Comments on: You Asked – Recipes for Mixing Acrylic Paints?

By: Deanna Pozesny

Deanna Pozesny — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:17:41 +0000

Hello Pierre,
I have several books on color, but the one that I depend on because it is simple, small and handy, when I don’t feel like plowing through chapters of involved explanations, is called,
“Mix Your Own Acrylics” by Jill Mirza and Nick Harris, from the
Walter Foster Artist’s Library Series.
This little book devotes several pages to color theory, then
gets down to business demonstrating each primary and secondary
color and illustrates what you create by mixing with parts of other colors. The book is only $8.95 and I probably picked it up at Michael’s Arts & Craft store, or through North Light Book Club.
Or you may want to check “www.walterfoster.com”.
Happy painting!
Deanna

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:23:44 +0000

HI,
I’m a beginner and I have done as Yvonne suggested – but for a quick reference when painting I also refer to Walter Foster’s book “Color Mixing Recipes”. It gives me a quick start towards a color. I also ran across an artist’s blog for mixing greens and as she paints mostly landscapes she likes to start with Yellow and a touch of Black and then those greens can go many directions by adding white, ultramarine blue, yellow, etc out to infinity, but they are very good greens for painting foliage.
Elizabeth

By: Raph Legros

Raph Legros — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:01:15 +0000

Hi Pierre!
you can get some good information from E E .com under color mixing. Also just type Ralph Legros in google and have a look at my blog named Impressionism. See if you like the colors there . If you do, just email and I will give you more information. Happy painting.
Ralph

By: Connie McCullough

Connie McCullough — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:33:17 +0000

Color Mixing Recipes is a good basic acrylic color mixing book. It can be found at ASW (Art Supply Warehouse) online listed under Artist Acessories. ASW catalog# 290575 The price is $7.99
It has squares of paint color with the amount of the colors needed to mix the color shown. When you have a vision of the color “green” you want but do not know which blue and yellow to mix to make that color it can be frustrating. This book will teach you see the colors that go into the colors you see.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:41:52 +0000

Hello If you want more variety for greens try adding some ultra marine blue to it. and also you can add ultra marine blue to the black . Most people do not like to use plain black . If you use ultra marine blue and a deep purple instead of black it makes a nice contrast . as for a red… try adding a purple to it. or some blues. don’t be affraid to try different colors for things. experiment.
Have fun
Nancy