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!

Light limestone gray color. White broken with 30% Green Umbra.

Nearest NCS S 3502-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.

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Pure brown color. Commonly used on the exterior as a window and door color mainly during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Sample jars are available in ready-to-use percentages 1%, 7%, 15%, 30%, 60%.

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Pea green fashionable color in the second half of the 19th century. Used unbroken on garden furniture, windows, front doors and tin roofs.

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Environmental image: The Sommarro garden group is painted with 100% Chrome Oxide Green linseed oil paint