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Da Vinci Artists' Oil Color

Manganese Blue (Hue)

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Hue or substitute.

Labeled as a hue: a substitute mixture for the named color. The name promises manganese blue (PB33).

Genuine manganese blue is no longer made, so every manganese blue sold today is a hue.

No line in the catalog sells the genuine pigment.

What's in the tube

Same color from other brands

Manganese Blue HueGamblin PB15:4Same pigment, PB15; listed as PB15:4Same pigmentsHueLF I
Manganese BlueBlockx PW4 PB15Same pigment, PB15; this one adds white (PW4)Same pigments, with whiteHueLF I
Manganese Blue HueM. Graham PB15:3 PW4Same pigment, PB15; this one adds white (PW4); listed as PB15:3Same pigments, with whiteHueLF I
Winsor Blue (Red Shade)W&N Artists' PB15Same pigment, PB15Same pigmentsLF I
Phthalo Blue Red ShadeHolbein PB15Same pigment, PB15Same pigmentsLF I
Old Holland BlueOld Holland PB15Same pigment, PB15Same pigmentsLF I
Phthalo Blue RedRembrandt PB15Same pigment, PB15Same pigmentsLF I
Phthalo BlueW&N Winton PB15Same pigment, PB15Same pigmentsLF I
Phthalo BlueVasari PB15Same pigment, PB15Same pigments–
Phthalo BlueVan Gogh PB15Same pigment, PB15Same pigmentsLF I
Phthalo BlueCobra PB15Same pigment, PB15Same pigmentsLF I
Phthalo BlueArt Creation PB15Same pigment, PB15Same pigmentsLF I

Same pigments is the closest match. Similar mix shares the main pigment. Similar color looks alike but is made differently.

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Data source: Da Vinci Paint Co. oil color listing (davincipaints.com, 2026) (open). Send a correction

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