Colour Mixtures

The following mixes are here as a guide, it will give you some ideas to extend your palette later on.

Landscapes

Skies:  Cool Grey

             (cobalt blue + vermilion), (cobalt blue + light red)

             Warm Grey

             (cobalt blue, light red and yellow ochre)

             Dark Grey

             (Windsor blue + Indian red)

             Blue

             (cerulean blue)

             (French ultramarine graduated through cobalt blue to cobalt                

               blue + vermilion or rose madder genuine at the horizon.)

Light Clouds

(French ultramarine + Indian red)

(Cobalt blue + light red +yellow ochre)

(Lamp black + raw umber)

Moon light

(French ultramarine + burnt sienna)

(French ultramarine + rose madder genuine)

Grass: (viridian + raw sienna)

              (viridian + cadmium yellow pale) This gives a bright sunny green.

              (viridian + yellow ochre + vermilion)

              (yellow ochre + French ultramarine)

              (new gamboge + Windsor blue)

              Windsor blue + raw sienna or yellow ochre)

Foliage:

              (viridian + cadmium yellow)

             (viridian + raw sienna)

              (viridian + burnt sienna)

              (viridian + burnt umber)

Tree trunks:

              (viridian + Indian red)

              (burnt umber + cobalt blue)

              (Indian red +French ultramarine)

Distances:

              (French ultramarine + rose madder genuine)

Roads and Paths:

              (Yellow ochre + light red)

              (Yellow ochre + rose madder genuine)

              (Burnt umber + cobalt blue + viridian)

              (Payne’s grey)

 Buildings

 Red Brickwork:

              (Light red + burnt umber)

 Stonework:

              (Raw umber + French ultramarine)

              (Raw umber + lamp black)

 Thatch:

              (Raw sienna)

              (Burnt umber + Cobalt blue)

 Animals

 Sheep:

              (Yellow Ochre + Indian red)

Cattle:

              (Burnt sienna + Indian red)

              (Burnt sienna + French ultramarine)

              (Raw sienna, rose madder genuine and sepia)

 Brown Horses:

              (Burnt sienna + Indian red)

              (Burnt umber, Indian red and ivory black)

 Seas

 Stormy waves:

              (Cobalt blue + raw umber)

Trough of waves:

              (Viridian + alizarin crimson)

              (Viridian + rose madder genuine)

Big waves:

              (Viridian + French ultramarine) for deep water.

              Add more green when near the shore line.

              (Pure viridian) for green seen through the wave tip against the light.

Green reflections:

              (Viridian + touch of raw sienna) sea water under boats.

Sandy Beach:

              (Raw umber, rose madder genuine and cobalt blue)

Rocks:

              (Burnt umber + cobalt blue)

              (Burnt umber + French ultramarine + viridian)

The above are suggestions for you to try as you increase your palette, but,  be mindful only to use only a limited palette on all your paintings. They will blend much easier. A word of warning be careful when you mix Viridian.

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