The Annotated CJAS Watercolor Discussion: Color

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Color Theory and Mixing

• Preferred palettes/ what pigments do you use?

  • What's *Your* materials list? -- and exceptionally useful discussion of palette choices
  • Triads
  • Arranging My Palette
  • Limited palette for a lifetime
  • What is your palette--??
  • The Joy of a limited palette
  • Harmonious palette
  • Mixing vs large palette
  • What your signature color?
  • What are the Colors You Can't LIVE Without?
  • Favorite color combos
  • Watercolor sketchbook in Italy (recommended color selection for travel)
  • Too many colors

• Mixing Colors

• Mixing Grays and Neutrals

  • How do you make greys?
  • *** Using "Bias" for neutralizing

• Mixing Maroon

  • Mixing maroon

• Mixing Flesh Tones

  • A useful "flesh tone" discovery -- regards Raw/Burnt siennas
  • Mixing flesh colors

• Mixing Greens

  • Plein Air Experiences
  • GREEN-GREEN-GREEN
  • Pthalo Green
  • Sea green colour...
  • Colour of grass
  • Mixing greens
  • The green problem
  • Hookers Green

• Mud

  • The Difference between "Mud" and Brown
  • Avoiding "Mud" in Water Colors
  • Painting dirt..

Color Temperature: Cool vs. warm.

• Color/Temperature Dominance
• Cool vs Warm: Flawed metaphor
• Cool vs Warm: Flawed metaphor