Art Spectrum Artists' Oil Colours

Maintaining the Classic Tradition

Art Spectrum are Australia's most respected oil paints because they conform to the classic tradition. To make a permanent artists' paint, it is of the utmost importance to not only have lightfast pigments and pure linseed oil (safflower oil in whites) but to ensure they are thoroughly milled as well. All colours are triple-milled to ensure that every pigment particle is completely coated with the vehicle, and evenly dispersed. This results in a stable paint film which has even surface tensions. Genuine oil colours characteristically smell of pure and natural vegetable oils.

All our beautiful oil colours are permanent

Improved permanency information and new pigments have enabled us to replace the toxic and fugitive colours with non-toxic and cleaner colours of superior lightfastness. Ongoing research and development is dedicated to maintaining or improving the permanency, safety and performance of our colours.

Superior pigment-concentrated colours

Pigments are chosen for purity and clarity. Art Spectrum oil colours give lasting brilliance and luminosity to paintings. The finest pigments are used in the maximum working strength to impart the best colour quality. It is not Art Spectrum's policy to substitute pure pigments with blanc fixe (a heavy filler) to simulate quality by artificially increasing the weight of oil paints.

Colour mixing

Art Spectrum's careful selection of pigments ensures clean colours and superior colour mixing without muddiness.

Unique colours

Art Spectrum oil colours include a beautiful and unique range of colours developed for the Australian landscape. These colours provide exciting possibilities for artists worldwide.

Meeting artists' needs - popular sizes for larger works

All colours are available in 40 ml and 150 ml tubes and 500 ml tins.* (Art Spectrum pioneered the extra large 150 ml tubes of genuine artists' quality oil colours). Whites available also in 1 litre and 4 litre tins.

*500 ml tins available in all colours from series 1-4                     

 

Burnt Sienna AS OILart material
$8.50
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Burnt Umber AS OILart material
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Flesh Tint AS OILart material
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Flesh Tint Deep AS OILart material
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Indian Red AS OILart material
$8.50
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Ivory Black AS OILart material
A semi transparent black with a warm, slightly brown undertone. By far the most widely used and popular black today.
$8.50
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Juane Brilliant AS OILart material
$8.50
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Lamp Black AS OILart material
The most opaque and blackest black. Lamp Black is a cool, very slow drying black with a slightly blue undertone.
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Lemon Yellow AS OILart material
$8.50
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Light Red AS OILart material
$8.50
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Mars Violet AS OILart material
$8.50
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Manganese Blue Hue AS OILart material
$8.50
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Naples Yellow AS OILart material
$8.50
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Naples Yellow Reddish AS OILart material material
$8.50
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Paynes Grey AS OILart material
$8.50
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Permanent Van Dyke AS OILart material
$8.50
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Prussian Blue AS OILart material
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Phthalo Blue AS OILart material
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Phthalo Green AS OILart material
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Raw Sienna AS OILart material
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Raw Umber AS OILart material
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Spectrum Blue AS OILart material
$8.50
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Spectrum Cerulean AS OILart material
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Spectrum Crimsion AS OILart material
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Spectrum Emerald AS OILart material
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Spectrum Green Light AS OILart material
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Spectrum Orange AS OILart material
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Spectrum Red AS OILart material
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Spectrum Red Deep AS OILart material
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Spectrum Vermilion AS OILart material
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Spectrum Violet AS OILart material
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Spectrum Viridian AS OILart material
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Spectrum Yellow AS OILart material
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Terre Verte AS OILart material
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Terre Verte Traditional AS OILart material
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Titanium White AS OILart material
Titanium is extremely opaque and is the whitest of all whites. Its covering power and resistance to yellowing makes it a popular choice where areas of pure white colour are needed. In mixes it produces opaque, more pastel shades, as distinct from the more luminous results obtained with Zinc White.
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Transparent Black AS OILart material
A wonderful addition to the range. Transparent Black enables the artist to mix glowing, vibrant darks without the overpowering effect of Lamp or Ivory blacks. On its own Transparent Black is a neutral black with a mid grey undertone, as distinct from the cool undertone of Lamp Black and the warmth of Ivory Black.
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Ultramarine Blue AS OILart material
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Underpainting White AS OILart material
A fast drying oil-resin white ideal for priming and under painting. Straight from the tube it has a soft, cottage cheese like consistency which becomes smooth when brushed out or worked with a palette knife. Underpainting white dries in around half the time of other whites.
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Yellow Orchre AS OILart material
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Zinc White AS OILart material
Simply unbeatable as a mixing white because of the subtle luminous results when mixed with colours. Being one third the opacity of Titanium White, it allows stronger, translucent tints to be mixed. It can also be used for subtle glazing effects; a pin head of zinc added to each colour layer will identify that colour within multiple layers of glaze.
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Australian Grey AS OIL









A light warm grey with subtle earthy pink undertone and cooler top tone. This colour was inspired by the aged and sunbleached timbers which are an integral part of the Australian landscape. They have a warm undertone to complement their silvery grey.


 Series 2

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Golden Yellow AS OIL

Series 2

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Indian Yellow AS OIL

Series 2

$12.50
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Indigo Blue AS OIL

Series 2

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Lilac AS OIL

Lilac tones are everywhere in the environment, in the foliage, shadows, sky and clouds. Lilac oil colour is the perfect mixer to catch those hues. Use Lilac instead of grey to create more vibrant mixes, with both cool and warm colours.

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Olive Green AS OIL

Series 2

$12.50
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Permanent Mauve AS OIL

Series 2

$12.50
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Sap Green AS OIL

Series 2

$12.50
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Sapphire Blue AS OIL

Series 2

$12.50
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Spectrum Clear AS OIL 

A complete artists oil paint formula, but without coloured pigment. Like coloured oil paint, it stays exactly where and how the artist puts it, keeping every brush stroke down to the finest detail. It can reduce colour to pale tints without the use of white or mediums, and extend the more expensive colours without loss of brilliance or structure. Used with transparent oil colour it allows colours to glow, or when mixed with small quantities of white or opaque colour a pearly luminescence is achieved. Not recommended in thick impasto.

$12.50
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Transparent Gold Oxide AS OIL

Series 2

$12.50
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Titanium White No.2 Thick AS OIL 

Formulated with more pigment and less oil than our standard Titanium, the Titanium # 2 is milled for long periods which results in an extremely heavy bodied paint. It is an exceptionally opaque and brilliant white, and because of the heavy body and lower oil content is ideal for impasto work, and a useful replacement for the toxic flake white (lead white).

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Australian Leaf Green Blue AS OIL

A subtle smoky blue-grey with only a hint of green. Use alongside and mixed with Australian Red Gold and Leaf Green Dark.

$15.50
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Australian Leaf Green Dark AS OIL

With its dark top tone and warm, yellow undertone, gives a tonal range from the warm, translucent glow, to the darker masses.

$15.50
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Australian Leaf Green Light AS OIL

A light olive shade, as rich in yellow as the new growth in foliage. Try it with Australian Red Gold and the other Leaf Greens, Blue and Dark shades.

$15.50
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Australian Green Gold AS OIL

The perfect complement to Australian Red Gold. This pigment has a clear, rich yellow undertone and a mid-green top tone. It blends beautifully with Australian Red Gold, Leaf Green Dark and other colours.

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Australian Red Gold AS OIL

This colour has a remarkable range, from transparent yellow when applied thinly, through to orange, translucent brown, reds and brown-red, to a deep plum red mass tone.  Provides a wonderful addition to traditional earth colours.

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Bronze AS OIL 

Series 3

$15.50
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Brown Pink AS OIL

Series 3

$15.50
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Copper AS OIL 

Series 3

$15.50
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Coral AS OIL

A beautiful orange colour with hints of rose. It is a versatile mixer, and even used full strength, will remain sympathetic to all painting subjects.  It is a red which belongs in a landscape and doesn't clash.

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Flinders Blue Violet AS OIL
A violet which is easy to control, and remains permanent in the palest of glazes and tints. Mixes with Australian Red Gold to produce superb luminous greys
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Flinders Red Violet AS OIL
The browns of the Northern hemisphere edge towards violet in the southern light in the Australian and New Zealand landscape violets are everywhere, in deep shadows and light tree trunks. There is a profusion of red or blue violets in subtle mixtures of white and earth colours.
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French Ultramarine AS OIL
$15.50
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Gold AS OIL
$15.50
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Italian Pink AS OIL
$15.50
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Oxide Of Chromium AS OIL
$15.50
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Permanent Crimsion AS OIL
$15.50
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Permanent Magenta AS OIL
$15.50
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Pilbara Red AS OIL
A rich, mahogany red with subtle violet overtones mix white for superb flesh pinks
$15.50
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Silver AS OIL
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Turquoise AS OIL
A most beautiful, clean turquoise.  An exciting glazing colour which also provides a wonderful scope of usual mixes. Use it boldly or subtly for scintillating effects.
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Tasman Blue AS OIL
A colour of great warmth and depth which captures the colour of summer skies. It makes possible a unique range of greens. Try it with Australian Red Gold, Lilac, French Ultramarine or Cerulean Blue for superb skies.
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Cadmium Green AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Cadmium Orange AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Cadmium Red AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Cadmium Red Deep AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Cadmium Scarlet AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Cadmium Yellow AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Cadmium Yellow Deep AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Cadmium Yellow Light AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Cerulean Blue AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Colbalt Blue AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Colbalt Blue Deep AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Colbalt Green AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Mineral Violet AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Permanent Rose AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Rose Dore AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Viridian AS OIL

Series 4

$26.00
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Aureolin AS OIL

Series 5

$38.00
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Cadmium Maroon AS OIL

Series 5

$38.00
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Cobalt Violet AS OIL

Series 5

$38.00
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Cobalt Violet Dark AS OIL

Series 5

$38.00
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Rose Madder Permanent Hue AS OIL

Series 5

$38.00
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