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 "Mixing a sedimentary color with a transparent color can add texture to your painting." |
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Yellow and Red Make Orange |
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Watercolors used for this example are:  New Gamboge, a warm yellow.  Permanent Rose, a cool red. |
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Mixing yellow with red will make the color orange. The amount added of each color will determine the final color. |
Example 1.  Orange When you mix equal valued amounts of yellow and red, as shown in Example 1., you will achieve an orange true to those two watercolors being used. |
Example 2. Example 3.  Yellow Orange Red Orange When you change the proportion size of the yellow and red, as shown in Examples 2. and Example 3., you will get variations of that orange. |
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Yellow and Blue Make Green |
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Watercolors used for this example are: New Gamboge, a warm yellow.  French Ultramarine Blue, a warm blue. |
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The same rule applies when mixing yellow and blue. |
Example 4.  Green When you mix equal valued amounts of yellow and blue, as shown in Example 4., you will achieve a green true to those two watercolors being used. |
Example 5. Example 6.  Yellow Green Blue Green When you change the proportion size of the yellow and blue, as shown in Examples 5. and Example 6., you will get variations of that green. |
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Red and Blue Make Violet |
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| Watercolors used for this example are: Permanent Rose, a cool red. French Ultramarine Blue, a warm blue. |
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Again, the same rule applies when mixing red and blue. |
Example 7.  Violet When you mix equal valued amounts of red and blue, as shown in Example 7., you will achieve a violet true to those two watercolors being used. |
Example 8. Example 9.  Red Violet Blue Violet When you change the proportion size of the red and blue, as shown in Examples 8. and Example 9., you will get variations of that violet. |
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Mixing Two Transparent Colors |
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Mixing a non-staining color with another non-staining color. |
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Example 10. Example 11.  Rose Madder Genuine Aureolin Cobalt Blue Cobalt Blue |
When mixing a non-staining color with another non-staining color they are equal in the respect of allowing each other to intermingle with one another on the surface of the paper. |
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Mixing a staining color with a non-staining color. |
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Example 12. Example 13.  Permanent Alizarin Crimson Winsor Yellow Cobalt Blue Cobalt Blue |
When mixing a staining color with a non-staining color, the staining color will not only absorb immediately into the surface of the paper, it will also overpower and stain the non-staining color. |
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Mixing with Opaque's |
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Mixing Cerulean Blue, an opaque color, with staining and non-staining primaries. |
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Example 14. a non-staining color. |
Example 15. a staining color. |
Example 16. another opaque. |
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Rose Madder Genuine |
Permanent Alizarin Crimson |
Cadmium Yellow |
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Mingles well with the blue |
Overpowers the blue |
Mixes well with the blue |
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Adding Just a "tad" of Color |
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Adding just a tad of another color is a quick and easy way to tone down, enhance, or slightly alter your colors appearance or temperature. |
Example 17.  |
When you are mixing colors, this works extremely well when wanting to vary a color, as within the petals of a flower. Adding a tad of the blue to the pink, as shown in Example 17., you can create shadow petals, just as adding a tad of yellow to the pink can create sun kissed petals. |
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