Linseed Oil Paint Burnt Umbra

In the 18th century, yellow became the color of the new mansions and it also became common on the plastered buildings of the cities. Of course, in the 19th century, the common wooden houses followed suit. When the color red became too common to confer status, wealthier city dwellers chose to clad their houses in wood paneling and linseed oil paint them yellow with grey details. At first, only the street facade might be painted, but eventually the whole house was painted yellow, while the outbuildings often retained their fake red color.

Traditionally, yellow houses were painted in a milder yellow color than what we often see today. With tradition in mind, we have therefore developed a manor yellow color that gives your facade a beautiful, warm and soft feeling.

Nearest NCS S 2020-Y20R. Please note that the nearest NCS for manor yellow differs slightly from the actual color. The color reproduction on the screen is also not 100% accurate. We recommend that you buy a small can of paint and try it out before you decide on a larger project.

Ready-mixed beautiful, mild blue-gray tone that fits in most environments.

Closest NCS S4020-R80B

The use of red ochre has deep roots in our Nordic cultural heritage from the Viking Age decorative elements, which later inspired the accent color of national romanticism in dragon ornamentation and carpentry. Light red color with a tendency towards brick color. A very common color, perhaps the most common in Swedish building tradition.

Nearest NCS S 4550-Y70R

At last, linseed oil paint with real earth color pigments!

It is the linseed oil paint that has preserved and embellished Sweden’s buildings for centuries. Linseed oil paint was a matter of course, both indoors and outdoors until the 1960s. If you want to renovate in a sustainable, natural and beautiful way, then Linseed Oil Paint is No 1.

We can now proudly present three new colors of linseed oil paint made from the finest earth color pigment imaginable. Green Umbra from Verona, Red Ochre from Roussillon and French Golden Ochre. –

A linseed oil paint pigmented with genuine earth color pigments gives an extra dimension to the painted surface. Made from clay soils that have been washed and bleached by nature itself over thousands of years, they are produced in the same way today as when oil paint was introduced to our northern latitudes centuries ago. Natural clay pigments such as golden ochre and red ochre are muted and vibrant at the same time, giving the natural color tone a perfect balance for old and new houses.

While developing these new colors, we have also improved our linseed oil paint. In collaboration with Kerstin Lyckman, Sweden’s only doctor of historical oil paints, we have developed our paint, which now has better coverage and longevity and is also more historically accurate. Back to basics!

A classic warm gray color. White broken with 15% Green Umbra.

Nearest NCS S 2502-Y

100% it is dark gray-brown, broken with white it is warm gray. It is available in the following percentages: 2%, 7%, 15%, 30%, 60%.

When you want to paint knots and linings on wooden houses from the 18th to the 20th century, it is good to know that there was a different amount of refraction of the white color in different eras.

The most common was 30% green umber in the 18th century, giving a distinct limestone gray hue. During the 19th century, the fashion lightens and the “white” color often ended up around 15% green umber.

By the turn of the century, however, only light, soft white is the highest fashion, corresponding to 2% green umber.

Since the same colors and the same paint qualities were also painted indoors with roughly the same timetable, our ready-made paints are suitable for both indoors and outdoors. Indoors, this linseed oil paint was used on windows, carpentry, breast panels, doors and more.

ATTENTION! The color reproduction on the screen does not correspond 100% to reality.