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> * A purple-inclined red (crimson) and an orange-inclined red (scarlet) > * A green-inclined yellow (practically speaking, "spring green") and an orange-incli
by Daub 2y ago
> * A purple-inclined red (crimson) and an orange-inclined red (scarlet)
> * A green-inclined yellow (practically speaking, "spring green") and an orange-inclined yellow ("yellow")
> * A purple-inclined blue (ultramarine) and a green-inclined blue (cerulean)
> * White to make light tones (don't worry about black)
This is excellent advice for a painter, though I would not exclude black.
The six color you describe are, in essence, a warm/cool pairing of the three primaries. When I painted in color I used:
Cadmium red/alizarin crimson, lemon yellow/cadmium yellow, cobalt blue/Prussian blue
- card_zero 2y ago> When I painted in color I gather you've moved beyond that now. Probably wise, it's a lot of fuss.
- KevinMS 2y agoblueish red is a pain in the ass because there are not many pigments in that range that aren't "fugitive", meaning they fade in light. Alizarin fades fast. Last I checked a pigment called Quinacridone fits that spot on the wheel and doesn't fade.