earth · Oil and Watercolor

Raw Umber

A cool brown. The classic choice for the first lay-in in oils because it dries fast.

IndexPBr7

Color#5B4632

Tinting strength5/10

Opacitysemi-transparent

Lightfastnessexcellent

Dryingvery fast

In watergranulates

Middling strength: it mixes politely and does not take over.

With white, step by step

pure #5B4632 6:1 #775F47 3:1 #876F55 2:1 #927A60 1:1 #A79075 1:2 #BAA68D 1:3 #C5B29B 1:6 #D3C4B1 pure #F8F7F3

From pure Raw Umber on the left to titanium white on the right. Watch how much chroma you lose on the way — that is the cost of lightening with white, and the reason a tint often needs a trace of something warm putting back.

What to mix it with

These are the partners that take Raw Umber furthest towards neutral, which makes them the ones you reach for when you need a shadow or a gray rather than a color.

with Mars Black quietest point #1F1D1C with Zinc White quietest point #FBFAF7 with Ultramarine quietest point #414442 with Titanium White quietest point #F8F7F3 with Ivory Black quietest point #24211F with Payne’s Gray quietest point #383E3D

Every pair

Titanium White Zinc White Lemon Yellow Cadmium Yellow Light Cadmium Yellow Deep Yellow Ochre Raw Sienna Naples Yellow Cadmium Red Light Cadmium Red Deep Alizarin Crimson (permanent) Quinacridone Rose Indian Red Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber Ultramarine Cobalt Blue Cerulean Blue Phthalo Blue Prussian Blue Phthalo Green Viridian Chromium Oxide Green Dioxazine Purple Ivory Black Mars Black Payne’s Gray

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