How To Mix Specific Paint Colours (So You Don't Have To Buy Them!)

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Paint colour suggestions to have in your palette:
Winsor & Newton professional watercolours: CANADA - amzn.to/2X2P6OR USA - amzn.to/3gnUu6B
Cadmium yellow
Winsor red
Permanent rose
Winsor violet (dioxazine)
Sap green
Hooker’s green
Winsor blue
How to mix:
Yellow ochre: cadmium yellow + Winsor violet + Winsor red
Perylene maroon: cadmium red + Winsor violet + hookers green
Perylene violet: Winsor violet + cadmium red + hookers green or cadmium yellow
Olive green: sap green + burnt umber (or cadmium orange or a small bit or cadmium red)
Indigo: Winsor blue + Winsor red
Mauve: Winsor violet + permanent rose
Perylene green: Winsor violet + hooker’s green + Winsor blue
Burnt umber: Winsor red + hookers green + cadmium yellow
Brown madder: cadmium yellow + Winsor red + hookers green + permanent rose
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@dianeantonestudiolive 2 жыл бұрын

Since Yellow Ochre is one of the cheapest pigments out there, being a totally natural and harmless earth color found in the ground, it seems fatuous to mix something looking a bit like it from Cadmium Yellow, which is a heavy metal color (potentially toxic) and which costs a lot more than Yellow Ochre.

@PeachesandMoss 3 ай бұрын

I make it from Hansa Yellow Medium. I avoid cadmiums as well.

@maremacd 2 ай бұрын

I think she recommends cadmium yellow hue, which, correct me if I’m wrong, doesn’t contain cadmium.

@helenfindlay7028 2 ай бұрын

Yellow ochre is also granulating in a lot of brands so mix in it yourself mean you can keep it non granulating

@jolovesnailart 13 күн бұрын

I am just a beginner but I love color mixing and experiencing with it. I love the colors you have mixed in this video, such beautiful colors 😍 Thank you so much 🙏

@shaaronhole3111 2 ай бұрын

This is so helpful, appreciate this very much. Please do more colour mixes.

@GrandmaMuggy 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Emma. I love these mixing videos! It is so valuable and I learn so much. I’d love to see more!

@finnegan517 2 жыл бұрын

Love your mixing videos. It reminds me to vary my color palettes and even vary the tones of my favorite colors.

@kimfilek9717 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect video !! I would definitely love more of the coloring mixing/matching videos. You're awesome Emma !!!

@klea6133 2 жыл бұрын

Great! Very helpful to watch you play around and mix colors! It is fun to experiment and see all the colors you can mix.

@deborahcorreale352 2 жыл бұрын

Great mixing video. I liked watching your whole process on how to got to the end color - Thank you

@mvachon6201 Жыл бұрын

Hi, As a French speaker, I totally agree with your pronunciation of mauve ;)

@shaziausmani1752 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great video for all level learner especially early basic learners. You made it so easy and your mixing technique seemed created now and then. It gave me so much creativity and I started creating other variations and tones and got totally lost in the process. Love your work already but I think this made me moved and involved in exploration more deeply. Thanks and keep making such videos more often

@monica-NJ-123 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Emma , I also love the mixing videos and would look forward to more of them 😊

@chickeyd9579 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!!!!! That was the best color mixing information I have gotten in years of searching for help! Excellent video Emma. The way you talked through it and showed your pallet was incredibly helpful. You just can't convey this with only a chart. I would definitely like to see more.

@travelinglovebugs7 2 жыл бұрын

I have trouble mixing to make a gray sage green for eucalyptus color

@barbaralefort8097 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I took Art all through high school but we never covered how to mix colours! Now I know. Thank you so much! Please make more about mixing colours as it really is so interesting.

@gemmahumphris4015 2 жыл бұрын

It was really cool to see your process and how you can just add a little bit of a colour and it really changes it!

@dianaromig732 10 ай бұрын

Very excellent demo on mixing 🎉. I need to play more with mixing. There are so many colors that I’ve yet to discover. Mixing your own makes your painting so much more personal. Great video as always ❤

@kerry5586 2 жыл бұрын

A very useful video. Thank you! I would be interested in how to make quinacridone gold. And neutral tint also please. Thank you!

@deborahrodney6562 Жыл бұрын

What a great lesson, very helpful. I would love to see more color mixing for sure. I would really like to see your full color palette, what colors it includes and why. What colors mix with each other and how you use them. Thank you so much

@meh4168 2 жыл бұрын

I love this palette!!! I'll be more adventurous thanks to your guidance. Please do more Emma.

@darcygraceswatercolorstudi4220 2 жыл бұрын

Dang girl, you got those colors spot on! Super cool! Thanks for this! Am hoping to see the June florals soon! Hope you and ur family are doing well, Emma!

@sherylgardner6413 2 жыл бұрын

Love this, I’ve probably bought too many paints because like you, I LOVE THEM SO! I am going to try some of these out. Love your videos and have learned so much. You are a wonderful teach. Thank you!

@firechick561 2 жыл бұрын

This is so exciting!!! I've been intriqued by color theory & mixing colors and the one color I could find NO direction on creating was Perylene violet . Another artist used it frequently for underpainting & to add interest in her paintings. Expensive to buy...& I had no clue. THANK YOU Emma !!! You made my day!!!

@PeachesandMoss 3 ай бұрын

I came here for perylene violet as well. It won’t fit in my pallet but I keep seeing my fave artist using it.

@eileencollins3126 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video. Yes, please do more color mixing! The subtleties of adjusting are very interesting to me.

@sinsitysinderella790 2 жыл бұрын

Me too, it's fascinating!

@Kateseyes 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! I’m going to try and mix some of these myself now that you have put this together for us. Thanks again!!

@suegibson113 2 жыл бұрын

When I started only had limited pallet so wish I had seen this then. Thanks Emma. By the way my eldest daughter is 41 next week and although grown up they still want you😊. I have followed so many of your videos and my art improving all the time. Painted the turtle and cat the other day, never drawn or painted animals before and my family love them. Thank you once again for ll the encouragement. Good luck with your family, make the most of them while they are young time flies and they will soon be grown up. X

@kathleenmcrobbie6810 Жыл бұрын

Love this type of videos, very helpful, thanks for putting the info on screen. 😊

@nvae7252 2 жыл бұрын

You make me fall in love with watercolors again. And I haven’t touched my art supplies in over a year 🥺🥺

@thatswhatshesaid.literally737 9 ай бұрын

Awesome!! I love finding fun new color mixes. I recently learned that if I add a small amount of neutral tint (I use W&N Pro brand for that specific color) to red or green or violet, it makes the lovely moody perylene shades you have here. Kind of a quick shortcut. 😊

@carolehaferling5563 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the color mixing video. Thank you. Would love to see more.

@albarodriguezcollantes5615 Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much. This is an awesome video for a beginner like me. Easy, to the point, full of information, exactly what I needed and wanted. And I think it is useful for anyone that loves color and this medium. Thank you again 💐💐💐👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@raewynduffy4183 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed and learned a lot .what a wonderful session.thanks for following up with notations as well Bless you

@karensneed5700 4 ай бұрын

I love your color mixing videos Emma. You are amazing.

@jantaylor4282 7 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this video on mixing paint colors. Thanks so much for posting.

@gopipavi9653 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video... I'm in love with the greens created from neutral tint and quinacridone gold.... I'd love to know if ultramarine blue, ultramarine rose colours can be created by mixing...also, can you do a video on colour families...like what traits of the colour lend to their names such as the cadmium family, quinacridone family, madders, ultramarines, perylenes, etc... as always, I have enjoyed this video too...my best wishes to your lovebugs ❤️

@Stylvestre Жыл бұрын

The names are mostly due to its chemical composition, mineral origins or even botanical like madder red comes from the root of the madder plant which is a lightfast red dye. You should check color wheel videos and other resources to better understand the color temperatures and how it influences color mixing, like warm red and warm yellow will make a vibrant orange etc.

@CapitalJforJen 4 ай бұрын

Haha... I've been mixing my own perelyne green without even knowing what it was called. Super! This was a fun video, and I loved seeing your thought process into what to mix.

@forpaws3328 2 жыл бұрын

Love color mixing , would love to do more

@amandastratton8242 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Emma, very informative Hope your little one is much better now xxx

@susanreinersuedahl Жыл бұрын

Thanks Emma. Love these types of videos.

@gwensimmons_gigi1629 2 жыл бұрын

This was informative… a color theory vid!!! TFS Emma! 🙏🏾👍🏾😃

@Emma-ww8zj 2 жыл бұрын

I really liked this video Excellent lesson to learn to mix colors. I’d love to get more videos on this subject :) thanks!

@elivaldez8035 2 жыл бұрын

Wow excellent 👌 I'm waiting for this one tutorial and refresh what I knowledge

@cherylbrewer1218 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Emma. Love this, it's so helpful. 😊

@majeddraws5104 2 жыл бұрын

i'm not into florals... but i subscribed to ur channel just for your mixing colors videos! :) so, please keep them coming!

@carolbarnard8906 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Would love to see one for cool and warm greys

@muireannin09 4 ай бұрын

So freaking HELPFUL! Thank you Emma! 🙏🎨👩‍🎨

@valasafantastic1055 Жыл бұрын

This is useful info really even with a big collection of paints! After all learning mixes and using limited pallets for a particular artwork is still incredibly useful! I will say saving time from having convince mixes/paints is great and pigment properties are not copied by mixing. Such as granulation, separation, opacity, ouch, etc. cobalt teal blue (pg 50)has properties mixing a similar teal won’t replicate. And nickel Azo yellow ( PY 150) has a vibrancy and pushes other pigments in a way you can’t ‘mix’. If that makes sense! Mixing can be fin and important but it also can waste time and not be ‘worth it’ for some people. Note you can also premix convince colours in empty wells/pans! Premixing so it’s already in your pallet. Not each time you need it!

@KathleenBrown-is6yo Жыл бұрын

Wow… Thank You!! I needed this so much!!

@beckymeldrum7022 2 жыл бұрын

Love this tutorial! Thank you!

@writingraven3314 2 жыл бұрын

I love the color mixing videos. I'd love to see mixed: payne's gray, quin gold, rose of ultramarine, burnt orange or burnt seinna. Great video.

@bluejenny26 2 жыл бұрын

Rose of ultramarine is a Daniel Smith color. It’s equal parts Quin Rose & Ultramarine Blue

@writingraven3314 2 жыл бұрын

@@bluejenny26 Yes, it is Daniel Smith, however, the color is very similiar to W&N's Purple Lake. I have both colors and the two are almost exactly alike. Thanks for the info.

@elizabethcarlone1364 2 жыл бұрын

This video is so helpful. Thanks so much.

@debbabcock7803 2 жыл бұрын

I’d like a color tutorial for certain leaves or flowers or certain items . Like “use this fo 1. Eucalyptus leaves 2. Daisy leaves 3. Peony flowers 4. Blue jeans 5. Red barn color 6. The best sky color

@lainareeves3755 2 жыл бұрын

This is great Emma! Love to watch and learn color mixing. Please share more! 😊 Is there a way to mix Emerald Green?

@lorrihonstein7251 2 жыл бұрын

That was awesome. I have a set of mission gold paints and I don’t like their version of indigo but now I can make one from their paints Instead of using a different brand

@shirleywolf6739 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the information!

@StarryDreamer28 2 жыл бұрын

I've also noticed it depends what sets you have. like some "burnts" I have are closer to sienna or umber depending on tones/shades

@sandrapudoff 10 ай бұрын

Loved this video! More please.

@marjoriejohnson6535 Жыл бұрын

I could use more mixing videos from you. Many run around bushes and i appreciate your straight to the chase explainations. I have watched dozens in the past couple days. So i have comparisons ....thank you.

@tiffanyhoffman3420 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video thank you!

@phadareapbrumbalow5918 2 ай бұрын

Super helpful!

@Scottlp2 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for video. The reason I have Perylene green (which I think is actually a black pigment) is to darken other greens.

@tracyebrandt3235 2 жыл бұрын

Me too - I love how adding Perylene Green to other versions of greens creates lovely, cohesive variations for bouquets!

@melanieopperman6688 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, thank you Emma

@diannaa5631 2 жыл бұрын

Yes.id love to see more

@morrisonwatercolors 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video, very well done!

@kathryncurry2662 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video. I have Perylene green, maroon and violet in my Amazon wish list right now, but now I can make them myself! Any substitutions for Windsor Blue, I don’t have that one. Thank you. I’d love to see more mixing videos like this one.

@bluejenny26 2 жыл бұрын

Windsor Blue is a base color, so it’s hard to mix it. It’s a good blue to use to mix many other colors. It’s also a blue that is good for a CMY color wheel. Also known as Phthalo Blue in other brands.

@diannaa5631 2 жыл бұрын

Yes more mixes please

@lisamccort6777 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see more color mixing videos

@Maya.6868 Жыл бұрын

Hi ! my first language is French, the way you pronounce "mauve" is correct ! It's the same sound as "oh" when you say : oh my god !

@leneprior9392 9 ай бұрын

Love this !

@tamaralemosebersohn3765 2 жыл бұрын

This is great! What is your suggestion for mixing Paynes Grey?

@luciatala2704 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou!. Excelente is really useful!

@juliekraut7218 2 жыл бұрын

Sooo helpful. Thanks

@marlenedanis999 2 жыл бұрын

I love your video ❤️ Thank you so much ! By the way "mauve" you say it very well 😉

@paulabeaulieu52 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Thank you! 😊

@maud2rolland348 2 жыл бұрын

Very useful and intresting thank you

@suemauer5965 2 жыл бұрын

Five minutes in and I LOVE THIS! I've wanted this kind of instruction for ages! Don't suppose you can tell us how to mix Hooker's Green...?

@adriennea1348 8 ай бұрын

I would love to see more of these. My watercolour books tell me to use ochre, red ochre, (I've got yellow ochre in my pallete but no clue how to get the other 2). Another book asks for Cyan, Azure (isn't that just teal?) crimson/scarlet/vermilion /carmine (I know they're all reds but how to get each is a mystery)...

@teresasawicka5861 6 ай бұрын

Just found this thank you can you do mixing earthing tones one on neutral colours What is neutral tint pant and what is it used for please thank you. Stay well stay well hope winter is not not to bad🐨💐🌈

@nursen2106 2 жыл бұрын

when you use WN paints the colours windsor blue and red it would be nice for the beginners, who use other brands to mention the traditional names. e.g. phtalo blue or prussion blue etc.

@lindacarstens2674 2 жыл бұрын

Really liked this video.

@madamebutterfly6470 27 күн бұрын

Thank you for this! Can we make /mix our own Coral, Lavender, ??

@georgiachilton3424 Жыл бұрын

very helpful!!!!k. how is the best way to make those other color charets that have the same colors above and down the side? I think ite is in your excellent booik. I am afraid to do it? any tips

@karenmcgrath1694 2 жыл бұрын

Which Windsor red do you prefer... there are 3 to select from. Windsor red deep, windsor red blue shade and windsor red green shade. Thanks! Love your videos! Which is the paper that you recommend that works like Arches but is less costly. I have been getting frustrated with watermarks when adding dimension in flowers. Thank you so much! You are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@dacwebb 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@magdalenadej1468 2 жыл бұрын

That was cool

@1fredricka Жыл бұрын

nice info thank you

@mariannekeller7504 2 жыл бұрын

Love this! Would you please give us a list of basic colors that we should buy to mix the others, please? Thank you so much!!

@EmmaLefebvre 2 жыл бұрын

It’s in the description:)

@karenmcgrath1694 2 жыл бұрын

I would be interested in how to mix paint for skin color.... thanks!

@janhettenhouser9980 2 жыл бұрын

I love color mixing, although it sure does need practice! Is the Winsor Blue that you're using- Winsor Blue Red Shade? Thanks 😊

@sherryscoloringandpaintingcorn 2 жыл бұрын

i dont have too much windsor paints what would be a good sub? i have some schip farb, rubans, and some art philosophy

@MissSweet03 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Kisses from Brasil 🎨🇧🇷

@untangledwebb Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@katieakr Жыл бұрын

To make indigo, did you use Windsor blue red shade or Windsor blue green?

@jenneke9763 2 жыл бұрын

Hooker’s green varies in hue so much from brand to brand…and some look very close to Sap Green. Do you use the W&N version in your recommended palette list?

@pamelad4116 10 күн бұрын

I didn’t n’ t have that violet . What is a substitute?

@pamelad4116 10 күн бұрын

Is there a way to mix manganese violet?

@StarryDreamer28 2 жыл бұрын

my problem is I don't have purple or alot of the "muted" colors to mix. I have red, yellow, green, blue, and sienna. basically rainbow without pink or purple

@camillaablom Жыл бұрын

What brand of Hookers green? 😊

@LoriF25403 2 жыл бұрын

I love the mixing videos, but most need WN colors. I gave away all of my WN colors. What would WN Red or Blue be closer to using a non brand name

@kstutz230 2 жыл бұрын

Any mix for buff titanium? I have been unsuccessful.

@tracyebrandt3235 2 жыл бұрын

Try mixing yellow ochre + white gouache + a tad of perm rose- it comes close. Full disclosure, I did just purchase Buff Titanium last week and love it😉

@muireannin09 4 ай бұрын

What’s the best color mix for a Caucasian skin tone?