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Colour Theory & Mixing – The Basics



An introduction to colour theory and mixing using a split primary palette in oil paint.

Split primary palette colours:
titanium white
cadmium lemon yellow
cadmium yellow light
ultramarine blue
phthalo blue
cadmium red light
permanent alizarin crimson
permanent rose
burnt umber

Jeanette Jobson

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26 thoughts on “Colour Theory & Mixing – The Basics
  1. Hi Jeanette… I don't know how you feel about this but the colour names drive me crazy. The industry needs to simply the colour system. In a sense I think it allows paint manufacturers (especially high end) to create new colours based on more rare pigments but without knowing the pigment index number the same colour can have upwards of ten or more names.

    Some manufacturers just have a four or five digit number which most others don't use. I think with experience you learn to look at the colour (as you say in your videos) but it's a shame the industry can't stick to the same names for the pigments. For example Lemon Yellow I have seen as Hansa Yellow, cadmium yellow pale etc. Another example I learned Prussian Blue was being replaced by Phylo Blue.

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  3. This was an amazing video! Thank you. Very helpful specially if you are just starting off and want to get only a few basic colors.

  4. permanent rose and Alizarin crimson are both magenta which is one of the real pigment primary colors witch are Magenta, Yellow and Cyan (I apologise if i spelled Alizarin wrong I am not even able to spell apologise right now) and are you crazy. You shold be using Magenta, Cyan, and Yellow like me.

  5. Dear Jeanette…I love your demo very much, Thanks a lot for it !! I have a small question…On the list there is "phthalo blue" colour but you call it tailor blur, is it the same

  6. THANK YOU! Ive not been able to understand why and how i get the mud until now. I love the way you show each color mix with like colors to make like colors. Now Im gonna have to write down color mixes and which not to mix.

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