Old Master's palette
There were far fewer colours available during the rennaisence and the masters worked with a restricted palette. Restricting our palettes today forces us to find the same combinations and tonal touch that the masters achieved.
Here is a proposed palette which should cover a similar range to painters from the 15th to 18th century.
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Yellow Ochre |
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Burnt Sienna |
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Venetian Red |
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Terre Verte |
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Cerulean Blue |
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Ultramarine Blue |
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Cobalt Green |
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Ivory Black |
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Flake White |
Windsor and Newton provide all of these colours as oil paints. I find this palette reminds me most of the work of Rubens.