5 Essential Colors Every Beginner Painter Needs

[@LeftBrainedArtist]

Those are where I started too. Thanks Chris!

[@powermom74]

That’s really great information. Thanks for making this video

[@AmpersandArt]

Helpful lesson!

[@christinegalysh7433]

Appreciate your videos. Thank you and all thje best.

[@rainerburmeister5758]

Thanks for this video !

[@SabineLeppanen_Art]

NOW I know why I couldn’t mix the orange I wanted!😮

[@SomethingImpromptu]

Good job dodging all the landmines of yellows in student lines which (even if they SAY they’re ASTM I on the tube) test as having very unreliable lightfastness, as indicated on databases like Handprint or ArtistPigments. In a store like Michael’s, at least around here, for some reason they don’t carry the Transparent Yellow- virtually every yellow option they carry across all of the affordable student lines, whatever hue name they give them, are either PY3, PY74, or PY83, or some combination thereof… Which are all quite unreliable pigments I recommend people avoid (PY1 or PY1:1, as found in some acrylic ink versions of India Yellow & other colors, is also avoidance-worthy). So it’s an indicator that you know what you’re talking about that you avoided all of these bad options & recommended basically the only good ones that are commonly available (Hansa Yellow Light is ASTM II, & Cad Yellows are expensive, so if you’re willing to pay Cadmium prices then that opens up a lot of better options, but Transparent Yellow & Hansa Yellow Light are certainly better options than most of those, as long as one avoids Cad hues that are actually PY 74 or 83 or whatever). Anyway, if someone can afford to then it might be worth just finishing the split primary palette with a warm yellow for maximum mixing range, if you’re going ahead & getting a warm & cool red & blue. But you can certainly get by as a beginner without it, & these are good, lightfast colors.

[@ChrisBreier]

Thanks for the feedback. If you're looking for a lightfast yellow that's also affordable then I'd recommend ordering a tube of Transparent Yellow online. There are links to Amazon and Blick in the description and they both carry it. I think even Michaels has it available as an online order. Another thing about some yellow pigments-the lightfastness varies based upon how you apply it. For example, Hansa Yellow might have an acceptable lightfastness when applied in a thicker manner, but thin glazes are don't hold up as well. I don't consider this a split primary system. When I first introduced the colors, I mentioned that many colors can be mixed from just three colors. I add in the other colors for their opacity or just for the sake of convenience. I mention this in my color theory in 5 minutes video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2LZlIJ_od-GZ7Msi=o8aV4NeMgCDmx68T