Painting Tips: Color Theory and Color Mixing
An ever-growing collection of helpful tips relating to color mixing and color theory, submitted by fellow artists.
What Colors to Use for Painting a Honey Color
What colors to use if you're wanting to include a honey-colored object in a painting.
What colors to use if you're wanting to include a honey-colored object in a painting.
My Favorite Color Mixing Tips
Here are a few tips to help you get the best results when mixing colors that I wish I'd known when I started painting!
Here are a few tips to help you get the best results when mixing colors that I wish I'd known when I started painting!
What Colors to Use for Painting Gold and Silver
What colors to use if you're wanting to include a gold or silver object in a painting.
What colors to use if you're wanting to include a gold or silver object in a painting.
How to Avoid Buying Duplicate Paint Colors
A painting tip on how to avoid duplicate colors in your paintbox, and buying unnecessary extras.
A painting tip on how to avoid duplicate colors in your paintbox, and buying unnecessary extras.
Paint at Night for Freer Color
Color mixing tips -- What the benefit is of painting at night under poor light.
Color mixing tips -- What the benefit is of painting at night under poor light.
Color Tip: Use Rainwater for Brighter Colors
A tip on using rainwater with acrylics or watercolors to get more vivid colors.
A tip on using rainwater with acrylics or watercolors to get more vivid colors.
Color Mixing Tip: Mixing Small Amounts of a Color
Color Mixing Tips -- Mixing Small Amounts of Color
Color Mixing Tips -- Mixing Small Amounts of Color
Color Mixing Tip: Using a Spot Card to Match a Color
How to create a spot card to help you mix a color that matches your subject.
How to create a spot card to help you mix a color that matches your subject.
Color Mixing Tip -- Greens in a Landscape
Why landscapes should never just be green.
Why landscapes should never just be green.
Color Mixing Tip -- Use a Knife Not a Brush to Mix Colors
Why it's a good idea to use a painting knife, not a brush, to mix colors.
Why it's a good idea to use a painting knife, not a brush, to mix colors.
Colour Mixing Tip -- Organise by Tone
Why it's a good idea to organise your paint tubes by tone, not color.
Why it's a good idea to organise your paint tubes by tone, not color.
Colour Mixing Tip -- White Whites
Colour mixing tip -- What to do to get really white whites.
Colour mixing tip -- What to do to get really white whites.
Colour Mixing Painting Tip: Mixing a Black
A colour mixing tip on what to use to mix a rich black.
A colour mixing tip on what to use to mix a rich black.
Colour Mixing Painting Tip: Squint to Make Out Forms
How quinting helps you to make out forms in painting.
How quinting helps you to make out forms in painting.
Colour Mixing Painting Tip: Having Enough of a Mixed Colour
How to ensure you've enough of a mixed colour when working with acrylics.
How to ensure you've enough of a mixed colour when working with acrylics.
Colour Mixing Painting Tip: Practising Colour Mixing
A tip on improving your colour knowledge by practising your colour mixing.
A tip on improving your colour knowledge by practising your colour mixing.
Colour Mixing Painting Tip: Learn the Names of Colours
A tip on improving your colour knowledge by learning the actual names of colours.
A tip on improving your colour knowledge by learning the actual names of colours.
Colour Mixing Painting Tip: Use Daylight Bulbs in Your Studio
What the benefit is of using daylight bulbs in your studio.
What the benefit is of using daylight bulbs in your studio.
Color Mixing Painting Tip: Preview the Result of Glazing
How to determine what effect a glaze will have on a painting.
How to determine what effect a glaze will have on a painting.