M. Graham 16 - How to Choose Colors from the M. Graham Watercolor Range

Picking the right colors from the wide number of colors available in the M. Graham range can be daunting. In the sixteenth and final video in the series testing all the M. Graham colors, I show you several ways you can go about narrowing down what colors you want to buy from M. Graham.
In this final episode of M. Graham series (thank you for sticking all the way through!), we take a look at the most unique colors from M. Graham, as well as chat about how to narrow down the colors you want to buy.
** M. Graham’s most unique colors **
+ M. Graham Alizarin Crimson
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+ M. Graham Permanent Alizarin Crimson
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+ M. Graham Maroon Perylene
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+ M. Graham Anthraquinone Blue
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+ M. Graham Cobalt Teal
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+ M. Graham Turquoise
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+ M. Graham Viridian
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+ M. Graham Naples Yellow
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+ M. Graham Transparent Orange Iron Oxide
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+ M. Graham Terra Rosa
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[@abbyetherton27]

I see this is 2 years old, but I just wanted to say that your handwriting is gorgeous!

[@RoryP22]

I love M. Graham paints, and have the Viridian, Cobalt Teal, Dioxazine Purple, Nickle Azo Yellow, Transparent Red Iron Oxide, Raw Umber, and Paynes Grey on my permanent palette. Viridian makes beautiful mixes and the Nickel Azo Yellow is indispensable for the same reason. For me, these paints are so pigmented that tinting strength hasn't been an issue so far (I paint mostly landscapes). Thank you for all of your hard work on this series, it's helped so much to see them put through their paces. Of course, now I need to buy my favorites! 😊

[@ainmi2866]

I love M. Graham!! I have most of their colours except for the cads. I agree with being aware with tinting strength. cause every time I paint I make sure to have a limited palette and I make a mixing chart for that palette. some colours don't turn out the way I want them to because the weak or strong tints. but I love that in watercolour learning about how to mix with this and that would give me this result! that is the fun for me. most of the time I have more fun with the mixing chart than the illustration itself.

[@jeffmoodie6144]

I tried a pan set, schmincke maybe? I didn’t much care for them then I read about M Graham in a tube WC paint. Bought an Ultramarine blue, hansa yellow deep, naphthol red and Payne’s grey. It’s been over a year and, other than a very small amount of tinkering I still haven’t gotten around to properly experimenting and swatching them out. Big “sell everything and move to a new country” sort of got in the way. So far, I like the workability, the pan reactivation, the colours, although extremely limited in my palette, mix well. I keep bees so the addition of honey sounded novel. Downside, availability where we live now is very low, Daniel Smith is about all I can find in country. At least there are decent WCs available if I really needed them. Good acrylics and oils , not so much.

[@jillwiswall5386]

What a great series! Lovely work as usual!

[@aimeecruise1779]

I love my M Graham paints. Because they are so easy to rewet, the high tinting strength ones can really get you. I’m looking at you dioxazine purple!! Thanks so much Oto. This has been one of my favorite brand breakdowns you have done.

[@Kaninchenbau]

Thank you for all your hard work making this series Oto! ❤️❤️❤️

[@VeretenoVids]

Another great series! Thank you, Oto!

[@felicitycrowe6971]

All your videos are wonderful - so full of excellent information! A heartfelt thank you to you!

[@kristiw.1823]

This has been a really helpful, interesting series! Thanks!

[@marlenafamamalfitano9196]

My favorite paints and I am so so grateful to you for this super series!

[@jaysea5873]

Another awesome series! Thanks Dr. Kano! I have a few M Graham paints and really enjoy them.

[@annettefournier9655]

Thank you so much Oto. Really great and thorough. Just top notch!

[@artbycatfitz]

Thank you so much for this series, M Graham is a brand that I really love. You've given me much food for thought about which colours I might add to my palette in the future. I appreciate the amazing work you have done to share such an amazingly detailed review.

[@stas61690]

This whole series was just awesome! I have a couple of tubes that I still want to collect. I so agree with the colors you recommend as special - I think they really are lovely and interesting! I've been following along and swatching the paints I had as you went along - it was like seeing them with fresh eyes. I'm looking forward to the Showdown returning too!

[@valasafantastic1055]

Great stuff! Loved the series. I got several tubes and absolutely fell in love with the amazing Naples Yellow! Its what I always wanted from a 'cream' colour. Can't wait for the next series.

[@Finkeldinken]

Just extremely useful as usual! Thank you Oto.

[@carolynderricks3226]

Hi Dr Oto, I really appreciate this series on my favorite brand! Also your views on tinting strength are very helpful, and I will probably reorganize my palette accordingly. Thank you!

[@ms.rocketscience4924]

Thank you Oto for this amazing series. 💕 I think it is my favorite of the complete brand examinations. I love seeing these beautiful colors, but I learn a lot about color theory and organizing a palette from your videos as well. The upside of living in a high desert climate of heat and drought is that M. Graham paints set up nicely for me. I really love how pigmented these paints are and their PG60 is my all time favorite. I have a swatch of that blue that I look at every day like a talisman. It just makes me happy.🤓 Thanks for your considerable knowledge and dedication to bringing thoughtful content to KZbin. I look forward to the next series.😘

[@sabihashehzad7391]

Thanks oto ❤️ It's very informative series I fell in love with MGraham when I first bought a Cobalt set And now I own most of its sets and few favorites 😎

[@SuperExadidas]

One of my favorite brands, except for their Mineral Violet (PV 16), which has inexplicably hardened like a stone, while the rest of the tubes remain fresh and usable.

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

Thank you for sharing this! I really want to buy more M Graham so this was awesome!

[@MisTikkalRosy]

Huge thank you, just found your channel through Mind of Watercolour. Excellent reference esp as I am a lover of M Graham. You are doing something really wonderful and helpful. Also bookmarked your website, and, naturally, subscribed. What a MASSIVE task, wow!

[@maverickspirit208]

Thank you. You have me intrigued with the M. Graham's Viridian and I will be ordering a tube to test out.

[@stacys447]

I always learn so much. Tinting strength is one of the reasons that mixing colors with gouache is so hard for me. Thanks for sharing!

[@jngbialek]

I love M. Graham paints - (except neutral tint)! Thanks for exploring this line of paints!

[@christopherreilly4450]

I really liked this series along with the QoR one. I have the two turquoise pigments on the unique list, and they are really pretty. I also like using Anthraquinone Blue and Ultramarine Violet when I paint.

[@joandevillier733]

Thanks for your studies. I personally love M Graham watercolor paints and have enjoyed your analysis of them.

[@chaoticgood8645]

I'm so glad you talked about tinting strength!! Not a lot of people do when they categorize colors, and I've been trying to find a different warm blue to use that's lower tinting strength than Phthalo Blue!! So annoying to mix on the pallette because it stains the pallete so badly, and it always overpowers the yellow (which is why I use the warm blue for) to the point where I never use it anymore :( it just takes up a spot on my pallete and I avoid it :( So now I can look more into Cerulean Blue, Magnanese Blue Hue, and Cobalt Teal for mixing pretty greens nicely! :) [plus I can paint a blue sky and lift clouds more easily!]

[@LanaGoesArt]

Hi Oto, that was such a great series! I like the suggestion of a rainbow palette a lot, but kind of miss the earth colours - I feel like I need the Burnt Umber in every palette I have. :D The unique colours look so nice and moody. If you had to add a yellow to that selection, what would it be? Thanks again for all your work with the series!

[@moniquerigling3577]

Very informative! Thanks.

[@elizabethbryan5960]

Thank you for a wanderful series with one of my favourate brands. It has definately firmed up on some of my ideas for palette selection. Still worring about the lemony yellows. Does anyone have any comments upon Hansa Y, Bismuth Y and cadium Y Light. Many thanks again,

[@awatercolourist]

Thanks ever so much for this series. The information is very helpful. So, how do you figure out the tinting strength of each paint? Is there a test that you do?

[@windywednesday4166]

That's a good question!

[@juansantiago2986]

M. Graham is a great quality paint.

[@crystalinedreams6039]

awesome series, thanks so much! i had just bought a batch of m grahams to make the pallet that steve from the mind of water set up with m graham (plus a few extras) so this has been a really interesting series for me. :) i don't know what happened but it took forever for my mg paints to dry here in arizona (known for it's arid climate) & i had no problem with my sennelier paints at all - maybe mg uses more honey than senn? if anyone knows please reply.

[@martinanelsonartandpsychol6478]

thank you for all your work that is visible in your very informative videos. But I have one question. Do the MGraham pigments move fast? I heard from other users, that they move relatively fast on wet paper. would be interesting to know!! Thank you!!

[@heliobarbosa3525]

So... I really love your series but I live in a country where M. Graham and Qor are slightly harder to come by, but Daniel Smith is becoming easier to get. What I would like to ask is... "Daniel Smith next?" :p

[@awatercolourist]

How come Nickel Quinacridone Gold is low tinting when both its components (PO48, PY150) are medium and high tinting strength?

[@awatercolourist]

@@jennw6809 I can’t get my hands on any 😫. I’m waiting for a sale at Jackson’s or something. The problem with Jackson’s is that not everything is available at the same time so I have to make multiple orders and shipping is expensive 😭. And thanks for providing your opinion on the tinting strength of the paints. I find it very helpful when different people chime in with their thoughts; it really helps me understand pants better.

[@awatercolourist]

@@jennw6809 I didn’t miss the spring sale, but the shipping put me off. Since then, I contacted Jackson’s to understand what the differences between the different shipping services. I’m still mulling it in my head, though.

[@awatercolourist]

@@jennw6809 Oh, there is an Amazon, but there are very few watercolour paints on it. There is the odd Daniel Smith or Schmincke set - very expensive. The most common watercolour paints here are van Gogh’s palettes. There is one store - and one store only - that sells a very limited selection of van Gogh pans open stock. And there is another store that has an even more limited selection of Daler Rowney Aquafine tubes. Beyond that, there isn’t much… actually, there isn’t anything else worth mentioning. I’d love to return to the UK just for the sheer amount of art supply options they have there; particularly paper. The paper selection where I live is very limited, expensive, and expired 😂😭. I Iove the feel of paper, especially the handmade variety. If I ever return to the UK, I think I’ll setup a small Etsy shop and sell hand-stitched art journals 😍. I’d make them out of whatever paper the buyer wants. Needless to say, I’ll also ship a large chest to the UK and fill it with art supply goodies… sigh!

[@awatercolourist]

Also, I think the demand for watercolour paint is very limited here. That’s the impression I get, anyway.

[@awatercolourist]

@@jennw6809 Thanks for supporting my sort-of-dream Etsy store. I’de love to make watercolour journals and paints, you know, like A. Gallo… but without the hand mulling, it’s just too much work 😂😂. Especially with phthalos, it takes hours to mull (no seriously, check it out on Arliebean’s channel). You seem to be IN LOVE with PY150. that’s actually very nice… and practical. I like that it is two toned, that is so useful. I’m in love with PY129. I was hoping to find it here, but alas, it was not available :-(. PY150, Nickel Quin Gold, PY129 and PO48 are four colours I’d like to try as substitutes for the umbers and the siennas. Well, assuming I can get my hands on PO48 before it runs out. PR206 is another pigment I want to try as a substitute for earthy reds. As for where I’m from, sorry, but I’d rather keep quiet about it at the moment. I’m really sorry for not sharing that here, privacy and all that on the internet. But you can actually find me very easily: just go past the Pillars of Hercules, but not in the direction of Atlantis, go the other way. Actually, since you’ll be coming from America, just drive up to the Pillars of Hercules, go past them and continue straight ahead. You should reach me at some point 😂😂

[@hotmonkeyfilms]

Tinting Strength

[@awatercolourist]

First!

[@sandjune2753]

Hi Dr Oto Kano, please could you advise which ones in the colour wheel , and most unique colours are toxic or listed harmful on the tubes. I would like to have a list of colours for mixing that are free from Cancer and Aquatic life toxins. Can you advise please ? Hopefully its not too many !!!!

[@sandjune2753]

I bought a set and I love the M graham brand for strength. Dioxazine Purple and Sap Green were stated as Toxic and I was not keen on Sap Green as you can mix your own greens, dioxazine Purple is toxic so I was looking for an alternative. I am trying to stay Toxic free, so would be interested in the 12 favourite none toxic M Graham Colours you would choose ?