Paint Manufacturer lists of Munsell Notations

For those interested in Munsell notations and additional color info for several major paint brands I am listing the following manufacturer info. The link for each page or chart will be listed above. Be sure to check the actual manufacturer’s page from time to time to make sure that the paint compositions haven’t changed. Please let me know if you are aware of any more that I can add!

In addition, don’t forget about the Colorwell Munsell Explorer resource created by Connecticut painter John Morfis.. By using brand-specified notations as well as his own Munsell determinations w/spectrophotometer readings, John allows visitors to browse through the specs of paint brands like Schmincke Norma, Williamsburg, Winsor & Newton, Grumbacher and Gamblin oil paint. Click on the “Munsell Explorer” tab on his site colorwell.org and select a hue page to see which notations correspond to one or more paint readings. The “Paint Finder” tab helps you to find paints in various brands with the same pigment code.

Gamblin Colors : Color Temperature and Value List - Gamblin Artists Colors

Color Temperature and Value List

Color Hue Value Chroma Hue Temp Color Family

Alizarin Crimson 10 RP 2 6 Cool Red
Alizarin Permanent 10 RP 2 6 Cool Red
Asphaltum 5 YR 1.5 2 Warm Brown
Black Spinel 1 Black
Brown Pink 10 R 2 4 Warm Brown
Burnt Sienna 10 R 3 4 Warm Brown
Burnt Umber 5 YR 2 2 Warm Brown
Cadmium Chartreuse 10Y 8 14 Cool Yellow
Cadmium Green 5 GY 7 12 Warm Green
Cadmium Lemon 10 Y 8.5 10 Cool Yellow
Cadmium Orange 5 YR 7 16 Warm Orange
Cadmium Orange Deep 10 R 6 14 Warm Orange
Cadmium Red Deep 5 R 4 12 Warm Red
Cadmium Red Light 7.5 R 5 16 Warm Red
Cadmium Red Medium 5 R 5 14 Warm Red
Cadmium Yellow Deep 10 YR 8 14 Warm Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Light 7.5 Y 8.5 10 Cool Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Medium 2.5 Y 8 14 Warm Yellow
Naples Orange 5YR 7.5 6 Warm Orange
Cerulean Blue 5 PB 4 12 Cool Blue
Cerulean Blue Hue 5 PB 4 12 Cool Blue
Chromatic Black 1 Black
Chromium Oxide Green 2.5 G 4 4 Warm Green
Cobalt Blue 6.25 PB 3 12 Warm Blue
Cobalt Green 2.5 BG 3 6 Cool Green
Cobalt Teal 10 BG 5 10 Cool Blue
Cobalt Violet 7.5 P 3 10 Warm Violet
Cool White 10BG 9 1 Cool White
Dioxazine Purple 2.5 P 2 10 Cool Violet
Emerald Green 2.5 G 5 12 Warm Green
Flake White Replacement 10 White
Gold Ochre 10 YR 6 12 Warm Yellow
Green Gold 10Y 4 6 Warm Green
Hansa Yellow Deep 8.75 YR 8 14 Warm Yellow
Hansa Yellow Light 7.5 Y 8.5 12 Cool Yellow
Hansa Yellow Medium 3.75 Y 8.5 14 Warm Yellow
Indanthrone Blue 5 PB 2 4 Warm Blue
India Red 5 R 3 6 Warm Brown
India Yellow 5 YR 5 12 Warm Yellow
Ivory Black 1 Black
Manganese Blue Hue 7.5 B 4 10 Cool Blue
Manganese Violet 10 P 2 6 Warm Violet
Mars Black 1 Black
Naples Yellow 2.5 Y 8.5 8 Warm Yellow
Napthol Red 5 R 4 16 Warm Red
Napthol Scarlet 7.5 R 4 16 Warm Red
Nickel Titanate Yellow 7.5Y 8.5 8 Cool Yellow
Olive Green 10 Y 3 4 Warm Green
Payne’s Grey 1 Cool Grey
Permanent Green Light 10 GY 6 12 Warm Green
Permanent Orange 2.5 YR 6 16 Warm Orange
Perylene Red 5 R 3 14 Warm Red
Phthalo Blue 5 PB 2 10 Warm Blue
Phthalo Emerald (Y.S.) 7.5 G 2 6 Warm Green
Phthalo Green 5 BG 2 6 Cool Green
Phthalo Turquoise 10 BG 2 4 Cool Blue
Portland Cool Grey 2.5PB 6.5 2 Cool Blue
Portland Grey Deep 4 Grey
Portland Grey Light 8 Grey
Portland Grey Medium 6 Grey
Portland Warm Grey 5R 7.5 2 Warm Red
Prussian Blue 2.5 PB 2 4 Cool Blue
Quinacridone Magenta 5 RP 3 10 Cool Red
Quinacridone Red 7.5 RP 3.5 12 Cool Red
Quinacridone Violet 2.5 RP 2 8 Cool Violet
Radiant Blue 5 PB 7 10 Warm Blue
Radiant Green 5 G 7 10 Warm Green
Radiant Lemon 10 Y 9 10 Cool Yellow
Radiant Magenta 5 RP 7 10 Cool Red
Radiant Red 5 R 7 10 Warm Red
Radiant Turquoise 2.5 B 7 8 Cool Blue
Radiant Violet 2.5 P 7 8 Cool Violet
Radiant White 10 White
Radiant Yellow 2.5 Y 8.5 14 Warm Yellow
Raw Sienna 5 YR 5 6 Warm Brown
Raw Umber 10 YR 2 2 Cool Brown
Sap Green 5 GY 2 2 Warm Green
Terre Verte 10 Y 4 2 Warm Green
Titanium Buff 2.5Y 8 3 Warm Yellow
Titanium White 10 White
Titanium-Zinc White 10 White
Transparent Earth Orange 5 YR 2 4 Warm Brown
Transparent Earth Red 10 R 2 4 Warm Brown
Transparent Earth Yellow 10 YR 3 4 Cool Brown
Transparent Orange 8.75 R 4 14 Warm Orange
Ultramarine Blue 7.5 PB 2 10 Warm Blue
Ultramarine Violet 5 P 2 8 Cool Violet
VanD Brown 1 Warm Black
Venetian Red 8.75 R 4 8 Warm Brown
Viridian 7.5 BG 2 4 Cool Green
Warm White 2.5Y 9 2 Warm White
Yellow Ochre 10 YR 5 10 Warm Yellow
Zinc White 10 White

Williamsburg Colors : https://goldenhub.goldenpaints.com/storage/uploads/munsell-and-cie-lab-data-for-williamsburg-oils--munsell-ordering.pdf


Golden Artist Acrylics: https://goldenhub.goldenpaints.com/storage/uploads/munsell-and-cielab-readings-for-gac.pdf

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Wonderful information-- thank you! The Musell Explorer site is incredible, can’t wait to spend some time with it.

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