Indian Yellow is not as good. #"FF5700", R=255, G=087, B=000

This Yellow is the dual-toned Under-tone color of Old Holland's Indian Yellow-Orange Lake Extra.


07. YYYM, Mussini Cadmium Orange, opaque. #"FF8200", R=255, G=130, B=000

08. Rembrandt Chinese Vermilion Extra, translucent bright Red Light. #"FF3200" R=255 G=050 B=000

09. YYMM, Cadmium Red Medium. #"FF0000" R=255, G=000, B=000

#"FF0000" R=255 G=0 B=0


10, YMMM, Rembrandt Rose, transparent Scarlet-Crimson. #"F1004C", R=241, G=000, B=076

An Under-tone of this tube color is here below.

Here below is a light Top-tone of Rembrandt Rose, the perfect Pink, notice its getting cooler. #"FF4186", RGB, R=255, G=065, B=134


11. MMMM, Danial Smith Quinacridone Magenta, a warm duel-tone Magenta with a cooler mass tone similar to Cobalt Violet and a warmer top-tone, it mixes to a perfect neutral dark with Thalo Green. #"BD0053" R=189 G=000 B=083. All complementary colors make perfect neutral gray's and blacks, that can be adjusted warm or cool.

12. MMMM, Bocour, New York, Cobalt Violet Phosphate, transparent dual-toned, dark mass-tone to a cool Top-tone pink when mixed with White and a warm Under-tone pink when mixed with medium. This color is perfect for making Ultramarine Blue with Thalo Cyan. #"BD0081" R=163, G=000, B=109

Cool Top-tone below

Cooler Top-tone with more White below,
Warm transparent Under-tone below

13. MMMC, Liquitex Carbazole Dioxazine Purple, transparent. With the addition of White, this pigment completely changes into a cooler color Purple, its dual-toned. #"300030" R=048, G=000, B=048

A tint Top-tone color of this pigment is this radio button below. 


14. Grumbacher Dioxazine Purple, the same mass color as #13, this tube color looks like this. With the addition of White this pigment fills the warm slot. The tinted color of this pigment is this radio button.


15. Ultramarine Violet, translucent, from the tube. #"260035", R=038 G=000 B=053

A Top-tone tint of this color is:


16. MMCC, Blocks French Ultramarine Blue, translucent. #"150036", R=021, G=000, B=036

A Top-tone tint of this color is:


17. Mussini Ultramarine Light, translucent. #"150064", R=021, G=000, B=100

A Top-tone tint of this color is:


18. Mussini Cobalt Blue Light, opaque. Nobody makes a true Cobalt Blue anymore, the artificial colors are in this Opaque Azure range, there are no Transparent Azures available. #"00255C", R=000, G=037, B=092

A Top-tone tint of this color is:


19. CCCC, Grumbacher Thalo Blue, transparent, a perfect Cyan. This color's Mass-tone is Ultramarine Blue transparent, and it's Top-tone tint color is RGB Cyan, just like the sky. The more white that is added, the warmer the color becomes. #"000040", R=000, G=000, B=064. Paint the sky with Thalo Blue and Dioxine Purple to make all the colors between and including the zenith's Ultramarine Blue color.

A middle Top-tone tint of this color:

A very high Top-tone tint of this color is, RGB, Cyan:


20. CCCY, Rembrandt Blue Green, a transparent Turquoise color. #"003020", R=000, G=048 B=048

A lighter tint of this color is:


21. CCYY, Mussini Phthalo Green is Blue/side, transparent. #"003010" R=000. G=048, B=016

A tint of this color is: RGB, 000, 225, 233,


22. Mussini Opaque Green Light, a mix of Titanium and Phthalo Green, cool opaque, too handy to be in the auxiliary color wheel. #"007559" R=000, G=117, B=089

23. Grumbacher Thalo Green Yellow/Side, transparent. Has a warmer mass-tone than Top-tone . #"003000" R=000, G=048, B=000

A Top-tone tint of this color is: RGB, R=000,G=255, B=176


24. Mussini Permanent Green Light, warm opaque. #"00590A", R=000, G=089, B=010

A tinted Top-tone by adding white of this color is: RGB, R=000,G=255, B=147


35, Rembrandt Chromium Green Oxide, warm opaque. #"009B7A", R=000, G=080, B=000

36. Grumbacher Green Earth, warm translucent. #"3E5600", R=062, G=086, B=000 

37. Mussini Genuine Golden Green, #"606300", R=096, G=099, B=000,

A Top-tone tint by adding white to this dual-toned color is: RGB, R=246, G=255, B=000


25. Winsor and Newton Sap Green, #"233A00, R=035, G=058, B=000, transparent duel-tone, from a mass-tone cooler dark to a warmer tint mixing Yellow-Green and White.

A tint with added white of this color is: RGB, R=152, G=197, B=000


26. CYYY, Old Holland Yellow-Green Organic Opaque has a cooler mass-tone than Under-tone. #"79C700" R=121, G=199, B=000 Here below is the warmer Under-tone mixed with a clear medium.

These 37 colors make painting very easy indeed.
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