white · Oil

Titanium White

Strongest white there is. Lightens a mixture but also chalks it; use as little as you can get away with to keep the chroma.

IndexPW6

Color#F8F7F3

Tinting strength8/10

Opacityopaque

Lightfastnessexcellent

Dryingslow

It carries a good deal of weight in a mixture, so add it in small steps.

What to mix it with

These are the partners that take Titanium White 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 #201E1D with Zinc White quietest point #FBFAF7 with Lemon Yellow quietest point #F8F7F3 with Cadmium Yellow Light quietest point #F8F7F3 with Cadmium Yellow Deep quietest point #F8F7F3 with Yellow Ochre quietest point #F8F7F3

Every pair

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 Raw Umber 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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