Comments on: Why Use a Limited Watercolor Palette? (And which Colors to Choose)

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 07:33:19 +0000

In reply to Janet Lewins. Hi Janet Happy to help :-) You might find THIS article useful. It shows you how to compare and match colors across brands... Also, in THIS article near the bottom of the page you'll find a link to a list of W&N professional watercolors categorized by color temperature. This should help you find close equivalents if you don't have the exact paint pigments. Hope that helps :-)

By: Janet Lewins

Janet Lewins — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:40:53 +0000

Your eight paint mixing chart is what I’ve been looking for but I use Winsor & Newton watercolours. Do you know if there’s a conversion chart somewhere. It’s been great following your colour theory Anthony, you’ve opened my eyes to colour mixing. Many thanks.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:06:47 +0000

In reply to Anne.

Thanks Anne!
There’s nothing like experimenting with your own sets of paints to get a feeling for the way they mix 🙂

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:58:35 +0000

In reply to April Dauenhauer. April, I’ll second you on that. I’ve been driving myself nuts on colors, and trying to figure out which ones to use. Anthony has made this so much easier than anyone else. And, believe me, I’ve been looking at a lot of books, YouTube videos, and websites!

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:55:53 +0000

I just keep reading the information you provide here on colors, and it’s my favorite! I’ve posted in the comments a couple of times already, and you are always so nice about responding.

I love the way you’ve simplified things, and being a fan of D. Smith, I have a lot of the right colors already. You provided a template on one of your pages that has a formula for mixing primaries, that is extremely easy to follow. I did one for my warm and cool primaries. I discovered exactly the things you describe here in which colors made the most vibrant secondaries.

Then I did a quick painting where I only used my primaries, and mixed them for my other colors. I had a wonderful time. Thank you so much.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:37:26 +0000

In reply to April Dauenhauer. Thank you April for your kind comments :-)

By: April Dauenhauer

April Dauenhauer — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 08:47:09 +0000

It has been said that the mark of a great teacher is to be able to present complex subjects in a simple manner that everyone can understand. By this standard, you are a great teacher Anthony. I’ve seen so many articles on the same subject of basic colors and mixing, but they made it unnecessarily complicated. Thank you so much for making it clear and memorable. Bravo!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 07:50:16 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth. You're welcome Elizabeth!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 19:34:17 +0000

Anthony I love your tutorial. Very clearly presented and easy to understand. Thank you so much.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 01 May 2023 17:09:13 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing this information, very clear, with examples!