Pigment pair · PBr24 + PBr7
Mixing Naples Yellow and Burnt Umber
Nine steps from one to the other, worked out with a spectral model rather than by averaging screen colors. Half and half gives #5E3928. Click any step to open it in the mixer.
The full range, Naples Yellow to Burnt Umber
Ratios are parts by volume, the way you would put them out on a palette.
This pair stays colored all the way across. You get a range of muted mixtures rather than a gray, which is what you want when a passage has to stay quiet without going lifeless.
The same range with white added
Two parts titanium white to one part of the mixture above. White lifts the value but also takes the chroma down, which is why a tint is never simply a lighter version of the same color.
What you are working with
| Pigment | Index | Strength | Opacity | Lightfast | In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naples Yellow | PBr24 | 3/10 | opaque | excellent | Oil |
| Burnt Umber | PBr7 | 6/10 | semi-transparent, granulating | excellent | Oil, Watercolor |
Comes with white already in it. A quick route to soft light tints without reaching for titanium.
A warm dark brown. Replaces black in many mixtures without going dead.
Now do it with your own paints
This page assumes two tubes. The mixer works from everything on your palette at once, and from a color you pick out of your own photo.