white · Oil

Zinc White

A soft, cool white for subtle glazes. Can crack in thick layers, so do not make it your main white.

IndexPW4

Color#FBFAF7

Tinting strength3/10

Opacitysemi-opaque

Lightfastnessexcellent

Dryingvery slow

Low tinting strength, which means it will not overpower anything. Useful when you want a colour to sit back.

With white, step by step

pure #FBFAF7 6:1 #F9F8F5 3:1 #F9F8F4 2:1 #F8F8F4 1:1 #F8F7F3 1:2 #F8F7F3 1:3 #F8F7F3 1:6 #F8F7F3 pure #F8F7F3

From pure Zinc White 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 Zinc 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 #232120 with Titanium White quietest point #FBFAF7 with Lemon Yellow quietest point #FBFAF7 with Cadmium Yellow Light quietest point #FBFAF7 with Cadmium Yellow Deep quietest point #FBFAF7 with Yellow Ochre quietest point #FBFAF7

Every pair

Titanium 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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