Color Mixing Bible: All You'll Ever Need to Know About Mixing Pigments in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Soft Pastel, Pencil, and InkMixing colors accurately may be an art unto itself. In fact, many artists are discouraged by the time and expense it takes to mix and match colors, and achieve the right results. Even more frustrating is the vast range of colors available. Now there’s a ready-to-use visual directory that takes all the guesswork out of mixing and matching colors . . . making every artist an expert! Color Mixing Bible provides a basic color palette for each art medium, demonstrating an array of two-, three-, and four-color mixes, as well as offering full explanations of various paints and pigments. This invaluable guide features scores of tips and techniques for color mixing with oils, acrylics, watercolors, inks, pastels, and virtually every other art medium. It also includes in-depth information on how to determine the opacity and strength of a color, choose a color palette, mix whites, arrange and organize colors prior to mixing, use optical and physical mixing techniques, and much more! Plus, hundreds of color illustrations make everything simple. Whether one is an aspiring artist or working professional, Color Mixing Bible is an essential addition to every bookshelf. |
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... peat brown violet which becomes very intense . INKS Only relatively large amounts of deep red or light orange have any effect on scarlet or vermilion . Canary yellow and sunshine yellow move the two reds steadily toward bright orange ...
... peat brown violet which becomes very intense . INKS Only relatively large amounts of deep red or light orange have any effect on scarlet or vermilion . Canary yellow and sunshine yellow move the two reds steadily toward bright orange ...
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... browns . Ultramarine and violet both mix well with the orange , creating rich deep browns . violet peat brown ivory black black light orange orange. 113 pencils / inks.
... browns . Ultramarine and violet both mix well with the orange , creating rich deep browns . violet peat brown ivory black black light orange orange. 113 pencils / inks.
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... peat brown black in much the same way as watercolor in that it can be lightened by adding water . Because of the contrast between white and the darker palette colors of peat brown and black , it is difficult to achieve flat , even mixes ...
... peat brown black in much the same way as watercolor in that it can be lightened by adding water . Because of the contrast between white and the darker palette colors of peat brown and black , it is difficult to achieve flat , even mixes ...
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Color Mixing Bible: All You'll Ever Need to Know About Mixing Pigments in ... No preview available - 2002 |
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acrylic adding a palette alizarin crimson cadmium bias bright burnt umber cadmium lemon yellow cadmium red cadmium red cadmium cadmium red orange cadmium yellow light cadmium yellow medium cadmium yellow orange cadmium yellow pale cerulean blue 261 cerulean blue permanent cobalt blue cobalt green color bar viridian color by degrees color wheel complementary colors constant amount dark cadmium yellow dull gouache gray ivory black heavy applications Indian yellow intense lake rose 270 lemon yellow 600 light purple Liquitex madder magenta mixed with cadmium Naples yellow orange cadmium yellow paint palette color pastel Payne's gray ivory peat brown permanent violet phthalo blue pigment primary colors Prussian blue quinacridone raw umber Payne's sap green scumbling Sennelier Sennelier cadmium yellow shows the results sunshine yellow tertiary colors tinting strength umber Payne's gray vermilion 080 vertical axis violet raw umber viridian 250 viridian lake watercolor yellow deep yellow light 297 yellow ocher yellow orange 196