How to Make a Swatch Chart for Coloured Pencils | Tutorial

10/1/2018

Thank you to Caron Black for the idea :D
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You will need:
A4 Card
Hole Punch
Scissors
Ruler
Pen
Hinged Split Rings
Coloured Pencils!

Polychromos Colours:

Yellows:
Cream
Light Yellow Glaze
Cadmium Yellow Lemon
Light Cadmium Yellow
Light Chrome Yellow
Cadmium Yellow
Dark Cadmium Yellow
Dark Chrome Yellow

Oranges:
Cadmium Orange
Orange Glaze
Dark Cadmium Orange
Light Cadmium Red
Scarlet Red

Reds:
Pale Geranium Lake
Deep Scarlet Red
Deep Red
Permanent Carmine
Middle Cadmium Red
Dark Red
Madder
Alizarin Crimson

Pinks:
Light Flesh
Medium Flesh
Dark Flesh
Pink Madder Lake
Light Purple Pink
Pink Carmine
Rose Carmine
Fuschia

Red-Violets:
Light Magenta
Middle Purple Pink
Magenta
Crimson
Light Red Violet
Red Violet

Purples:
Manganese Violet
Light Violet (discontinued)
Violet
Purple Violet
Blue Violet
Mauve

Turquoises:
Light Cobalt Turquoise
Cobalt Green
Cobalt Turquoise
Bluish Turquoise

Blues:
Sky Blue
Light Ultramarine
Ultramarine
Light Phthalo Blue
Middle Phthalo Blue
Phthalo Blue
Cobalt Blue
Cobalt Blue Greenish

Dark Blues:
Delft Blue
Indanthrene Blue
Helioblue-Reddish
Prussian Blue
Dark Indigo

Aqua Greens:
Light Phthalo Green
Phthalo Green
Dark Phthalo Green
Emerald Green
Chrome Oxide Green Fiery
Hooker's Green
Deep Cobalt Green
Pine Green

Greens:
Light Green
Grass Green
Leaf Green
Permanent Green
Juniper green

Earthy Greens:
May Green
Earth Green Yellowish
Earth green
Permanent Green Olive
Olive Green Yellowish
Chromium Green Opaque
Chrome Oxide Green

Ochres:
Naples Yellow
Dark Naples Ochre
Light Yellow Ochre
Green Gold
Brown Ochre
Burnt Ochre
Terracotta

Red-Browns:
Cinnamon
Sanguine
Venetian Red
Pompeian Red
Indian Red
Burnt Carmine
Caput Mortuum
Caput Mortuum Violet

Browns:
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Raw Umber
Bistre
Nougat
Walnut Brown
Van-Dyck Brown
Dark Sepia

Warm Greys:
White
Ivory
WG1
WG2
WG3
WG4
WG5
WG6

Cold Greys:
CG1
CG2
CG3
CG4
CG5
CG6
Payne's Grey
Black

6 Comments

Andrea

10/1/2018 08:57:27 pm

I’m so excited you are going to do a color list for prisma colors❤️

Dawn williams

10/1/2018 10:06:12 pm

Thank you so much. I made ones with individual small cards for each colour but it is laborious to go through. This is way, way better and I will do same with my prismas as well.

DiMonty

11/1/2018 12:06:11 am

What size did you cut the card stock?

Lisa Berney

11/1/2018 12:25:48 am

Thank you so much. Right now my prisma are on a piece of notebook paper. This will be easier.

Nat Ford

19/1/2018 12:32:22 am

Numbers added and colour names corrected (the ones to which I have appended " <") for the pedantic amongst us (like me - I have Asperger's):

Polychromos Colours:

Yellows:
102 Cream
104 Light Yellow Glaze
205 Cadmium Yellow Lemon
105 Light Cadmium Yellow
106 Light Chrome Yellow
107 Cadmium Yellow
108 Dark Cadmium Yellow
109 Dark Chrome Yellow

Oranges:
111 Cadmium Orange
113 Orange Glaze
115 Dark Cadmium Orange
117 Light Cadmium Red
118 Scarlet Red

Reds:
121 Pale Geranium Lake
219 Deep Scarlet Red
223 Deep Red
126 Permanent Carmine
217 Middle Cadmium Red
225 Dark Red
142 Madder
226 Alizarin Crimson

Pinks:
132 Light Flesh
131 Medium Flesh
130 Dark Flesh
129 Pink Madder Lake
128 Light Purple Pink
127 Pink Carmine
124 Rose Carmine
123 Fuschia

Red-Violets:
119 Light Magenta
125 Middle Purple Pink
133 Magenta
134 Crimson
135 Light Red Violet
194 Red Violet

Purples:
160 Manganese Violet
??? Light Violet (discontinued)
138 Violet
136 Purple Violet
137 Blue Violet
249 Mauve

Turquoises:
154 Light Cobalt Turquoise
156 Cobalt Green
153 Cobalt Turquoise
149 Bluish Turquoise

Blues:
146 Sky Blue
140 Light Ultramarine
120 Ultramarine
145 Light Phthalo Blue
152 Middle Phthalo Blue
110 Phthalo Blue
143 Cobalt Blue
144 Cobalt Blue Greenish

Dark Blues:
141 Delft Blue
247 Indanthrene Blue
151 Helioblue-Reddish
246 Prussian Blue
157 Dark Indigo

Aqua Greens:
162 Light Phthalo Green
161 Phthalo Green
264 Dark Phthalo Green
163 Emerald Green
276 Chrome Oxide Green Fiery
159 Hooker's Green
158 Deep Cobalt Green
267 Pine Green

Greens:
171 Light Green
166 Grass Green
112 Leaf Green
266 Permanent Green
165 Juniper green

Earthy Greens:
178 May Green
168 Earth Green Yellowish
172 Earth green
460 Permanent Green Olive
173 Olive Green Yellowish
174 Chrome Oxide Green Opaque <
278 Chrome Oxide Green

Ochres:
185 Naples Yellow
184 Dark Naples Yellow <
183 Light Yellow Ochre
268 Green Gold
182 Brown Ochre
182 Burnt Ochre
186 Terracotta

Red-Browns:
189 Cinnamon
188 Sanguine
190 Venetian Red
191 Pompeian Red
192 Indian Red
193 Burnt Carmine
169 Caput Mortuum
263 Caput Mortuum Violet

Browns:
283 Burnt Sienna
280 Burnt Umber
180 Raw Umber
179 Bistre
178 Nougat
177 Walnut Brown
176 Van-Dyck Brown
175 Dark Sepia

Warm Greys:
101 White
103 Ivory
270 Warm Grey I <
271 Warm Grey II <
272 Warm Grey III <
273 Warm Grey IV <
274 Warm Grey V <
275 Warm Grey VI <

Cold Greys:
230 Cold Grey I <
231 Cold Grey II <
232 Cold Grey III <
233 Cold Grey IV <
234 Cold Grey V <
235 Cold Grey VI <
181 Payne's Grey
199 Black

Hope that helps!

19/1/2018 12:33:22 am

Awesome post and I will be doing this with gradients ASAP!

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