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

[@firechick561]

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]

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

[@lenamccubbin1068]

The value of the lesson is not merely matching colors we don’t have in our palettes, but generally how mix colors in general.

[@untangledwebb]

Thanks!

[@suzisandpiper]

Very cool! Just found your channel. This is probably one of the better videos on you tube for anyone learning colour mixing. There’s one or two other artists who look at colour mixing too. It’s so refreshing and giving some really valuable knowledge.

[@suegibson113]

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

[@eileencollins3126]

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

[@sinsitysinderella790]

Me too, it's fascinating!

[@finnegan517]

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

[@Scottlp2]

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

[@tracyebrandt3235]

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

[@jolovesnailart]

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

[@travelinglovebugs7]

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

[@EmilyInDetroit1982]

I just found this color today by accident. Cerulean Blue Hue and Jaune Brilliant. 50/50

[@shaziausmani1752]

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

[@barbaralefort8097]

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.

[@kimfilek9717]

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

[@claresunderland2633]

Play time! Fun to watch and see how you think through and adjust your mixes.

[@shaaronhole3111]

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

[@gemmahumphrisphotography]

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!

[@klea6133]

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]

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

[@chickeyd9579]

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.

[@deborahrodney6562]

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

[@GrandmaMuggy]

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

[@danakenyon8909]

Awesome video! Your colour matching skills are incredible

[@meh4168]

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

[@dianaromig732]

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 ❤

[@nvae7252]

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

[@darcygraceswatercolorstudi4220]

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!

[@gopipavi9653]

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]

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.

[@sherylgardner6413]

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!

[@thatswhatshesaid.literally737]

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. 😊

[@writingraven3314]

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]

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

[@writingraven3314]

@@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.

[@CapitalJforJen]

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.

[@kerry5586]

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

[@forpaws3328]

Love color mixing , would love to do more

[@jantaylor4282]

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

[@amandastratton8242]

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

[@dianeantonestudiolive]

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]

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

[@maremacd]

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

[@helenfindlay7028]

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

[@suzisandpiper]

I think this lesson is more about how to make colours from what you have, not advocating buying one over the other. It’s useful to know how to mix these colours for other reasons too. There’s been a huge push in recent years to avoid heavy metal pigments, and some no longer in production were bad. But if handled right there’s nothing wrong with these pigments. Disposal is a bit of a faff but totally do able. So many of the pigments almost no artist does without such as the cobalt blues, turquoises and ceruleans. But cadmium’s get all the bad press. And did you know ultramarine can become toxic when mixed with sewage water? I’d advise anyone concerned to watch some episodes of the Spin Doctor whose expertise was in this field. It’s good to avoid toxins especially if we have pets and youngsters around. But as he explained you’d have to eat many tubes of cadmium paint to damage ourselves. And the good thing is we use only a trace of pigment in watercolour compared with other mediums. Just putting some perspective on this. My big concern would be cats, because looking into using essential oils in a burner last year I discovered their livers are incapable of dealing with many things we commonly use. And only need tiny particles to cause them problems. So never let your cat pad across your paints or dip into the paint water. x

[@monica-NJ-123]

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

[@karensneed5700]

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

[@carolehaferling5563]

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

[@carolbarnard8906]

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

[@Kateseyes]

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!!

[@StarPicard]

Another great and so useful video, thank you again. Interested in seeing more colour mixing demos! 😍

[@gwensimmons_gigi1629]

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

[@valasafantastic1055]

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!

[@albarodriguezcollantes5615]

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]

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

[@kathleenmcrobbie6810]

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

[@Emma-ww8zj]

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

[@StarryDreamer28]

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

[@tamaralemosebersohn3765]

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

[@susanreinersuedahl]

Thanks Emma. Love these types of videos.

[@marytelstad5254]

Do you have a video on mixing an autumn pallete?

[@elivaldez8035]

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

[@majeddraws5104]

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

[@diannaa5631]

Yes.id love to see more

[@phadareapbrumbalow5918]

Super helpful!

[@mvachon6201]

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

[@muireannin09]

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

[@diannaa5631]

Yes more mixes please

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

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.

[@kathryncurry2662]

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]

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.

[@KathleenBrown-is6yo]

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

[@adriennea1348]

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)...

[@debbabcock7803]

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

[@lorrihonstein7251]

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

[@teresasawicka5861]

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🐨💐🌈

[@melanieopperman6688]

Brilliant, thank you Emma

[@elizabethcarlone1364]

This video is so helpful. Thanks so much.

[@shirleywolf6739]

Thank you so much for the information!

[@nursen2106]

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.

[@sandrapudoff]

Loved this video! More please.

[@beckymeldrum7022]

Love this tutorial! Thank you!

[@cherylbrewer1218]

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

[@lisamccort6777]

Would love to see more color mixing videos

[@tiffanyhoffman3420]

Loved this video thank you!

[@madamebutterfly6470]

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

[@maud2rolland348]

Very useful and intresting thank you

[@juliekraut7218]

Sooo helpful. Thanks

[@luciatala2704]

Thankyou!. Excelente is really useful!

[@karenmcgrath1694]

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

[@marlenedanis999]

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

[@TheresaJenningsFineArt]

Complementary, not contrasting, but very informative video! I learned a lot.

[@suemauer5965]

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...?

[@naomibray5341]

Helpful video thank you! You say 'Mauve' Like us English folk do 😁 xx

[@Maya.6868]

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 !

[@LearnerChess]

It was fun!

[@leneprior9392]

Love this !

[@dacwebb]

Thank you!!

[@lainareeves3755]

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

[@paulabeaulieu52]

Very helpful! Thank you! 😊

[@mariannekeller7504]

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]

It’s in the description:)

[@morrisonwatercolors]

Nice video, very well done!

[@lindacarstens2674]

Really liked this video.

[@sherryscoloringandpaintingcorn]

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

[@katieakr]

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

[@janhettenhouser9980]

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

[@camillaablom]

What brand of Hookers green? 😊

[@1fredricka]

nice info thank you

[@magdalenadej1468]

That was cool

[@jumanas4012]

i love it 😊