91+ Winsor & Newton Promarker Color Palettes and Gradient Ideas for Stunning Artwork

Looking for fresh ideas to enhance your artwork with Winsor & Newton Promarkers? 

In this guide, we’ll explore creative color palette combinations and gradient ideas that will bring your drawings to life. From smooth light-to-dark transitions to striking warm-to-cool blends, you’ll discover how to combine colors for stunning effects. 

Whether you're aiming for soft, natural tones or bold, contrasting shades, these color gradient and palette ideas will inspire new ways to use your Promarkers and take your artwork to the next level.

Gradual Color Gradients

1. Light to Dark Gradients

Pink Carnation (M328) → Cherise (M647) → Hot Pink (R365) → Maroon (M544)

Salmon Pink (R547) → Lipstick Red (R576) → Red (R666) → Burgundy (R424)

Pastel Yellow (O949) → Amber (O567) → Pumpkin (O467) → Orange (R866)

Primrose (Y919) → Lemon (Y747) → Canary (Y367) → Caramel (O727)

Meadow Green (G339) → Bright green (G267) → Forest Green (G356) → Pine (G635)

Pastel Green (G829) → Mint Green (G637) → Emerald (G657) → Holly (G724)

Cool Aqua (C429) → Pebble Blue (C217) → Verdigris (C426) → Petrol Blue (C824)

Arctic Blue (B138) → Aegean (B346) → True Blue (B555) → Egyptian Blue (B944)

Blue Pearl (B528) → Cobalt Blue (B637) → China Blue (B736) → Midnight Blue (B624)

Lilac (V327) → Amethyst (V626) → Plum (V735) → Aubergine (V524)

2. Skin Tone Gradients

Blush (O729) → Sunkissed Pink (O228) → Coral (R937) → Shale (R215)

Peach (O148) → Coral (R937) → Shale (R215) → Slate (V715)

Ginger (O136) → Saddle Brown (O345) → Henna (O225)

Cocoa (O535) → Walnut (O124) → Chestnut (R934)

3. Cool to Warm Gradients

Aegean (B146) → Cyan (C847) → Mint Green (G637) → Pear Green (Y635)

Mint Green (G637) → Leaf Green (G258) → Sunflower (Y156) → Peach (O148)

Ocean Teal (G956) → Bright Green (G267) → Amber (O567) → Red (R666)

Cool Aqua (C429) → Lilac (V327) → Rose Pink (M727) → Crimson (R445)

Midnight Blue (B624) → Slate (V715) → Cardinal Red (R244) → Lipstick Red (R576)

Ice Grey 2 (IG2) → Cool Grey 4 (CG4) → Warm Grey 5 (WG5) → Black (XB)

Cobalt Blue (B637) → Purple (V546) → Ruby (R456) → Firebrick (R735)

4. Hue Shift Gradients (Gradients that shift through hues)

Yellow (Y657) → Bright Green (G267) → Green (G847) → Turquoise (C247) → True Blue (B555)

Lipstick Red (R576) → Mulberry (V865) → Plum (V735) → Aubergine (V524) → Indigo (V234)

Sunflower (Y156) → Amber (O567) → Orange (R866) → Red (R666) → Hot Pink (R365)

Pastel Green (G829) → Green (G847) → Marine (C446) → Azure (B346) → Egyptian Blue (B944)

Lime Zest (G159) → Lime Green (G178) → Bright Green (G267) → Emerald (G657) → Ocean Teal (G956)

Mustard (O948) → Peach (O148) → Salmon Pink (R547) → Carmine (R156) → Cherise (M647)

Bright Orange (O177) → Poppy (R565) → Crimson (R445) → Mulberry (V865) → Amethyst (V626)

Red (R666) → Pumpkin (O467) → Sunflower (Y156) → Lime Green (G178) → Emerald (G657)

5. Warm Gradients

Primrose (Y919) → Sunflower (Y156) → Amber (O567) → Bright Orange (O177)

Soft Peach (O138) → Coral (R937) → Crimson (R445) → Burgundy (R424)

Saffron (O739) → Amber (O567) → Bright Orange (O177) → Burnt Orange (R946)

Blossom (M428) → Rose Pink (M727) → Hot Pink (R365) → Cardinal Red (R244)

Mandarin (O277) → Orange (R866) → Poppy (R565) → Crimson (R445)

Salmon Pink (R547) → Lipstick Red (R576) → Red (R666) → Burgundy (R424)

Sunflower (Y156) → Honeycomb (O547) → Burnt Orange (R946) → Burnt Umber (R646)

6. Earth Tone Gradients

Ivory (Y418) → Sandstone (O928) → Caramel (O727) → Cocoa (O535)

Vanilla (O929) → Amber (O567) → Spice (O346) → Burnt Umber (R646)

Soft Peach (O138) → Blush (O729) → Cinnamon (O427) → Walnut (O124)

Raw Sienna (O646) → Spice (O346) → Burnt Sienna (O324) → Chestnut (R934)

Satin (Y129) → Tan (O528) → Cocoa (O535) → Umber (O615)

Primrose (Y919) → Pastel Yellow (O949) → Honeycomb (O547) → Burnt Orange (R946)

Warm Grey 1 (WG1) → Warm Grey 4 (WG4) → Burnt Sienna (O324) → Chestnut (R934)

7. Mixed Gradients (Nature Inspired)

Sky Blue (B137) → Cool Aqua (C429) → Marine (C446) → Midnight Blue (B624)

Tea Green (G619) → Mint Green (G637) → Emerald (G657) → Holly (G724)

Primrose (Y919) → Sunflower (Y156) → Bright Orange (O177) → Crimson (R445)

Khaki (Y616) → Olive Green (Y724) → Pine (G635) → Walnut (O124)

Cool Grey 1 (CG1) → Slate (V715) → Denim Blue (C917) → True Blue (B555)

Sunflower (Y156) → Pumpkin (O467) → Burnt Orange (R946) → Cinnamon (O427)

Cool Aqua (C429) → Emerald (G657) → Lush Green (G756) → Olive Green (Y724)

Color Harmonies & Color Palettes

1. Complementary Colors 

High contrast colors that are opposite on the color wheel.

Cool Aqua (C429), Cyan (C847), Coral (R937), Crimson (R445)

Primrose (Y919), Sunflower (Y156), Lavender (V518), Amethyst (V626)

Peach (O148), Bright Orange (O177), Sky Blue (B137), True Blue (B555)

Soft Green (G817), Emerald (G657), Pale Pink (R519), Rose Pink (M727)

Lipstick Red (R576), Burgundy (R424), Apple (G338), Forest Green (G356)

Powder Blue (B119), Royal Blue (V264), Apricot (O538), Amber (O567)

Lime Zest (G159), Leaf Green (G258), Pink Pearl (V718), Mulberry (V865)

2. Analogous Colors

Colors next to each other on the color wheel.

Sunflower (Y156), Mustard (O948), Amber (O567)

Bright Orange (O177), Mandarin (O277), Pumpkin (O467)

Crimson (R445), Berry Red (R665), Lipstick Red (R576)

Magenta (M865), Mulberry (V865), Amethyst (V626)

Cool Aqua (C429), Cyan (C847), Marine (C446)

Emerald (G657), Grass (G457), Leaf Green (G258)

Slate (V715), Amethyst (V626), Purple (V546)

3. Triadic Colors

3 Colors evenly spaced around the color wheel.

Yellow (Y657), Red (R666), Cobalt Blue (B637)

Peach (O148), Turquoise (C247), Pink Pearl (V718)

Sunflower (Y156), Berry Red (R665), Royal Blue (V264)

Bright Orange (O177), Lush Green (G756), Aegean (B146)

Primrose (Y919), Crimson (R445), Pastel Blue (C719)

Coral (R937), Grass (G457), Cool Aqua (C429)

Mango (O248), Emerald (G657), Marine (C446)

4. Monochromatic Colors

Different tints and shades of one color.

Cool Grey 1 (CG1), Cool Grey 4 (CG4), Cool Grey 7 (CG7)

Ice Grey 1 (IG1), Ice Grey 4 (IG4), Ice Grey 7 (IG7)

Warm Grey 1 (WG1), Warm Grey 4 (WG4), Warm Grey 7 (WG7)

Sunflower (Y156), Primrose (Y919), Mustard (O948)

Burgundy (R424), Maroon (M544), Firebrick (R735)

Sky Blue (B137), Cool Aqua (C429), Cyan (C847)

Slate (V715), Amethyst (V626), Aubergine (V524)

5. Split-Complementary Colors

One color and two colors adjacent to its complement.

Yellow (Y657), Amethyst (V626), Marine (C446)

Red (R666), Sky Blue (B137), Cool Aqua (C429)

Bright Orange (O177), Aubergine (V524), Cobalt Blue (B637)

Berry Red (R665), Cyan (C847), True Blue (B555)

Leaf Green (G258), Hot Pink (R365), Violet (V245)

Emerald (G657), Cerise (M647), Wild Orchid (V746)

Pine (G635), Rose Pink (M727), Lavender (V518)

6. Tetradic Colors

Two pairs of complementary colors.

Yellow (Y657), Violet (V245), Red (R666), Cyan (C847)

Sunflower (Y156), Purple (V546), Bright Orange (O177), Marine (C446)

Primrose (Y919), Amethyst (V626), Bright Green (G267), Cardinal Red (R244)

Mango (O248), Plum (V735), Grass (G457), Cerise (M647)

Crimson (R445), Pastel Blue (C719), Peach (O148), Turquoise (C247)

Coral (R937), Marine (C446), Emerald (G657), Magenta (M865)

Peach (O148), Lavender (V518), Mint Green (G637), Cardinal Red (R244)

7. Square Colors

Four evenly spaced colors on the color wheel.

Yellow (Y657), Bright Orange (O177), Cyan (C847), Mulberry (V865)

Sunflower (Y156), Poppy (R565), Marine (C446), Amethyst (V626)

Bright Orange (O177), Emerald (G657), Magenta (M865), Sky Blue (B137)

Mango (O248), Cobalt Blue (B637), Berry Red (R665), Ocean Teal (G956)

Crimson (R445), Leaf Green (G258), Cool Aqua (C429), Mulberry (V865)

Sunflower (Y156), Cool Aqua (C429), Burgundy (R424), Ocean Teal (G956)

Orange (R866), Emerald (G657), Amethyst (V626), Marine (C446)

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