#orange or red… burnt umber. ochre red

[groupwest]

i need to buy more leather so bad

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Notes: On Colour

Describing Colour in your Poetry and Stories

BLACK Shadow Black, Dusk, Midnight, Blackbird, Blackberry, Ebony, Black Honey, Darkness, Jet Black, Ink Black, Soot, Onyx, Licorice, Ivory Black, Pitch, Char, Gloom, Outer Space, Creosote Black, Melanite, Goth Black, Gunpowder

BLUE Blueberry, Sapphire Blue Metallic, Tiffany Blue (Pantone 1837), Cobalt Blue, Denim, Aquamarine, Turquoise, Sky Blue, Topaz, Ultramarine Blue, Azure, Cerulean, Oxford Blue, Periwinkle, Electric Blue, Baby Boy Blue, Pthalo Blue, Robin's Egg Blue, Persian Blue, Marino Blue, Prussian Blue

GREEN Leafy Green, Olive, Moss Green, Jade, Lime, Sour Apple Green, Emerald Green, Mint, Kiwi Green, Phthalo Green, Praying Mantis Green, Viridian, Greenback, Shamrock, Sap Green, Chartreuse, Sea Green, Pistachio, Teal, Bamboo, Sea Salt, Celadon Green, Celery, Asparagus Green, Fern Green, Neon Green, Jungle Green, Pear Green

ORANGE Pumpkin, Burnt Orange, Carrot, Sunset Orange, Tangerine, Persimmon, Salamander, Tennessee Orange (Pantone 151), Jack-o'-lantern Orange, Florida Orange, Summer Squash, Pale Daffodil, Smashed Pumpkin, Saffron, Autumn Orange, Macaroni and Cheese, Cadmium Orange

PINK Pink Flamingo, Neon Pink, Bubblegum Pink, Salmon, Peach, Fuscia, Cotton Candy Pink, Rose, Carnation, Thulian, Apricot, Atomic Pink, Barbie Pink, Hot Pink, Amaranth, Flushed, Glitter Pink

PURPLE Lavender, Purple Haze, Grape, Eggplant Purple, Plum, Violet, Orchid, Psychedelic Purple, Amethyst, Lilac, Boysenberry, Mulberry, Wisteria, Bruised Plum, Indigo, Mauve

RED Blood Red, Copper, Maroon, Strawberry, Watermelon Red, Crimson, Candy Apple Red, Tomato, Brick Red, Scarlet, Cardinal Red, Cherry, Ruby Red, Coral, Sunburn, Hot Lava, Cadmium Red, Auburn, Blush, Alizarin Crimson, Fire Engine Red, Raspberry, Vermillion, Lipstick, Burgundy, Magenta, English Vermilion, Mahogany

WHITE Dirty White, Albino, Chalk, Alabaster, Cotton, Titanium White, Vanilla, Bone White Egg Shell, Marshmallow, Ivory, Pearl White, Almond, Champagne, Blond, Cream, Milky White, Corn Silk, Bleach, Navajo White, Ghost White, Light, Cloud White

YELLOW Canary Yellow, Lemon, Banana, Egg Yolk Yellow, Mellow Yellow, Chanterelle, Mustard Yellow, Corn, Goldenrod, Amber, Pineapple, Metallic Gold, Cadmium Yellow, Wheat, Tuscan Sun, Butter, School Bus Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Citron, Dandelion

BROWN Mud Brown, Beaver, Caramel, Rust, Macaroon, Toasty Brown, Coffee, Sandy Tan, Cocoa, Honey, Chocolate, Burnt Sienna, Mocha, Seashell, Antique Brass, Bronze, Brown Sugar, Chestnut Brown, Taupe, Burnt Umber, Khaki, Dark Sienna, Light Chocolate, Sepia

GRAY Stone Gray, Ash, Metallic Silver, Platinum, Smoke, Concrete Gray, Mercury, Steel Gray, Mist, Titanium, Charcoal, Slate, Sterling Silver, Tungsten, Old Coin Gray, Iron Gray, Chrome, Magnesium, Overcast

MIXED Candy Cane (red and white), Zebra (black and white), Chameleon (many different colours), Ladybug (black and red), Wildfire (yellow, orange and red), Tiger (orange, black and white), Yellow Jacket (black and yellow), Christmas Lights (red, white and green), Rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet), Black Pepper (black and gray), Leopard (spotted gold and black), Creamsicle (orange and white), Candy Corn (orange and white), Iceberg (a bluish gray), Marbled

COLOURS: Symbolisms, Associations & Psychological Effects

Black. Especially in Gothic literature from the West, a black colour choice often represents death, evil, grief, and depression. Associated with fear, the unknown and often has a negative connotation. Black clothes can make you look thinner. A black background severely diminishes the readability of most type. Often the go to colour for funerals and grieving. It symbolizes stability and power, which gives a sense of authority. Thus, the black colour often represents professionalism and expertise.

Blue. Has positive and negative connotations in colour psychology. Some writers may use blue to represent serenity and tranquility, instilling a scene with a calming effect. Blue can also signify sadness, melancholy, or isolation. People who find someone very loyal and faithful are often called "true blue". Blue is often considered to be more masculine which is why it is often the colour of choice when choosing a suit. Lighter blues are associated with tranquility, softness and healing. Darker blues are associated with power, knowledge and seriousness. Blue is actually shown to suppress appetites a bit. The colour blue symbolizes wisdom and hope. It’s the colour of peace and confidence. Blue has been shown to reduce blood pressure and pulse rate. It fosters serenity and a sense of belonging.

Green. The colour green often symbolizes rebirth, growth, peace, jealousy, and greed. Green colours may also represent spring and renewal. It is a colour that is very easy on the eyes. Dark green is often associated with ambition. Green suggests stability, safety and hope. At the same time, it may denote a lack of experience in a particular field. Green symbolizes peace, growth, and nature. It is the colour of success, promoting healing and tranquility.

Orange. The colour orange often represents energy, excitement, joy, and creativity. Since orange is the colour of fire, it may also symbolize heat. Since orange is not as aggressive as red, it can actually stimulate brain activity. It is very useful to catch someone's attention, which is why it's used a lot to advertise food and toys.

Pink. The colour pink symbolizes love, kindness, femininity, innocence, and playfulness. Certain shades of pink can limit aggression. Pink may be associated with unconditional love and caring.

Purple. Often associated with royalty, the colour purple symbolizes bravery, spirituality, and luxury. Light purple usually brings up romantic or nostalgic feelings; while a darker shade can make you feel gloomy or sad.

Red. The colour red symbolizes some of the most powerful human emotions, like passionate love or lust. On the other side of the spectrum, this warm colour is also the colour of blood, often symbolizing anger, danger, and violence. It stimulates the appetite. Red is an emotionally intense colour associated with energy, danger, anger, passion and determination. The symbolic meaning associated with the colour red is passion, excitement, and love. It’s the colour of urgency, power, and desire. Red is said to boost hunger and is believed to inspire confidence and excitement. This colour has also been found to increase blood pressure and heart rate.

White. This primary colour traditionally symbolizes innocence, peace, and cleanliness. In Western cultures, the colour white also represents purity and virginity, while it symbolizes mourning in some East Asian cultures. Usually has positive connotations when used and thought of as safe. Associated a lot with healing, simplicity and sterility, which is why it's used in hospitals and healing centers as much as it is. The symbolic meaning of the colour white is truth and sometimes even indifference. It encourages feelings of safety and cleanliness. Clean, white clothes and linens show sterility since stains are easily visible. That’s why doctors and nurses frequently wear white lab coats and scrubs.

Yellow. Writers may use the colour yellow to symbolize creativity, happiness, optimism, and warmth—think of a yellow ray of sunlight poking out from a dark cloud. A common negative connotation of the color yellow is cowardice, popularized by the phrase “yellow-bellied.” Warming effect which stimulates body and mind. Gold is associated with the highest of luxury. When bright yellow is used with black it's one of the easiest colour combinations to see from long distances; when uses with lighter colours it's not so easy to see. Yellow ribbons are worn as a symbol of hope and used quite often to welcome home loved ones. Yellow is the colour of warmth, kindness, and happiness. It’s often associated with optimism and well-being and promotes energy.

Brown. This warm, earthy brown colour may symbolize dependability, comfort, and a sense of being grounded. Brown is also a neutral colour, and writers may use it to represent dullness and predictability. Brown is a colour that is related to very grounded traits such as simplicity, practicality, common sense and hard work. Can also be associated with those that are frugal and not too flashy.

Gray. Lighter grays are often thought of as more feminine while darker grays more masculine. Gray is considered by many to be a neutral colour; the perfect balance between light and dark / good and evil. Pop up the lighter grays and add a little shine to it, and thought immediately turns to silver, which correlates to wealth.

Sources & other related articles: 1 2 3 4 5

If these writing notes helped with your poem/story, please tag me. Or leave a link in the replies. I'd love to read them!

[en8y]

[IMAGE ID: three horizontal flags with nine stripes; each flag has the blood aspect symbol in the center; a red slash with three droplets falling from it. it is outlined in dark red. the middle stripe is twice as large as the rest of them, which are equally sized. the first flag has these top three colors: light grey, burnt orange, and black. the second flag has these top three colors: light grey, dull yellow, and black. the third flag has these top three colors: light grey, warm green, and black. each flag has these bottom six stripes: dark red, off-white, dark red, medium-dark red, dull red, and medium red. END ID.]

bronzebloodasic: a gender connected to being a blood aspect bronzeblood; this gender is connected to the blood aspect, blood aspect aesthetics, bronzebloods/umber bloods from homestuck/hiveswap, and animals/communing with animals.

bloodasigold: a gender connected to being a blood aspect goldblood; this gender is connected to the blood aspect, blood aspect aesthetics, goldbloods/ochre bloods from homestuck/hiveswap, psionic or psychic powers/abilities, and if the user deems it appropriate, technology.

limebloodasic: a gender connected to being a blood aspect limeblood; this gender is connected to the blood aspect, blood aspect aesthetics, limebloods from homestuck/hiveswap, unknown but yet powerful abilities, and if the user deems it appropriate, needing to mask oneself as something else.

@radiomogai @liom-archive @obscurian

[zarvasace]

@unexpectedtraveler made this post (to which @lazyowl and I added) about whether or not a Red+Vio combination would simply disappear, since magenta light doesn't technically exist.

Anyway, long story short, I made some very pretty colors.

I love being in a fandom (two!) where this sort of thing is relevant.

More explanation of what I did under the cut!

Okay, so I own nine colors of paint—cool red (alizarin), warm red (cadmium light), cool yellow (ochre), warm yellow (cadmium), cool blue (ultramarine), warm blue (pthalo), viridian, raw umber, and burnt sienna. Oh, and white. I mix all my colors from those. You can see all but raw umber and burnt sienna on the palette across the top, since those are just browns I didn't need.

I made red from a combination of the two, since cadmium is kind of orange and alizarin is not quite bright enough. Green is viridian with some cadmium yellow to brighten and warm it up a little. Blue is mostly pthalo blue, but I added a bit of ultramarine that I don't think made much of a difference. (Pthalo is temperamental and likes to overwhelm everything.) I made my violet from alizarin and ultramarine.

Okay so the thing to know about mixing these pigments is that each pigment acts differently. Warm colors like to dominate a mix, but so do a few specific pigments. I go through a lot of ultramarine because it's rather unpigmented, I need a lot to influence another color. You also have to pay attention to warm and cool versions of colors, since they mix differently.

Since a lot of colors can get pretty dark, standard practice is to mix them with bits of white to see the color better. The titanium white I have cools and desaturates colors. I added little bits of the whitened colors in the corners to show them off better. :)

Red and green are complementary colors, but these specific hues aren't perfect complements, so they didn't make gray, they made brown. A very pretty brown!

Since the red and blue that I had were both pretty warm but not entirely, they didn't mix into the prettiest purple. That gray is really nice, though.

Blue and green mixed the way you'd expect, a nice teal that doesn't need much explanation.

Green and violet aren't complements, but they're close, so they desaturated each other into a nice cool brown color.

The violet and blue mixed just made a cooler violet, even though the blue was warmer. I like that color too.

And then easter color tints at the bottom because I had an extra space! :D

In conclusion: if Link is light, then Red+Vio only exists because of a brain trick. If Link is oil paint, then you should probably worry about Red+Green canceling each other out, if Red gets too cool. Green+Vio need to watch out, too.

[paintinginsomnia]

#54. Depicting the Brooding Quality of a Coming Storm. The Big Book of Painting Nature in Oil. Oil. May 4, 2023.

Harder than it looks.

First the block-in

Then per the instructions paint the sky, the ground, then the antelope.

One up: Much better on the clouds this time. Antelope came out better than expected.

One improve: I can see where Schaeffer made improvements to heighten drama. More contrast between sky and ground, darker in the upper layer of clouds, lighter down by the horizon. Little things that make it as a painting; much to learn.

Colors: Dam, lot of colors. Schaeffer called these out: titanium white, raw umber, cobalt blue, yellow ochre, cadmium red (clouds); cerulean blue, phthalo green (sky); yellow ochre, cadmium orange, burnt umber, permanent light green (grasses).

[mistertylercrook]

2023 Watercolor Palette.

Ivory Black, Ultra Marine Blue, Prussian Blue, Hooker Green, Perm. Green Pale, Hansa Yellow, Indian Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Crimson, Payne's Gray, Turquoise, Cobalt Teal, Pyrrol Red, Azo Orange, Scarlet Pyrrol, Ultramarine Violet Deep, Cobalt Violet

[swashbuckling-chicken]

you said i could send you all the colors i want and i took that literally

(those have nothing to do with the ask game anymore but i’m bored and don’t have anything better to do, i copy pasted these btw i can’t actually think of so many color names)

Alizarin

Amaranth

Amber

Amethyst

Apricot

Aqua

Aquamarine

Asparagus

Auburn

Azure

Beige

Bistre

Black

Blue

Blue Green

Blue Violet

Bondi Blue

Brass

Bronze

Brown

Buff

Burgundy

Burnt Orange

Burnt Sienna

Burnt Umber

Camouflage Green

Caput Mortuum

Cardinal

Carmine

Carrot orange

Celadon

Cerise

Cerulean

Champagne

Charcoal

Chartreuse

Cherry Blossom Pink

Chestnut

Chocolate

Cinnabar

Cinnamon

Cobalt

Copper

Coral

Corn

Cornflower

Cream

Crimson

Cyan

Dandelion

Denim

Ecru

Emerald

Eggplant

Falu red

Fern green

Firebrick

Flax

Forest green

French Rose

Fuchsia

Gamboge

Gold

Goldenrod

Green

Grey

Han Purple

Harlequin

Heliotrope

Hollywood Cerise

Indigo

Ivory

Jade

Kelly green

Khaki

Lavender

Lawn green

Lemon

Lemon chiffon

Lilac

Lime

Lime green

Linen

Magenta

Magnolia

Malachite

Maroon

Mauve

Midnight Blue

Mint green

Misty rose

Moss green

Mustard

Myrtle

Navajo white

Navy Blue

Ochre

Office green

Olive

Olivine

Orange

Orchid

Papaya whip

Peach

Pear

Periwinkle

Persimmon

Pine Green

Pink

Platinum

Plum

Powder blue

Puce

Prussian blue

Psychedelic purple

Pumpkin

Purple

Quartz Grey

Raw umber

Razzmatazz

Red

Robin egg blue

Rose

Royal blue

Royal purple

Ruby

Russet

Rust

Safety orange

Saffron

Salmon

Sandy brown

Sangria

Sapphire

Scarlet

School bus yellow

Sea Green

Seashell

Sepia

Shamrock green

Shocking Pink

Silver

Sky Blue

Slate grey

Smalt

Spring bud

Spring green

Steel blue

Tan

Tangerine

Taupe

Teal

Tenné (Tawny)

Terra cotta

Thistle

Titanium White

Tomato

Turquoise

Tyrian purple

Ultramarine

Van Dyke Brown

Vermilion

Violet

Viridian

Wheat

White

Wisteria

Xanthic

Yellow

Zucchini

you are a menace

[glacierruler]

I think art is one of those things where sometimes someone should break the rules before they learn them.

At least that was a good idea for me to accidentally do.

With painting, I liked to use a lot more vibrant colors¹ and premixed tube colors. Both are things that are iffy in the artist community².

Vibrant colors because they tend not to look realistic, and can often times clash with a painting.

Premixed tube colors aren't seen as great because:

A. The colors tend to look better when hand mixed.

B. A lot of people can tell that they're premixed tube colors.

But neither of these are inherently bad? Like, especially if you're just starting out. (Although it will save you a lot of money to mix the colors yourself instead of spending hundreds on premixed stuff)³. They're how I started out. And while I don't use premixed tube colors now, I still use vibrant ones. They're fun, and they make my paintings pop.

Like, yeah, you should learn the rules but also you should break them too.

¹ Vibrant colors meaning colors that have not been mixed with their complimentary color to darken them(i.e. blue mixed with orange, purple mixed with yellow, etc.)

² I am talking about my art community outside of social media. You might have a different experience.

³ I reccomend larger bottles of paint, and if you're just starting out go for the cheaper brands to get your bearings. Colors I reccomend getting are: lemon yellow, medium yellow, medium or permanent red, crimson red, magenta, ultramarine blue, pthalo blue, titanium white, unbleached titanium, burnt sienna, burnt umber, yellow ochre, and black.

[makingitwork06]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Gouache 24 Color Paint Value Pack.

[justasmallbloginabigklainefandom]

Watercolours colours

Back in 2019 when I started painting I made mini monochrome paintings with all colours that I have. It was only that colour, plus a possible black or white.

Now, 3 years later, I’m gonna continue. So let’s track what I’ve already drawn:

VG perm. red light

VG madder lake deep

VG cerulean blue

VG ultramarine deep

VG perm. lemon yellow

VG azo yellow medium

VG sap green

VG viridian

VG payne’s grey

VG yellow ochre

VG burnt sienna

W&N artist thioindigo violet

suuszart quinacridone rose

suuszart ultramarine rose

suuszart cyan turquoise

VG perm. blue violet

VG indigo

W&N cotman Lemon Yellow Hue 

W&N cotman Cadmium Yellow Hue 

W&N cotman Cadmium Red Pale Hue 

W&N cotman Permanent Rose 

W&N cotman Ultramarine 

W&N cotman Cerulean Blue Hue 

W&N cotman Viridian Hue 

W&N cotman Sap Green 

W&N cotman Yellow Ochre 

W&N cotman Burnt Sienna 

W&N cotman Burnt Umber 

W&N cotman Chinese White.

VG yellow naples red

suuszart dark ochre

VG phthalo green

VG lavender

VG light gold

OH transparent oxide red lake

VG silver

VG bronze

W&N cotman purple lake

W&N cotman cadmium orange hue

W&N cotman emerald

VG light oxide red

[miralhuman]

Swap palette sans

SWAP PALETTE SANS FULL

SWAP PALETTE SANS PLUS

+increased guaranteed hitstun on j.s by 2f (7->9).

-j.s active frames increased by 1 (4->5).

+reduced startup on all air normals by 1f.

To see complete mixes using four of these five colors, see my downloadable 14-color palette mixing chart.Īnd I'm totally open to new ideas, so I'd love to hear about your favorite pigments for capturing coastal scenes! Leave me a comment to share your favorite seaside hues. If it works, I'll let you know!Įven if you don't whittle your seaside palette down to five colors, I hope this gives you a few ideas about what these amazing pigments can do. I may bring my palette up to 8 colors and see if I can use that year around.

SWAP PALETTE SANS FULL

And through I enjoy the ease (and even the challenge!) of only 5 colors, I find myself often waiting until I have my full palette to paint certain scenes. We are constantly on the go, and my goal was to see how little I truly needed during our outings to the beach. So will I stick with only 5 colors for painting the sea? Summer is the busiest season for our family of four. Crimson can also look lovely in shadows and foliage like in the beach path sketch above. It can also be used to make a serious black- great for capturing lighthouses and other seaside structures- or fabulous purples which often show up in the water and sky. For deep orange sunsets, mix with yellow. I rarely see sunrises or sunsets around an ocean without some serious pinks in them, and most of the time these crimson hues will be reflected on the sand and sea.Īlso, Alizarin crimson's mixing range is vast. I wouldn't call it necessary but, wow, how I would miss it! I keep Daniel Smith's Quinacridone Rose (PV19) in my permanent palette, but right now I prefer crimson's boldness at the beach.Ī cool red works wonders for skies around coastal areas. Clear, reflecting colors tend to capture the coastal light much better than warm opaques, so for the most part I'm sticking with Hansa. However, I tend to avoid orange-ish yellows at the seashore. I also use AZO Yellow (PY151), and I even substituted Yellow Ochre in the coastal painting below because I knew I needed a warmer, more opaque yellow for this scene. Use a mixture of wet-on-wet and dry techniques to get the best effect.Īlmost any cool, clear yellow works well for sunshine and when mixing greens for water, grasses and foliage like in the maritime marsh painting above. Since sand is so pebbled and shows every footprint and indention, I like to pack a small toothbrush to make splatter effects with the earth tones. It is a beautiful color, adding warmth to sand and excellent in mixes. In fact, if I were to add a sixth color to this palette, it would be burnt sienna.

SWAP PALETTE SANS PLUS

However, I do like the variety Buff provides plus the way it works to tone down other colors in mixes.ĭepending on the color of the sand in your area, burnt sienna could be substituted for either of the earth tones in this palette. If you want to pack ultralight, Buff Titanium is super convenient for sand color, but watering down raw umber can produce almost the same effect. Plus, Phthalo green with yellow or raw umber can produce a beautiful range of greens that are useful in a maritime landscape.įor more examples of various blues for sea and sky, see my post on The Best Blue Watercolors. Ultra-strong Phthalo is ghastly alone but mixed with ultramarine it creates a gorgeous Caribbean blue. If I were traveling to a tropical destination (note to Husband: trips make great anniversary presents!), I'd be tempted to add Phthalo green. Though I can obtain similar by mixing ultramarine with raw umber, it is easier and faster to reach for this deep, indigo shade. If you want to capture a smoky sea and sky like in the photo, swap out the yellow (which you won't need) or even the ultramarine for Indanthrone Blue. If I added a blue, I'd choose Manganese Blue Hue (PB15)- great for clear skies! Cobalt is another popular blue that is cooler than ultramarine but can work well. Mixing with a touch of yellow creates a gorgeous seagrass green.ĭepending upon your location and/or subject matter, you could swap out ultramarine for something else, or even add a blue. Ultramarine plus buff produces a light, more opaque blue- perfect for certain sky conditions. Almost any seaside painting begins with blue, and I prefer ultramarine because of its warmth and beauty when mixing.įor example, ultramarine plus raw umber produces a beautiful range from smoky gray to deep blue.

[en8y]

[IMAGE ID: three horizontal flags with nine stripes; each flag has the time aspect symbol in the center; a bright red gear. it is outlined in dark red. the middle stripe is twice as large as the rest of them, which are equally sized. the first flag has these top three colors: light grey, burnt orange, and black. the second flag has these top three colors: light grey, dull yellow, and black. the third flag has these top three colors: light grey, warm green, and black. each flag has these bottom six stripes: dark red, off-white, dark red, medium-dark red, medium red, and bright red. END ID.]

timeasibronze: a gender connected to being a time aspect bronzeblood; this gender is connected to the time aspect, time aspect aesthetics, bronzebloods/umber bloods from homestuck/hiveswap, and animals/communing with animals.

timeasigold: a gender connected to being a time aspect goldblood; this gender is connected to the time aspect, time aspect aesthetics, goldbloods/ochre bloods from homestuck/hiveswap, psionic or psychic powers/abilities, and if the user deems it appropriate, technology.

limetimeasic: a gender connected to being a time aspect limeblood; this gender is connected to the time aspect, time aspect aesthetics, limebloods from homestuck/hiveswap, unknown but yet powerful abilities, and if the user deems it appropriate, needing to mask oneself as something else.

@radiomogai @liom-archive @obscurian

[amuseoffyre]

Guess who rediscovered their prismas and spent a stupid amount of time doing a picture :D (which their camera promptly ruined all semblance of quality or depth on. Alas!)

Paper is actually royal purple. List of colours used for the curious:

Cool grey - 20%, 50%, 70%

French grey - 50% & 70%

Warm grey - 20%

black

white

goldenrod

yellow ochre

orange

peach & light peach

pink and blush pink

Terra cotta

Tuscan red

burnt ochre

dark umber

sandbar brown

olive green

charteuse

(random Derwent blue grey)

copenhagen blue

indigo blue

cloud blue

Imperial & parma violet

Lilac

Dark purple

[mokutone]

hi how do you mix skintones i am in hell! i love watercolors but my skintones always end up super weird :(

Hm...let me see if I can help... if you keep in mind the basics of color theory, you will be able to figure out a way to get to whatever color you need as long as you are determined, and this is a very important skill—I will explain a bit. Here:

This is the pared down version of the color wheel! You've probably seen it before, you've probably had to paint it for an art class before, we're all sick of it and hate it, but it is sooo helpful with mixing colors.

When I work with Ecoline colors, I often end up making Yamato's skin a little too red bc their reds are very strong, and so to balance that out, I often add sap green to his skin tone.

We don't think of green as a color we should use for skin often, but when you've got to much red, adding green will make it a little bit closer to brown, will make it a little bit more neutral and natural looking because they're opposites.

Similarly, I had a problem where I was making a color for his hair, and my brown was coming out very kind of...dull orange? I wanted to add a color to balance out the orange, but I thought that blue might be too strong of a contrast, and that his hair might then come out almost dark grey—

—When working with pigments, if you mix direct opposites in equal balance, the color you should end up with is close to grey— —And I didn't want that! So instead, I mixed a deep purple I had in my pallet already, and the blue in the purple cancelled out some of the orange, but the red in the purple gave the brown a nice, strong red undertone, leaving me a kind of mahogony color.

A lot of color mixing is just playing this game of balancing, adding some of one color, then balancing it out with something else, continually adding more until you reach what you're looking for. It feels tedious at first, but then you start to get into it, and you don't ever want to use paint straight from the tube again LMAO!

If it helps, for Yamato I usually use: Lots of Ochre A little bit of a deep, almost pinkish or purplish leaning red, A little bit of brown/burnt umber

If it comes out looking too red, or too orange, I sometimes add a little bit of green or green and brown.

Here's a video where I mix his skintone. I'm using a set of holbein for speed and demonstration purposes (so the mixing is more obvious) but you can do this with literally any set of watercolors

obviously there's a huge range of skin tones which u could try to match with painting and i am only covering one, but the same basic principle applies to most, just with different paints in the combination

if you're new to paint mixing it may be overwhelming at first and you may think "i need to record this exact mixture so that i can replicate it in the future" which is. super stressful! i, at least, felt like that last year lol. i do not recommend trying to keep track of every mix you make, it is so much work, and mostly useless 😓

but as you experiment more and grow in confidence it becomes easier and easier to play it by ear

[emirrart]

could we get a list of your watercolor colors pleaseeee

yup! no prob! forgive the slightly messy palette dfhvbfd i was practicing colour mixing a little earlier

so, from left to right, top to bottom we have:

1) alizarin crimson** 2) permanent red deep 3) organic vermillion 4) permanent orange 5) isoindoline yellow 6) new gamboge 7) lemon yellow 8) permanent green light 9) permanent green 10) deep sap green 11) cerulean blue chromium 12) cobalt blue 13) ultramarine blue 14) opera pink** 15) cobalt teal blue 16) yellow ochre 17) burnt sienna 18) burnt umber 19) payne’s gray 20) ivory black

** WARNING: opera pink and alizarin crimson are FUGITIVE in lightfastness, meaning theyll fade easily when exposed to light. keep any paintings with these colours in a dark space!

[calebwittebane]

can you tell me about paints? im broke so rn i have the cheapest oil paints possible but someday,, i would like to know what brands are good for what pigments or stuff like that :) also do you have any advice for like, getting over being scared of making art?

ohh!!! sure!!!

i really like the royal talens van gogh (made in the netherlands), ferrario van dyck (made in england), and maimeri classico (made in italy) brands. i think van dyck might be my favourite, all of their pigments are really high quality, the consistency is great, and i havent had the problem with them where sometimes the paint separates in the tube, so it comes out as linseed oil and a buncha thick pigment paste that you gotta mix up with a palette knife. that being said classico and van gogh list their pigment codes (and their chemical names) right on the tube, which is useful because i tend to go for single-pigment colours (otherwise you might get some unexpected results when mixing them), but generally if you know the "jargon" names youll know which colours are single-pigment and which ones are not based on the names. also, van dycke's tubes are just so pretty...

ive also used winson & newton, and was pretty happy with the results!

rn my Radioactive Stinky Bag Of Toxic Paints is this:

winson & newton titanium white - big ole tube

schmincke akademie primary cyan, schmincke isnt that great and its a three-pigment paint, but its useful to have sometimes

van gogh alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow, cadmium orange, sap green (a two-pigment paint but its also useful to have), phthalo blue, raw umber, yellow ochre, burnt sienna

classico permanent carmine (another paint with two pigments, but its really useful if you want a really strong red accent somewhere), mars black (my favourite black paint, i use it sparingly but its great), and ultramarine light (it is NOT light but its a really gorgeous ultramarine)

van dyck deep vermilion (this one has three pigments but i actually really like it), payne's grey (its GREAT), terre verte natural

for choosing your palette i recommend having a cold variant and a warm variant of every "basic" colour - so red (alizarin crimson is a must, and some sort of vermillion?), green (chrome or sap green, and phthalo green or terre verte), brown (i go with raw umber and burnt sienna), blue (i like phthalo blue and ultramarine), and yellow (cadmium yellow and yellow ochre). plus i really like to add cadmium orange to my palette, and then you have white grey and black. this way you dont get the muddiness that results from mixing cool colours with warm ones.

as for not being afraid to make art, hmm... i find that its easier for me to start with a good underpainting. its just this phase where i can use whatever colours from whatever leftover paint i have, use a big brush and go crazy, establish the main areas of light and shadow, sketch out the main shapes, maybe using some contrasting colours i wouldnt normally use but that can look interesting if they peek through in the final product - ive painted a few landscapes where the underpainting was all red even though the actual picture was just green and earth tones, and it looked real cool! just let yourself have fun first, and you can get into the details and stuff later. staring at an empty canvas is sort of intimidating, it helps to already have something there.