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Learn to create any color from a basic palette of just 11 colors!

What if you could create any color you wanted, from a basic palette of just 11 colors? That is what the art of color mixing is all about. And once you master it, you will be able to create a broad range of all the colors you might need. Your options will be limited only by your imagination.

In this color mixing book, Isabelle Roelofs and Fabien Petillion first walk you step by step through the basics of watercolor pigments, paper, and color mixing techniques. Using just 11 colors, you’ll learn to bring more variety to your primary colors, create basic colors (such as Payne’s Gray and Van Dyck Brown), and create your own secondary colors. This approach works no matter what brand of paints you use, as each of the 11 colors is identified by its universal pigment color (such as PY154).

Once you’re underway color mixing, you’ll see how four artists interpret that basic palette to create thematic color palettes tailored to different subject matter, such as flowers, landscapes, portraits, and animals. Finally, you’ll solidify your understanding of color mixing by analyzing five watercolor paintings to see how the color was achieved and how the painting was developed, layer by layer, to achieve the final result.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Foreword
  6. Contents
  7. 1/Understanding a Watercolor
    1. Basic Concepts
    2. The Nature of Pigments
    3. Mineral Pigments
    4. Organic Pigments
    5. Granularity
    6. Coloring Strength
    7. Transparency and Opacity
    8. Monopigment Colors
    9. Variations in Shading between Brands
    10. Lightening a Color
    11. Painting Techniques
    12. Wet-on-Wet
    13. Wet-on-Dry
    14. Techniques for Mixing Colors
    15. Paper
    16. Grain
    17. Quality
    18. Weight
    19. Presentation of the Colors
    20. Yellow PY154—Isaro Yellow Light
    21. Yellow PY110—Saffron Yellow
    22. Yellow PY129—Chartreuse Yellow
    23. Yellow PY42 or PY43—Yellow Ocher
    24. Red PR255—Scarlet Red
    25. Red PR264—Pyrrole Red Deep
    26. Red PR122—Isaro Rose
    27. Blue PB29—Ultramarine Blue
    28. Blue PB15:3—Phtalo Blue
    29. Blue PB35 or PB36—Cerulean Blue
    30. The Basic Palette, by Manufacturer
  8. 2/Experimenting with Color Mixing
    1. A Theoretical Approach
    2. Expanding the Range of Primary Colors
    3. Blues
    4. Reds
    5. Yellows
    6. Creating the Range of Secondary Colors
    7. Implementation
    8. Greens
    9. Violets
    10. Oranges
    11. Creating a Range of Essential Colors
    12. Indigo
    13. Payne’s Gray
    14. Van Dyke Brown
    15. Sepia
    16. Olive Green
    17. Chinese Orange
  9. 3/Creating Thematic Palettes
    1. Targeted Practice
    2. Painting a Floral Composition
    3. In Harmonious Warm Colors—Marie Boudon
    4. In Harmonious Cool Colors—Marie Boudon
    5. Painting a Landscape
    6. In Green Tones—Manù
    7. In Autumnal Tones—Manù
    8. The Mediterranean Coast—Manù
    9. The Atlantic Coast—Manù
    10. A Cityscape—Manù
    11. In the Snow—Fabien Petillion
    12. Painting a Portrait
    13. With Fair Skin Tones—Fabien Petillion
    14. With Olive Skin Tones—Fabien Petillion
    15. With Dark Skin Tones—Fabien Petillion
    16. Painting Animals
    17. A Cat—Cindy Barillet
    18. A Dog—Cindy Barillet
    19. A Parrot—Cindy Barillet
    20. A Goldfish—Cindy Barillet
    21. An Aquatic Environment—Cindy Barillet
  10. 4/An Analysis of Five Paintings
    1. Global Practice
    2. A Floral Composition—Fabien Petillion
    3. Drafting and Composition
    4. Coloring
    5. A Rural Landscape—Fabien Petillion
    6. Drafting and Composition
    7. Coloring
    8. An Urban Setting—Fabien Petillion
    9. Drafting and Composition
    10. Coloring
    11. A Portrait—Fabien Petillion
    12. Drafting and Composition
    13. Coloring
    14. An Animal Portrait—Fabien Petillion
    15. Drafting and Composition
    16. Coloring
  11. Resources
  12. Bibliography
  13. About the Authors
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