Color mixing tips
Some tips for color mixing especially for landscape painting.
Skies
Cool grey sky : cobalt blue + vermillion
Cobalt blue +
light red
warm grey sky : cobalt blue + light red and yellow
ochre
Dark grey sky : windsor blue + indian red.
Blue sky :
cerulean blue
french ultramarine gradated through cobalt blue to
cobalt blue mixed with vermillion or rose madder genuine at the
horizon.
Light
clouds: cobalt blue + french ultramarine + indian red
Moon light:
french ultramarine + burnt sienna
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Grass:
Viridian + raw sienna.
viridian + yellow ochre+
vermillion.
viridian + cadmium yellow .
yellow ochre + french
ultramarine
Foliage: viridian + cadmium yellow.
viridian + raw sienna.
viridian + burnt
sienna.
Tree trunks.
Viridian +
indan red
Distances: french ultramarine plus rose madder
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