Color Mixing Tutorial: True Primaries

[@Lukisandijlrayaandongubud]

Wow!!! Yesterday I was frustrated by mixing cadmium red and cadmium blue (also tried with phthalo blue and ultramarine blue) to make violet. It turned out dull violet and I was so disappointed and gave up not knowing the reason. Now i got the solution from you and will try again! Big big big thanks to you. You are amazing teacher!!! 👍🌷❤️

[@stevenshackelford1937]

This video with your 'Demonstration' should be included with every beginner oil painting kit.! TY sooo very much!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Wow, thank you for that nice comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@bobelaite]

I wish my art college told me this! So many years later I discover this video... Thank you!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching :)

[@jimbarnett117]

I keep coming back to your videos, Jason, because they are so instructive. Plus the fact that you are a terrific artist. Thanks for all you have done and are doing.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Glad you like them! Thanks so much for the nice comment and for watching :)

[@GreatHarlequin]

Thanks so much for clearing up the 3 CMYK primaries needed to mix. I was SO frustrated mixing the 3 colours on the left and always getting different types of mud. Off to the paint store to get those 3 colours.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Glad the video helped you! Thanks for watching and for commenting. :)

[@gavinreid5387]

Both systems have advantages and disadvantages.

[@rosaravelo3709]

I do not know what to do with out your tutorials Master Jason, I really really rally appreciate your wonderful tutorials, I could not believe how easy the violet color was created, thank you thank you, God bless you and keep the tutorials coming

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching and for the nice comment! :)

[@dshepherd107]

These color theory & color mixing tutorials if yours are truly the best! Ty for explaining in such an easy way to understand😊

[@walcottfineart5088]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching :)

[@lauragee2604]

Oh my goodness Jason, what a revelation, thank you so much! Love your wonderful paintings, very inspiring, thanks for giving your knowledge to us! Nicely produced too.

[@walcottfineart5088]

+Laura Gee I'm so glad this helped you Laura! Thanks for the compliments. :)

[@utatu3j]

one of the best videos I have watched about color mixing. No one had every said to start with magenta, lemon yellow and teal. Thanks,!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! I'm so pleased that you found this video useful. :)

[@lydkoch9209]

I spent 5 hours trying to create aqua. I kept getting mint!! I have been painting 5 years. So glad I found this video. CMYK is my go to from now on!!!!!!!!!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks so much for the nice comment! I'm glad you found my video helpful. :)

[@Caborrrl]

Isn't it Walcott's purple the most fabulous purple you've ever seen? Thank you for this fantastic videos!!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you liked the purple ;)

[@incredibleniharika]

Sir you make maxing color so much fun. I could never have imagined that I could make red by mixing different colors. I really really enjoy watching your tutorials. Thank you for sharing😊

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching and for the nice comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful. :)

[@kayden7911]

Brilliant demonstration! Thank you so much. I'm just starting in oils, and I tried mixing paints with the true primaries, and the results were slightly disappointing. These colors you suggested are so much brighter. Going to go buy some new tubes now!

[@walcottfineart5088]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching :)

[@julissimo1]

Thank you, Jason. This is a very clear presentation of why we get muddy colors with those primaries.

[@walcottfineart5088]

So glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching :)

[@steadypaddling]

Simple, very clear and helpful demo Jason, well done.

[@walcottfineart5088]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :)

[@stefand.430]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!!!! This is the first video with real explanation and clarity.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :)

[@stefand.430]

@@walcottfineart5088 thank you, and keep going 🙂

[@steenystuff1075]

Yes! I had major problems trying to achieve purples. I tried cerulean blue and deep magenta (cos they're as near to yours as I've got) and they make wonderful shades of purple! Thank you! Yours is a great channel! I really need to understand these colour combinations.

[@walcottfineart5088]

I'm so glad you found the video useful! Thanks for watching :)

[@luke38luke]

I just love the way you teach and wish you were my neighbour , ive just started getting back into my art after chasing other things in my life but you really help me in my path to being a better artist . thank you so much

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks so much for the nice comment and for watching! I'm glad my videos have been helpful to you :)

[@justdefacts]

I think you have just saved me a lot of money. I'm about to switch brands and seeing your video got me trying mixing colours I would have bought. Now I don't need to. I will be buying just the three plus Burnt Umber and Titanium White. Thank you.

[@walcottfineart5088]

I'm glad the video helped you! I would say be careful not to limit yourself too much. As an actual working palette I would recommend the split primary palette. It's a little more versatile but still uncomplicated. Thanks for watching!

[@sunshinejenny777]

OH MY GOSH!!! I just ordered 8 colors that I diid NOT need! Those are BEAUTIFUL COLORS!!!

[@waltdimmock9777]

That was the best explanation for the use of a primary red and what the true primaries I should have been using.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching. :)

[@joserivera-qb4zv]

Omg This Helped me So Much” this is honestly a advanced step up. At least for me because I’ve recently been amply more “color” in to my works Thank you❤

[@SkyBlue-ls8ss]

I actually learn this myself by looking at our printers ink cointainer. It has 4 containers (magenta,cyan,yellow & black)

[@walcottfineart5088]

Yes! Color printing works on the same pricnciple. Thanks for watching! :)

[@karenduffy1842]

Really clearly explained! I sort of knew already, but wanted to see your way of explaining! The problem with the cobalt teal, though is the different makes of paint! I have cobalt teal by Michael Harding and it's a much stronger turquoise than Gamblin. I wonder if it's better to refer to it as Cyan blue? I now need to order Gamblin cobalt teal! Also my magenta which is by blocx is much more of purple, so I find I have some problems with that too!!! Lots of experimenting to do, I think! Thank you Karen

[@MonicaJamesFineArt]

So helpful...I wish someone had taught me this loooonnnngggg ago. Thank you Jason.

[@annehenderson9207]

Thank-you so much for this video. I was so frustrated with my traditional primary colours making unsatisfactory secondaries, especially a really dull violet. as you showed. Now I know it wasn't my fault. I plan to purchase the three you recommend.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for the nice comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful. :)

[@monikamastalerek567]

Omg - I found you today. Your videos are amazing. You are soooo knowledgeable and explain everything in such a clear way! Thank you! Please keep posting videos. I am learning how to paint animals; I started painting last year so I’m not that good but any animal tutorials would be greatly appreciated! Thank you

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thank you so much for the nice comment! I'm glad you've been enjoying my videos :)

[@tenminas]

Are you still creating videos? You are very good, and I have learned a lot from you. Thank you.

[@SamiaKaram]

Thank a million Mr. Walcott for your effort teach us how to mix colors

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for the nice comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@chuckmixon2175]

Love your instructions makes a lot of sense and clears up misconceptions for me. 😎😎

[@walcottfineart5088]

Great to hear! Thanks for watching :)

[@africo9104]

You are the best teacher ever, thanks.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Wow, thanks for the nice comment and for watching! :)

[@clydejohn5642]

Great lesson on "warm" and "cool" colors. I watched another Artist give a lesson on which colors to buy and Brand. Windsor-newtown has it's most popular Student Grade. Caiming that they make Muddy Colors. This is true of every paint, because some colors like Phthalo Blue leans to the "Green" side of the "Color Wheel" While French Ultra Marin Blue leans toward the red side of the Color Wheel...

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! Sometimes the fillers they use in student grade paints can cause the color mixes to be less bright than a higher grade paint. But yes, you are definitely right that "muddiness" is typically a temperature problem.

[@DMNKLR_official]

Thanks for the great info, it's not often anyone shares such knowledge with others. It gets so tiring, telling others of this, because so many have been misinformed and refuse to believe you, even in their repeated frustration in attempting to get a correct result with incorrect materials.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for the nice comment and for watching! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. :)

[@DMNKLR_official]

@@walcottfineart5088 You're welcome, and thank you as well.

[@Mad.Chemist]

Good video! Thank you. It reminds me of an experiment I was demonstrating to my undergraduates (colour wheel, how and why we perceive colours etc) 🙂

[@lalaithan]

Interesting, I've been using cerulean blue chromium for my "cyan". I wonder how different cobalt teal would make things.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for the comment! Cerulean Blue Chromium is pretty close to a true cyan as well. My guess is that your mixtures with the teal would be very similar. :)

[@kommi1974]

just stumbled on your videos. great work. I love your style of teaching. Very good information.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for the nice comment! I'm so glad you found the video helpful. :)

[@Lyttleton25]

You really know your stuff! You did a wonderful job explaining the CYMK colors!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks so much for the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. :)

[@gadavis500]

Excellent video. I've been trying to make this point in my classes from the beginning and many students (especially fine art majors) will not accept the facts that you have presented so well. I also like to point out that the Isaac Newton color wheel is a little less useful than a more digitally correct wheel which places red, green and blue as secondary colors.... so the wheel works both for subtractive and additive color theory. This also makes the mixing of complimentary colors result in a more neutral gray.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks so much for the nice comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@TheMagician86]

Wow! I had no idea! Thank,you so much. I have a matching blue and an alazaein Crimson, which will,have to do in place of the magenta, but I should be able to get such a better purple now. I was painting this past week and couldn't figure out why my purples were so dull no matter what I seemingly did to them

[@CheckYa]

To mix a clean purple you have to chose a red that carry a strong color bias of blue and doesn't carry any yellow. Yellow compliments purple and when they mix they desaturate each other

[@psycox8758]

1000 likes! I’m slightly colour blind and as a beginner painter I’m always on the lookout for ways to better understand colour theory. This is a revelation :)

[@walcottfineart5088]

Awesome! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. :)

[@sagreroart1090]

Man, this is pretty old but when I watch videos explaining this, I just keep finding people telling how amazing violets you get with tourquoise and magenta but they always skip the part (on purpose, I assume) telling you just won't get the amazing oranges you get by mixing the cad red and the cad yellow, nor the deep vibrant leaves greens of the cobalt blue/cad yellow. For those mesmerized with the "printer theory", just ask yourself: why high end printers are using 6 colors instead of 3? In fact, you'll get even more vibrant violets and purples by mixing magenta and cobalt blue, instead of tourquoise; that has to do with their temperature, not wether they are primaries or not.

[@dimitrispapadimitriou5622]

Yup, you're right! It was always obvious that one needs - at least( ignoring for the moment tinting strength or opaqueness)- six colours as " primaries".

[@jpexoticpets146]

Thank you for all your helpful videos. I would be lost without your demonstrations. I have some oil painting books, but they are difficult to understand.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks so much for the nice comment! I'm glad you have found my videos helpful. :)

[@muanar]

Thanks for that clarification. Funnily, as a newbie I got those three primaries on the left and yes got so frustrated that I was not getting the secondary colors I was expecting.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching :)

[@marcjeffers4229]

After 30 years of painting in oil I never knew this but seeing is believing...Thanks:)

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you found this useful.

[@chriswhitehouse8982]

Man, you are such a good teacher! I really appreciate it.

[@walcottfineart5088]

I appreciate that! Thanks for the nice comment and for watching :)

[@colourwheel5703]

I’ve been working on a colour mixing journal. I will add these as well. Thank you for this information. 🇨🇦👍

[@walcottfineart5088]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching :)

[@claclabp]

Yes thank you!!! Never could understand artists using blue and red instead of magenta and cyan! I learned the rgb and cymk difference in middle school. Unbelievable that artists that went to art school actually use the rgb for pigment! Great video

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for the comment! I also think it depends on how and where you learned. It does seem to be something that a lot of people aren't aware of.

[@richardbond258]

I believe that it is kinda of misleading though. You are still using the traditional colorwheel it is just a little slanted. I disagree with teaching that there is a major difference. Magenta is still on the red side and cyan is still on the blue. The cmy wheel came about because of computer printing. I believe when it comes to pigments and color mixing, it will always depend on your artistic objective. I tend to not to use any of those pigments shown above except for the Cadmium yellow and occasions Magenta. It just depends on your objective.

[@claclabp]

@RichardBond There is a major difference! He demonstrate this in this very video, if you don't think those violets are that different then you should get an eye exam! And its not because of printing, its because of pigment!

[@richiejourney1840]

Clarice Perillo Technically and Theoretically all Hue’s on the the wheel is “primary” and has been proven time and time again. You yourself admitted this in a way when you said, “those violets” in reference to his mixes. R + B DOES make a V as does the Teal and the “Magenta” that he used. You are correct that this comes about because of the pigments used but there is so much more to it. CYM “primary” set is just as valid as RYB “primary” set or any other “Triadic Primary” set. The thing is the Value/Chroma relationships, pigment properties, and the distance or nearness of the “mixing primaries” to the target mixed Hue and whether or not they are “true” direct complimentary pigments. Richard Bond is correct though. The “CYM” thing has been known by artists and scientists for centuries but it did not become a real big deal until modern times and the advance in man made pigments. He is also correct when he talks about “primaries” being chosen by individual artists will alway’s depend upon their artistic objectives. The world better relates to the RYB teaching system because the world will generally lump all colors in 4 major universal hue families RYBG. It is also well known among us that even the printing industry knows all of this and know and use even more “primaries” than just CYMBk. It is also, widely known among us that the pigments most often chosen for C & M lay much closer to R then to M and C is just another B with a green bias. Go and look them up on a CIE Lab chart. At least Mr. Walcott used the pigment that is closest to “optimal” C in his demonstration.

[@lunadargent5292]

😮wow very eye opening and answers a lot of my mud mixing issues

[@walcottfineart5088]

I'm glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching! :)

[@parkavenue6970]

Excellent tutorial...actually worth watching!

[@walcottfineart5088]

I"m so glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@apostalote]

My palette consists of cadmium yellow, hansa yellow, quinacrodine magenta, ultramarine and burnt sienna (oh and cadmium orange). Too often people ask me where my ‘red’ is because magenta is more of a purple too then and they are accustomed to cadmium red, but if you add just a little bit of yellow or orange to it all of a sudden becomes a true red! Just like you showed.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Very true! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :) Thanks for watching!

[@olrepas8241]

Hi Jason, I just discovered your videos and I'm a definite fan! They are so helpful and full of great advice, thanks for sharing your expertise and experience with the rest of us

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks so much for watching and for the nice comment! I'm glad you have been enjoying the videos. :)

[@ezeeart434]

This is such an interesting video about the true primary colours in oil paints being, Cobalt Teal, Cadmium Lemon and Quinacridone Magenta. Could you please tell us the relevant pigment numbers? On a different note, I came across other info saying that the true primary colours in oil paints are: Cerulean Blue (PB15.4, PW6), Primary Yellow (PY74) and Primary Red (PV19). Appreciate your thoughts on the subject.

[@walcottfineart5088]

The pigments I used here are Quinacridone Magenta: PR122, Cobalt Teal: PB28 and Cadmium Lemon: PY37. Those three alternate colors you mentioned would also work pretty well. It's less about the specific pigments in this case and more about the "true" primaries being magenta, cyan and lemon yellow. As opposed to the more traditional red yellow blue. Thanks for watching! :)

[@kirsten5723]

You'll notice that on some color printer cartridges, the primaries shown in the package are the Teal, Magenta and Yellow. Makes sense now.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Yes, it's based on the four-color offset CMYK printing process. :) Thanks for watching!

[@vexguine]

Hi! great video! Could you provide the international notation of pigments used? Because the factory name used may not be availabe with brands in my country. I'm sure I found that bright blue before, but not as cobalt teal... Cerulean blue maybe? Thanks!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! Sure, the pigment index numbers would be Cobalt Teal: PB 28 (or PG 50), Quinacridone Magenta or Rose, is either PV 19 or PR 122, and the Cadmium Lemon is PY 35. :)

[@vexguine]

Thank you very much!

[@William_R_S_A]

Caran D'ache uses PY3 for yellow (they call it lemon yellow), PB15:3 for blue (Phthalocyanine blue), and PR122 for magenta (purple).

[@felicitaandino2209]

Great tutorial Walcott ! like your teaching method, very well explained 🥰

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks so much for the nice comment and for watching!

[@geoffwales8646]

Very good and well explained on a technical level.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching and for the nice comment!

[@kathygeorge727]

You are an excellent teacher, you are helping me so much. Thank you!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks so much for the nice comment and for watching! :)

[@kovin-ashleychetty5159]

Jason, have you thought about recording your painting process and creating an online course for us?

[@walcottfineart5088]

I actually have thought of that, but the way my studio is configured it would be very hard for me to do that successfully. I can only shoot from the right so then my hand/arm covers what I'm doing. Maybe someday, if I can figure out a way to make it work! Thanks for watching :)

[@sylviewheeler6237]

You are great ! I’ve learnt so much from you ! Thanks !

[@TheAdamsam]

Thank you so much,i am not a painter and learn so much from your videos!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. :)

[@MarloweDash]

Excellent! I really did not realize this. Question: how can you get a rich blue with the cyan/magenta/yellow palette? Or maybe you can't - just add a tube of a deeper blue? Cyan and violet don't make blue do they? Im embarrassed that I don't know! (and I don't have any on hand :(

[@walcottfineart5088]

Good question! You can make blue by mixing a tiny amount of the magenta into a pile of the cyan. However as a mixed color it won't be as saturated as a single pigment blue form the tube. Thanks for watching!

[@bustoc]

Wow...I did Exactly what you said NOT to do.....bought the colors on the left side thinking I could mix them. Wish I had seen this video before I spent a small fortune getting the wrong colors. Thanks for the education! Oh well...now I have to wait for another sale at Michaels.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! Actually you can go out and get the other three primaries. Then you will have yourself pretty close to a split primary palette which is the best kind to have! :) Also I would recommend avoiding Michaels for art supplies. I think you will find the prices much, much better at online venues like Blick or Jerry's Artarama.

[@burak5601]

Is there any huge difference between Quinacridone Magenta and Permanent Rose? I’m still searching for essential colors of my artists’ color based palette and I mostly choose W&N. Permanent Rose, Cobalt Blue Turqoise (i guess that works for cobal teal or cyan) and Lemon Winsor are my mixing primaries.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Quinacridone Magenta is a little more violety than Permanent Rose, but only slightly. Either can be used as a cool red. The difference is very small. I believe W&N offers both.

[@lisafred1362]

What is the best cobalt teal color to buy in acrylic? How about cad lemon.. pretty easy to get the equivalent in acrylic? I have quin magenta.. Thank you SO much.------Also can you recommend the equivalent colors in watercolors?

[@walcottfineart5088]

To be honest I am not familiar enough with acrylic paint brands to know which one makes a good Cobalt Teal. You should be able to find it with a simple online search though. I know Golden and Liquitex are good brands, but I don't know if they have that specific color. Cad Yellow Lemon should be easy to find in any brand for both mediums. For watercolor, Daniel Smith makes a Cobalt Teal and so does Winsor & Newton and Utrecht. Thanks for watching!

[@anartistpatty8912]

Thank you so much. I learned a lot from you. You are a great master.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Glad I could help! Thanks for watching and for the nice comment :)

[@carolclayphotography1127]

Can you please tell me what brand of paint you are using in this video. Thanks. Love your tutorials.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Most likely the Teal was Gamblin and the Magenta was LUKAS 1862, but I can't remember the Yellow brand. Thanks for watching! :)

[@Saul_Goodman_Criminal_Lawyer]

Hello Jason, is it okay to use a color close to Cyan and Magenta? Would I get the same results? Because other brands named their colors Magenta even though it does not consist of PR122 hence its consist of 2 to 3 different pigments. Can you recommend an oil color brand aside from Gamblin and their equivalent CMY colors. Like Grumbacher, Lukas and Chroma Archival because those are my favorite brands. I am new to these CMY because I use RYB color wheel for mixing. Thank you and subscribed.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! Yes, if the color is fairly close, it will still work pretty well. Any lemon yellow will do. The problem starts to come in when you get a blue that's too violety and a red that's too orangey. I don't know much about Grumbacher's or Chroma's color line, but I do use Lukas! In the Lukas 1862 line, their "Magenta (Primary Red)" is PR 122. Permanent Rose (PV19) will also work. Lukas also has a Cyan Primary Blue and a Lemon Primary Yellow which match up with the CMY colors.

[@alliewhiffen6435]

Jason you are an incredible artist and educator! I love your KZbin channel. I’ve looked at 20-30 art education programs, KZbins, websites, books, and yours is the best! I’m so impressed and I love all the history and chemistry you know about painting!

[@ReginaReRoma]

Just the perfect channel.... WONDERFUL by all means. thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. Greetings from Saudi Arabia. Elham

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks so much for the nice comment! I'm glad you enjoyed watching my video. :)

[@rubenmborgesmusic]

And magenta is an optical illusion caused by mixing violet and red - the upper and lower limits of what constitute the visible light spectrum for us. It "exists" by touching both ends together but not in between the two. It's pretty cool stuff.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Absolutely right! Our brains actually "make up" the color magenta to resolve this apparent discrepancy. Thanks for watching :)

[@KaustavMukherjeeFineArt]

Hi Jason, That demo on limited palette and especially inclusion of cobalt teal in place of ultramarine was very revealing. But is it equally useful if I need a warm black kind of a color (dark brown-black kind)? I want to know because I am experimenting with very limited color palette so that I get an all purpose palette (4 color inc white) with only one or two extra colors for very special situations.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for your question! The three "true" color primaries I mentioned in the video do have some limitations if that's all you are using. You might find it difficult to get a really dark black, but you can try mixing a dark from using all three together. If you used the 3 true primaries, plus Ivory Black then you could mimic the process used in four color printing (CMYK). That would give you more range.

[@KaustavMukherjeeFineArt]

Thank you for your comment!

[@jobbailon2951]

Kaustav Mukherjee then use red, green for a warm black

[@renzo6490]

If you mix the magenta and the lemon yellow, will the resulting orange be as vibrant as the orange you get by mixing the cadmium red and the cadmium yellow ?

[@walcottfineart5088]

Yes that orange will be slightly less "orangey" than the cad red and yellow mix. Your most saturated orange will always be a single pigment though, like Cadmium Orange. Thanks for watching! :)

[@theo8326]

fantastic intro! why quinacridone magenta over regular magenta?

[@walcottfineart5088]

Color nbaming isn't as important as knowing which pigment you're using. In this case it's PR 122, which is the same as Process Magenta. Different paint makers will use the same names for different pigments so it just dpends on what branhd you have. Thanks for watching :)

[@charlesreidy2765]

Thanks for this great tutorial. But this makes me wonder: if this is the truest way to mix colors, then why should we buy any paint colors other than Quinacridone Magenta, Cobalt Teal and Cad Yellow Lt., plus white, black and a few earth colors?

[@walcottfineart5088]

With only these three you still wouldn't have the full color range with these primaries. Mixing pigments is never perfect, so having more colors gives you tones and ranges you just couldn't get with only three. I fell at the very least one should have a split primary palette plus black and white. Thanks for watching!

[@charlesreidy2765]

Thanks! Just watched your split primary video, and I see what you mean.

[@Aynur2021]

I liked the way you teach! Brilliant job, thank you for sharing your lessons!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks so much for the nice comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. :)

[@clarissaangelica1]

You’re awesome! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise with us.

[@walcottfineart5088]

I appreciate that! Thanks for watching :)

[@ldypepper]

Json, some you tubers have 15 different colors on their palette to paint one simple scene, can you please tell me why? They will only use a few colors out of 15..prestige maybe?

[@terraleone3656]

Your videos are awesome and very helpful. Thank you.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching :)

[@caramel7149]

Thanks a bunch! this will help me select oil paints to purchase.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Awesome! I'm so glad the video was helpful... Thanks for watching :)

[@kill3rkitt3ns]

Fantastic! I just learned more about color mixing from you in 8 minutes than I have in a whole semester of color theory with a renowned artist/professor 😀 Can't wait to see more!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks so much for the nice comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. :)

[@JackSmith-ud9bg]

Thanks, I am going to change my mixing skill because of your video. good job.

[@walcottfineart5088]

I'm glad you found the video useful :) Thanks for watching!

[@CheckYa]

I've learned that the best primaries is a combination of the two primary systems RYB and CMY along with black (I know you can mix it out of primaries), white, burnt umber and burnt sienna.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Yes! You are describing what is known as the "Split Primary" system, which is what I use. I have a video on that as well. Thanks for watching!

[@Newtooils]

Great easy to understand lessons! Glad I found you. Thanks so much!

[@walcottfineart5088]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this :) Thanks for watching!

[@007vsMagua]

Thanks for the very instructive tutorial. Would this principle also hold true for watercolor pigments?

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! Yes...it is the same for watercolor. :)

[@emil1950]

Yes, that is he way, primaries are CMYK. But, it is a bit hard to source Cyna nad Magenta, since they name them differently. And, which Yellow to use. Therea are so many.

[@walcottfineart5088]

I wouldn't necessarily recommend the CMYK colors as a palette for oil painting. This video was just more about basic color theory for people who are starting out with painting. For actual colors to use I recommend a "split primary" palette. I have a video on that as well. Thanks for watching!

[@janiezyje]

If I knew it before I started to paint, I'd save myself a lot of frustration and money, heh. Thank you for clearing it up, now I'll buy proper colours and make better mixing. :)

[@walcottfineart5088]

I'm glad the video was helpful!

[@DustyMusician]

I think it’s a misnomer to call the cmy triad “truer” primaries. Quinacridone magenta for example has a very strong lean toward violet, and mixes very weak oranges with cadmium lemon, which leans toward green. The mixing triad on the left, rby, will give you more natural greens and bright yellow oranges, whereas the mixing triad on the right will give you bright, colorful greens and clean violets. I see a lot of people tout cmy because they finally figure out how to mix violet but it’s because orangey reds like cadmium and pyrrole are terrible for mixing violets. You could replace the cadmium red medium in the rby triad with a cadmium red deep and get a darker, moodier version of the cmy triad, and that wouldn’t be because cobalt blue and cadmium yellow suddenly got “cleaner”, but because the red is more inclined to mix violet than red. There’s a time and a place for both and I recommend to have a cool and warm version of each (rby) primary on hand.

[@walcottfineart5088]

You are correct! This video was just to get people to start unlearning old ideas about color. I have a second, later video that discusses the split primary palette (warm & cool of each) for painters that I recommend, and is also what my palette is based on. Thanks for watching! :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCxd2tthtN0o8k

[@BelRiose2000]

Since cobalt teal is blue/green, wouldn't it be better to mix purple with a blue without green in, like ultramarine blue or so? The green bias in cobalt teal could make the purple less high chroma?

[@walcottfineart5088]

Technically yes, but only because the Cobalt Teal pigment is not a true Cyan, it just approximates it pretty closely. Mixing Magenta with Ultramarine will give you a good violet, but I have found that the violet you get from mixing Cobalt Teal and Magenta is surprisingly clean and bright. More than you'd think. You also want to make sure you are using the Cobalt Teal that is PB28 not the PG50. Thanks for watching!

[@BelRiose2000]

@@walcottfineart5088 Thanks for your reply, much appreciate that you take your time. Unfortunately I bought PG50, sennelier's Turquoise Light. Still make some kind of purple but I guess mine is too green?

[@walcottfineart5088]

@@BelRiose2000 It will still work, it just won't be as bright. This video was more about color theory and helping people look at it in a new way. You don't necessarily need to use those three colors only. A "Split Primary" palette is much more useful for painting. I have a video on that as well.

[@taznic9875]

That was awesome! Nice and very easily understood. Thank You!

[@walcottfineart5088]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching :)

[@BelRiose2000]

Great video as always. Question: Can I use cadmium yellow light in CMYK instead of Cadmium lemon?

[@walcottfineart5088]

Yes, you can! Your greens will be just a tad less bright though. Thanks for watching :)

[@elianaiglesias5985]

Wow!! Great tutorial! How do I make BURGUNDY please?????

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for the nice comment! to make a burgundy form these three primaries you would need to mix and some what orangey red and then add a tiny amount of blue to it. In general you can add a little black to a red pigment.

[@joshuahawkee1148]

wow , real eye opener, thank you again sir

[@walcottfineart5088]

I'm so glad you found the video enjoyable! Thanks for watching :)

[@ldypepper]

may I ask which brand the Quin magenta, cad lemon, cobalt teal are? Please Jason?

[@walcottfineart5088]

I am pretty sure the Magenta is LUKAS 1862, the cobalt is Gamblin and then Yellow was Winsor & Newton. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching :)

[@danielleroxy]

Great vids!! You explain things in such depth & detail👍🏻

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thank you for the compliments! I'm glad you are enjoying my videos.

[@saileshramcharan3445]

Thank you. Another insightful video.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Glad you enjoyed it :) Thanks for watching!

[@joykwa3416]

DEAREST BROTHER MY PROBLEM IS I RAN OUT OF FABER CASTELL COLOR YELLOW AND WHEN I MIX IT WITH RED AND GREEN IT DIDNT TURN THE COLOUR THAT I WANT I WAS SO DISCOURAGED WHEN I DONT GET THE COLOR YELLOW THAT I HAD WANTED I NEED YOUR HELP AND OTHER COLORS TOO THE ONLY THING IS I RAN OUT OF YELLOW COLOR AND I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP

[@walcottfineart5088]

Unfortunately, you can't mix yellow, it's a primary color. You will have to go buy a new tube of yellow paint. Thanks for watching! :)

[@joykwa3416]

@@walcottfineart5088 ITS NOT PAINT DEAREST BROTHER IT FABER CASTELL COLOUR PENCILS

[@walcottfineart5088]

@@joykwa3416 You still can't mix yellow. You will need to buy a new pencil then.

[@TC-rv6sz]

Im a photographer who never enjoyed painting bc of the dissapointing ryb colors. CMY has been such a huge revelation that im considering even getting my first tattoo to commerate this discovery 😂😂 ❤❤❤❤❤. Ive been making little painted clay charms and having so so much fun with it.

[@walcottfineart5088]

I'm so glad my video was helpful! Thanks for watching :)

[@ytmm11]

just finished video.. this was exceptional. Thank you so much.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@jeffmoodie6144]

The first colours I ever bought were a cyan, magenta and a yellow. Sadly they were student grade store brand and I got caught up in how cheap they were so I ended up with about 20 other colours that I “thought” I needed. Hindsight, now that I’ve pulled back to a three primary palette years later, I would have been far better served to have seen this video and resisted the hoard of colour options.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Yes, cheap materials can unfortunately cause frustration! You may find that three primaries aren't quite enough to capture every single color, but is a great starting point. Thanks for watching! :)

[@mpnutz]

i tried and its really accurate for matching hue but not value. technically if we add black to violet we can make ultramarine. but reality there isnt an actual black to darken colors. so still we need either ultramarine or phthalo for darks