Our Colour Charts
Colour charts are an essential tool for all artists as they allow them to choose shades according to their appearance and properties. This source of information specifies the composition, characteristics, opacity and miscibility of our colours. Understanding them guarantees a mastered artistic achievement.
Browse through the colours like delicacies and give free rein to your creativity.
The New Fine Oil Colour Chart
The new Lefranc Bourgeois fine oil range is available in 48 colors of 40 ml and 200 ml. A combination of vivid colors and a high-coverage material. The range is composed of 3 exceptional colors, these unique primary colors create incredibly authentic secondaries.
Download the Fine Oil color chart. Discover the 48 intense, pigment-rich colors.
The Extra-Fine Oil Colour Chart
Formulated on the basis of first precision raw oils, each colour has a firm, homogeneous and non-greasy consistency. Depending on the chemical nature of the pigments, the colours are made exclusively from linseed oil or safflower oil, which guarantees them optimum durability.
The Lefranc Bourgeois extra-fine oil range is produced in France, in Le Mans, and gives the paint an intensity linked to the richness and quality of the pigments, the grinding of which is always carried out in the purest respect of tradition. The resulting pastes are extremely fine, homogeneous and very smooth. 120 colours make up this colour chart, in 20 ml, 40 ml, and 7 colours in 200 ml. Exceptional shades with a high covering power and an optimal resistance to light and time.
Download the Extra-Fine Oil colour chart.
The Fine Oil Colour Chart
For over 300 years, Lefranc Bourgeois has worked on the formula of its oil paint to create a fine oil with powerful pigments and an ideal texture. A pioneer in paint manufacturing, it has been used by many painters including Monet, Cézanne and Gauguin. Discover the covering power of our range of fine oils and explore the 48 colours that make it up. Individually or blended, each shade provides even coverage over large areas. Recognised by institutions around the world, these oil paints are ideal for all artists.
Download the Fine Oil Colour Chart. Discover the 48 pigment-rich and intense colours.
The Fine Acrylic Colour Chart
Made in France, in Le Mans, the acrylic palette is composed of 50 shades that have a smooth and homogeneous texture. 23 of these colours are mono-pigmentary, allowing artists to easily create their favourite shades with pure, sharp blends. Formulated with intense pigments and resin, the colour reveals radiance and depth for a full, satiny finish. It is available in 80ml, 200ml, 750ml and in a box.
Download the Acrylic colour chart. Discover the permanence, pigments and composition of the 50 colours.
The Gouache Linel Colour Chart
Lefranc Bourgeois gouache is appreciated for its creamy texture and its matte and opaque finish. It is bound with natural gum arabic, derived from acacia, without any other additives or fillers, which guarantees the intensity, purity and luminescence of its shades. Made in France, in Le Mans, and with 78 triple-milled colours, some of which are patented and developed with great masters such as Henri Matisse, Linel extra-fine gouache inspires illustrators as well as prestigious designers in jewellery, architecture, fashion and decoration... all ambassadors of French elegance.
Reusable once dry (just mix with water), gouache is also a very economical paint!
Download the Gouache Linel colour chart. Discover its 78 richly pigmented and intense colours.
The Flashe Colour Chart
Flashe combines the mattness and opacity of gouache with the indelibility and durability of acrylic on all surfaces. This makes it the first alternative to traditional art materials, originally developed in 1954 for opera sets. Its velvety, extra-fine texture, highly concentrated in pigments selected for their resistance to light, supple, fluid and covering, is composed of a binder based on vinyl resin in emulsion allowing dilutions and cleaning with water.
Made in France, in Le Mans, Flashe extra-fine vinyl paint is available in 76 colours, including 38 single-pigment shades that are perfectly compatible with the other ranges.
Download the Flashe extra-fine colour chart.
The Nan-King Colour Chart
Nan-King black India ink is indelible, fluid and has excellent durability. It is deep black and can be used pure for calligraphy and drawing or diluted with water. It is an acrylic ink with a black pigment. There are also Nan-King coloured inks which are high quality, transparent and intense drawing inks. They retain their brightness and luminosity when drying and over time. A selection of 10 colours allows for a wide range of creativity.
Download the Nan-King India Ink colour chart. Discover the 12 rich and lightfast colours.
The Watercolour Colour Chart
Watercolor is a paint composed of ground pigments and gummed water, appreciated for its transparency and luminosity.
Watercolor dates back to the Middle Ages, although it has been known since Egyptian times. It reached its apogee as an art form during the Renaissance. Watercolor is defined as water paint on paper. The gum arabic contained in the paint binds the pigments together, leaving the watercolor transparent and luminous on the support. The quantity of pigments present in the paint allows you to play with the intensity of the color once it has been mixed with water.
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