The following article about using a color mixing chart has great information about the why and how, including a free, downloadable template.

An insight into the magic of colour mixing from primary colours. Also creating and using complementary colours. Numerous visual examples to print out for educational non commercial purposes.

Watercolor mixing charts! Learn the importance of one, how to read one and how to make one to make color mixing a breeze!

Learn how to make a color mixing chart, so to create your own personal color mixing guide! Along with practical steps of mixing colors for painting artists.

A limited palette of watercolors does not have to be limiting! Yes… I’m kind of pleased with myself for that sentence! But it’s true. You’ll be happy to know you don’t need that luxury box set of 80 colors to get fabulous mixing results with watercolors. However, it does take a little bit of care

How do you mix green? Everyone knows the obvious answer that blue and yellow makes green. Yes that's true of course but there are a range of yellows and

Color is a general term that describes hues, shades, tints, and tones. Many use these terms interchangeably, even though each of them has a distinct meaning.

One hundred and fifteen shades of grey to be exact… Nearly all these shades of grey I have mixed from the colours in my studio palette. You can see a picture of my studio palette on my W…

La mezcla de colores puede ser una tarea fascinante, pero para obtener la mayoría de los colores que vemos a diario, solo hay que conocer los tres colores primarios: rojo, amarillo y azul. Combinar estos tres tonos en las proporciones adecuadas puede crear una amplia gama de tonalidades, desde los neutros apagados hasta los vibrantes y brillantes. Sin embargo, para dominar la técnica de la mezcla de colores primarios, es importante comprender cómo es posible crear una multitud de tonos y matices a partir de solo estos tres colores básicos.

FREE printable activities for preschool and kindergarten kids to learn about primary and secondary colors, color mixing and color words while having fun with paint! Also includes coloring pages, puzzles, color charts and word tracing.

So I've spent a few hours "learning" my first professional watercolor palette set. The set is a combination of M. Graham and SWC -- the SWC ShinHan Watercolor Professional, not to be confused with tubes that read just ShinHan Watercolor Professional. Yes, confusing! Pictures below to exemplify the difference. ShinHan, a popular Korean brand of watercolor (and other art materials). I realize that both SWC and PWC are now marketed by ShinHan with PWC short for Profession Water Color, but I've never seen PWC in any of the big art stores here in Korea but SWC is now widely sold. The ShinHan Watercolors Professional (ex. Bordeaux and Red Violet above) have been sold for years, and only in the past year or two (as I'm aware) the SWC has hit the market as the professional grade. Shami, another ShinHan watercolor, is the kiddie-student grade. my first professional watercolor palette Combination of 11 M. Graham, 11 SWC ShinHan Watercolor Professionals, and 2 ShinHan Watercolor Professionals Hansa Yellow (MG), Azo Yellow (MG), Indian Yellow (SWC), Raw Sienna (SWC), Azo Orange (MG), Scarlet Pyrrol (MG), Pyrrole Red (SWC), Quinacridone Red (SWC), Crimson Lake (SWC), Bordeaux (ShinHan), Red Violet (ShinHan), Cobalt Light Violet (SWC), Ultramarine Blue (MG), Cerulean Blue Hue (SWC), Peacock Blue (SWC), Phthalo Blue (MG). Phthalo Green (MG), Terre Verte Yellow Shade (SWC), Azo Green (MG), Transparent Red Iron Oxide (SWC), Burnt Umber (SWC), Umber (SWC), Sepia (MG), Payne's Gray (MG) M. Graham (x11), SWC ShinHan Watercolor Professional (x11), and ShinHan Watercolor Profession (x2) Analysis of the Chart and My Color Choices Wow, did I learn a lot about color combinations from making this chart: which colors are likely to muddy when combined, which ones become opaque, which are heavily or lightly pigmented, or redundant colors, and which ones become beautiful rich blacks. I'm already figuring out what my ultimate preferred color palette will be... The 2 ShinHan colors aren't heavily pigmented but wow do they lay color on the paper well and have rich smooth texture. It'll be hard replacing them because they're so enjoyable to use. The downside for them is I end up using a lot of paint and made significant holes in the palette cubes. In the long-run it'll be cheaper to use a more pigmented paint. I chose those colors, however, because they are transparent (my whole palette is except the semi-transparent Payne's Gray and Sepia) and because I liked how they completed my range of palette colors. Just an aside, ShinHan watercolors, though student grade watercolor, are quite brilliant and very smooth and rich. Alpha, another old watercolor brand here Korea and also student grade, is quite inferior (my opinion) -- colors don't lay down smoothly, not as rich, perhaps chalky. I don't enjoy painting with them at all. Mission is a new Korean watercolor brand that has recently come onto the market. I haven't used them, but they are said online to be quite beautiful. I'd buy a set of them, but for two reasons: many fugitive colors, and Mission sets are heavy into reds but weak in the blues and greens. I'm interested in painting animals, not floral arrangements so they don't suit me. I really like all of the SWC paints that I chose, except one -- Cobalt Light Violet. While it's a very beautiful color, it isn't heavily pigmented at all and doesn't lay down smoothly on the paper. Kind of streaky, in fact. Other colors easily over-power it, which is not a problem really, it's just streaky. There is only one other weakly pigmented color, also a SWC color: Terre Verte (Yellow Shade), and I won't be replacing it because I absolutely love it! Gorgeous soft color that when combined with some other colors becomes opaque. Interesting effect rather than annoying. I really dug my brush into this color and had to refill the paint cube while with other cubes I was barely skimming the top, but I'll definitely be keeping this color in my palette! Combines beautifully with almost every color in my palette too! The M. Graham paints are glorious, and most richly pigmented, even more than the SWC paints. The only bone I have about M. Graham is that they are rather runny. I've noticed that in the past couple of days when the weather has gotten much cooler -- in the 60s and low 70s -- the paints have finally made a film on the surface. Finally, after many many days of leaving my palette open! I don't think I'll keep buying M. Graham because I use my paints also in an Altoid tin for on-the-go. My goodness is that tin a mess! Not much fun painting when colors are swimming into each other. Changes to My Future (Perfect) Palette Not sure about the "perfect" palette yet, but I think the future paints I buy, if I can't find the transparent colors I want with SWC watercolors, are Daniel Smith. D.S. has a huge range of colors (too many to choose from ... having trouble!) and they aren't messy for plein air painting. They aren't available here in Korea to my knowledge, which is fine as name brand art stuff has a stiff mark-up in Korea. I'll order them off either Dick Blick or Jerry's Artarama for discounted price, and have them sent to an American address for free shipping and handling. That way, nice paints then become affordable paints. Necessary changes: Bordeaux (ShinHan) - redundant color with SWC Crimson Lake (remove) Red Violet (ShinHan) - lovely but not highly pigmented; replace with Quin Magenta (D.S.) Cerulean Blue Hue (SWC) & Peacock Blue (SWC) - both PB 15:3 as is Phthalo Blue (M.G.) and nearly identical when mixed; remove both and replace with Manganese Blue Hue (D.S.) Burnt Umber (SWC) and Red Iron Oxide (M.G.) - too similar; replace Burnt Umber with Bronzite Genuine (D.S.) Other changes: Hansa Yellow (M.G.) and Azo Yellow (SWC) are quite similar; replace Hansa Yellow with Lemon Yellow (D.S.) Quinacridone Gold (D.S.) is so amazingly beautiful; replace Indian Yellow (SWC) with Quin Gold Goethe (Brown Ocher) Genuine (D.S.) is granulating and Raw Sienna (SWC) is not; replace Raw Sienna with Goethe Genuine (semi-transparent) or Yavapai (natural iron oxide) Genuine (transparent and a bit lighter, more like a sand color) Mayan Blue Genuine (D.S.) add; it's incredibly rich and 4 blues in a 24-color palette seems appropriate Cobalt Light Violet (SWC) just doesn't lay down smoothly; replace with perhaps Wisteria (D.S., semi-transparent though and non-granulating) or Ultramarine Red (D.S., transparent but granulating)

"How to mix greens?" is a common question asked by students. This article describes how I mix my greens and provides other color mixing advice.

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I have news for you… People's skin is never just one color. Unfortunately, you can’t just mix one generic skin color and paint the whole of someone's face, and there isn’t just one magic color which suits all situations. The tone of someone’s flesh varies enormously, and depicting this realistically in watercolor needs a basic

Color mixing charts are the best way to expand your knowledge and skills in watercolor painting. In this post learn about the different kinds

Discover what colors make orange when mixed together--learn how to mix different shades of this vibrant hue in order to create the perfect orange you need!

Rarely does the colour label on the paint tube tube accurately reflect what it's contents are so I always squeeze a little out onto strips of watercolour paper for reference noting the name and brand ( as I said in an earlier post, the same colour can vary quite widely between manufacturers) Other things to look out for on the tube are whether the paint is opaque or transparent. For instance although they look quite similar in colour Winsor and Newton's Yellow ochre is opaque while raw sienna is transparent . Just to confuse things Liquitex raw sienna is opaque (although they now have a transparent version ) My choice of colours is very much dictated by my colour mixing experiences being mainly in Winsor and Newton Professional watercolours. In watercolours the white is provided by the paper, and I've had it drummed into me that for vibrant colours should only mix 2 pigments together - 3 for greys and browns. The more you mix in, the muddier it gets! So for a basic set of paints from which in theory you can mix most colours I would start with equivalent of printing primaries yellow, cyan and magenta) : Cadmium yellow(light), Phthalo Blue green shade Permanent Rose Titanium White Burnt Umber (good for darkening other colours) I personally only use black on it's own, I never use it for mixing as it deadens everything but if you buy a starter kit it's usually included. Payne's Grey is versatile transparent alternative . For an expanded palette a cool and warm version of each primary is good Yellows: Lemon Yellow (cool); Cadmium yellow medium ( warm) Blues: Phthalo blue green shade (cool); French Ultramarine (warm) Reds: Permanent Rose or Alizarin Crimson (cool) Cadmium or Naphol Red (warm ) Greens: Phthalo green ( yes I know you can mix them but it's a good starting point) Purple: It's worth getting a very dark purple as you can waste a lot of paint trying to mix one : Dioxazine purple or Quinacriline blue violet are my favourites Earth colours: Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber (raw sienna optional) Unbleached Titanium is very useful off white for mixing. I've learnt a lot going on acrylic painting courses with artist Susan Gray. One of the optional exercises was in colour mixing , just on white photocopies. Quite a meditative process and a useful one, time well spent. Seeing these makes me want to do some more with different colours - purples and greys for instance ! I often do patch tests on fabrics as they are usually not white unless primed and these can have an influence on the result. So some tips on colour mixing to avoid mud: - mix pure pigments for brightest, intense results, the fewer the better - add dark to white (it takes far more paint to lighten a colour than darken it) - add opaque to transparent ( opaque colour has greater strength) - don't overmix, if you don't completely combine your colours you'll end up with more interesting result Next post: tools of the trade

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You’ve seen them... Right ? Those beautiful looking watercolor charts with a rainbow of fantastic colors. It’s only natural that you want to make one yourself. That’s exactly how I felt when I began my adventure into watercolors. So I looked for a simple tutorial about how to make my own watercolor mixing chart. But

Watercolor mixing charts! Learn the importance of one, how to read one and how to make one to make color mixing a breeze!

Knowing how to mix beautiful natural-looking landscape greens can make a huge difference in your watercolor paintings.

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In this post, I'm sharing my #1 tip for painting watercolor color mixing charts. The tip is: Use masking tape to create your grid! I used to draw the grid by hand and carefully paint the squares. But after seeing other artists use this method, I wanted to give it a try. And as it turns out, this is so much easier!

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Learn how to make a color mixing chart, so to create your own personal color mixing guide! Along with practical steps of mixing colors for painting artists.

Being able to paint colour that creates a convincing impression of light and shadows is not easy. Especially when you're starting out. A few years ago, it consumed more of my easel hours than anything else. And I couldn't understand why it was so hard. I mean, the colours were right there in

If you’ve been reading since the beginning of this watercolor chart series, you may have noticed that each chart type is a little more involved than the last. Each one in the series takes more time to paint and also provides us more insight into our paints. These last charts are probably the trick