How do you go about choosing paint colors?
There is such a
bewildering array of beautiful paint colors. There are so many and they are so pretty!
The rainbow colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.
There is also, a dark blue between the blue and purple, called Indigo.
Excluding Indigo, there are six rainbow colors.
These are the six colors of the color wheel.
We use this knowledge for choosing the paint colors for our art palettes.
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Student grade paints cost less to manufacture because they contain
less pigment. However you have to use more paint to get good coverage.
Professional artist paints cost more because they contain more pigment. They require less paint to cover. They are easier to use and they produce brilliant colors in your paintings.
The white illuminates the colors, so they appear more brilliant.
The information on the paint tubes will say whether the paints are transparent, semi-transparent or opaque.
When you are choosing paint colors find out how many pigments are used to make the paint.
Paints made with only one pigment mix well and produce clean color mixtures.
Even though they are very beautiful colors, when you are choosing paint colors, they have not been included on this list.
Years ago I switched from the traditional oil paints to alkyds because they dry much faster.
ad - Winsor Newton Griffin Alkyds are a good quality paint with an excellent reputation.
Here is a warm and cool version of each of the six rainbow colors. If you are choosing paint colors in traditional oil paints, you will find similar names.
All of the cadmium colors are very brilliant. However, they are associated with a health hazard. Also, they are opaque and do not mix well with other colors.
* Cadmium Orange Hue made by Winsor Newton does not contain cadmium. It is a mixture of Arylide yellow and Pyrrole orange. It closely resembles Cadmium Orange without the toxicity.
Winsor Red is much like Cadmium Red, but it contains no cadmium.
Raw Sienna is a warm yellow made from natural earth minerals.
Permanent Alizarin Crimson is a good dark red. It is handy to use to darken other reds. However Permanent Rose makes cleaner mixtures.
Viridian Green is a good standby green that is less intense than Thalo Green.
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ad - Professional watercolor paints by Winsor Newton are my go-to paints with a few exceptions.
The quinacridone colors are clean, brilliant colors that make beautiful color mixtures. You will find Quinacridone Sienna and Quinacridone Violet from ad - Daniel Smith.
Peacock Blue from ad - Holbein is one of my favorites. Coral Orange is a true orange from ad - Old Holland.
The Winsor Blue and Green are actually Thalo colors under the Winsor & Newton brand.
Winsor Lemon is a single pigment Hansa yellow that mixes very well.
Permanent Alizarin Crimson may be used instead of Permanent Rose.
Hookers Green or Viridian Green
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Zinc white has more body and it is good for palette knife work.
However, it may have a tendency to crack or flake in the finished painting.
There you have it - a simple way of choosing paint colors for your palette.
With the six rainbow colors and white you have all the colors you will ever need.
Clean, clear colors enable you to mix any of the colors you see in nature.
You can also mix the colors you see for sale at the paint store and save yourself money.
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Paintings of Christian prophetic art will touch your heart, mind, and spirit with peace and joy. The spirit of prophetic paintings will draw you closer to God.
Learning how to paint a rose is fun, but it takes practice and patience. Using oil paints we will practice painting three different colored roses, step by step.
Information about watercolor for beginners. Answers to frequently asked questions about watercolor, paints, colors, what to paint on, how to use watercolor, etc.