ABOUT COLORS

Digital painting studies on mixing and blending  colors.

These studies are based on the lessons derived from the book "Así se pinta al óleo" from the great spanish teacher Josep Parramón. These digital studies are being conducted with the program ArtRage3. The study is based on a limited 3 colors palette:


Prussian Blue,

Cadmium Yellow Medium,

Carmine,

and White.


 

With these colors it is possible to get about 80 different colors. This is a great exercise to learn the names of the colors and the resulting mixing and blending that can be achieved digitally.

COLOR STUDIES (pdf format 521KB)

 

 Color Studies 1 to 8 (Click on images to enlarge)

 1. Lemon yellow = (white + yellow)

2. Yellow cadmium médium

3. Light Orange = (yellow + carmine)

4. Dark Orange = (yellow ++ carmine)

5. Vermilion = (Dark Orange + carmine)

6. Carmine

7. Dark Carmine – Carmine de garanza

 8. Darker Carmine = (Carmine de garanza + Blue)


 Color Studies 9 to 16 

9. Light flesh color = (white + yellow + carmine)

10. Luminous flesh color = (++ yellow ++ carmine)

11. Rose flesh color = (+++ yellow +++ carmine)

12. Yellow ochre = (white + carmine + yellow [+ blue])

13. Red ochre = (yellow ochre ++ carmine)

14. Sienna Light  = (white + yellow + carmine + + blue

15. English Red  = (siena light ++ carmine [- white])

16. Sienna natural  = (English red ++ blue ++ yellow)

 

Color Studies 17 to 24

 17. Yellow ochre light = Yellow Lemon (white + yellow) + Blue + Carmine

18. Yellow ochre = same colors (++ Yellow ++ Carmine ++ Blue

19. Yellow ochre dark = (17 and 18) (+++ Yellow +++ Carmine +++ Blue)

20. Sienna = (19) (++++ Carmine)

21. Flesh gray tones = White + Carmine (= Light Rose) + Yellow + Blue

22. Grayish Rose = (21) + Carmine

23. Light Violet = (22) + Carmine

24 . Medium Violet = (23) ++ Carmine

In some colors shading and tinting, trying to get the right tone

 

Color Studies 25 to 32

25. Light green = White + Yellow; Blue + Carmine

26. Light khaki = (25) + Yellow

27. Sap Green Light = (26) + Yellow + Blue + Carmine

28. Sap Green Medium = (27) ++ Yellow ++ Blue ++ Carmine

29. Light Blue Violet = White + Blue + Carmine

30, 31 and 32. Blues with a tendency to purple (more Blue, more Carmine)