Watercolor Mixing Tutorial (Green Shade vs Red Shade EXPLAINED!)

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Do you have any red shade or green shade colors? Let me know if this video made using them a little clearer 🙂

[@kyliemartin8524]

You’re a natural born teacher. Well done for overcoming the pedantics.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks Kylie :-)

[@beaulieuc8910]

This was a good reminder, I had forgotten about this

[@beaulieuc8910]

I like these 'nerdy' videos, makes me appreciate colour a lot more

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Good to hear!

[@debbieabruzzini7004]

Excellent explanation! Thanks for explaining and showing us.

[@estherwestcott9085]

Hi, Michele. Your videos on colour were the main reason I subscribed to your channel. You are so knowledgeable and have a real passion for colour that comes through. I have the passion for colour but, of course, nothing like your knowledge. I know you have your essentials paint set, which in fact I have purchased but I am sure I am not alone in really hoping you’ll do a video on the colours in your various palettes.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks Esther, yes I am thinking of doing 'swatching all my greens' type videos, what do you think?

[@baldwinleatherworks]

I have been watching your channel since you first began and absolutely love your tutorials.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks so much 😊

[@keen6808]

English is not my first language and I reduce playback speed to 0,75 (this does not spoil your beautiful speech) . Everything else is excellent. Thank you Michele!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Very good!

[@keen6808]

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 🎨

[@vindictivetiger]

That's what TVs/computer monitors use--RGB I just got ahold of some phthalo blue red shade and a phthalo blue green shade. I haven't used them yet, so this video is so timely. Thank you so much for making these.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Yes, there's not just one version of the primaries :-)

[@rodeastell3615]

Thanks for the video. It covers a subject I assumed I knew about ... I didn't. I do now after watching.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks for watching Rod :-)

[@bonnieg4076]

I have several red and green shades but haven't been sure just what to do with them. Clarity received !

[@nancydavidson4899]

Another great video. I’m so enjoying these tutorials on paint properties and colour. Invaluable for a beginner and really clearly explained and demonstrated. Thank you once again.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You're very welcome!

[@melitalyell6915]

Thank you for a very informative video Michelle. I can’t believe that an art channel would attract trolls, sad isn’t it. Ignore them, we artists truly appreciate your work😊

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Trolls are prolific, there's no channel that doesn't attract them :-)

[@chrislora8895]

And let’s not forget phthalo green blue shade-LOL-I think I bought too many Daniel Smith paints! Your video on the nuances of shades is very useful when you want to match a color. The more I learn about colors (from you) the better my paintings get. Thank you!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You're most welcome!

[@aliciashackley5830]

Thank you again Michele, for trying to knock this concept into my thick head once more. Lol. I think I’m getting it now. Lol 😝🥰

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Lol :-)

[@7409gigi]

You are an amazing teacher!!! Precise, clear, I think I am starting to grasp color theory. I don’t retain things as quickly as I use to, so I will watch this again (and maybe a third time😜). I have just found you, thank goodness! So I’m off to peruse your videos for more tutelage😁 Thank you so much!

[@smz5302]

Consider joining Michele's Facebook page, if you haven't done so already. It's a very friendly, supportive place - and we're all Michele followers. ;-)

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

My watch time stats thank you in advance Brenda! So glad it helped :-)

[@cosmicwolffe9757]

thank you Michele seeing the colours side-by-side gives clarification, i usually have a warm primaries and cool primaries but never thought about cool/warm ultramarine but would be invaluable to own absolutely brilliant 🎨🕊🐞

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

So glad you liked it :-)

[@janebridge1325]

Thank you very much for this clear explanation, Michele - so helpful! Love all your teaching!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks Jane!

[@19Celia57]

Thank you so much for the color mixing instructions!!!! I am a beginner advancing onward. I find color and color mixing fascinating. Today I came home with 8 new tubes of paint! Yeah! Anyway, I felt very confident when I was looking at all the tubes because I have watched enough of your color mixing videos to actually KNOW what I was looking at and could more properly choose what I wanted. Before watching your channel I struggled beyond belief with what on earth I should purchase. So I got pan sets which are fine, wonderful actually. But now I want to do more "on-purpose" mixing. Before, every time I came up with a color it was just by chance and then I couldn't seem to replicate it if I didn't make copious notes. All this to say, thank you from the bottom of my heart. ♥

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You are very welcome!

[@KathrynGoldman]

That was full of useful information. I've heard you mention the science of green as a primary v. the artist's primary. It's starting to sink in.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks!

[@rbdreamsart]

Good to remember those undertones. I bought 3 daniel smith paints to try and mix. When I mix the cadmium yellow with the quinacradone magenta, I get a blood orange. But when I mix the yellow with the indanthrone blue, I get a dull olive drab. The blue and magenta however make a beautiful violet.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Indeed, no such thing as a bad colour of course!

[@_Adrian_Llarena_]

I love your swatching videos. You are really knowledgeable about this topic. You explained it well👍

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thank you 🙏

[@Azure_Jewel]

Awesome. I needed this to understand better.

[@susanbuckley1964]

Colour mixing has always been a bit hit and miss for me. This video is really, really helpful. Thank you !

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You’re welcome 😊

[@reasonableification]

Thanks Michele, super helpful, Lora

[@stacys447]

Very clear as always. Thank you!

[@elaineg60]

This is SO helpful Michelle…at least for my western paints. Staying up till 2am to ask one of my tutors why I can’t get the pretty blue-green she gets with, supposedly, the same paint chips. All I can figure by watching this, is that MY Indigo chips (which actually look more like a bright ultramarine or even your cobalt-depending on how many chips I use)-have some RED in them, which are dulling my attempts to make blue-green. At first we thought it was my traditional yellow chips that were contaminated. With Chinese chips, especially yellow, we run the risk of mold-because of the natural pigments & natural binder..so I’m told. THIS can contaminate the color. I had one tutor run guilt trips on me that mold in my yellow chips is a sign I’m not practicing. It’s NOT, in fact the longer it stays wet, the more likelihood of mold. I purchased some 91% alcohol and treat my chips as soon as I get them..haven’t had mold since. It also STINKS when I gets moldy. I also chip. Off much smaller pieces of the dry yellow chunk, that way I only risk small amounts of this more expensive pigment. As for Western paints..I have a small set of professional western pans and I got that very bright orange red..but no real orange. I have a warmer and cooler yellow-which should I use to get that color orange which would be perfect for a “fusion” painting I sketched with Fall Mandarins? I think I’ll just go play with it..I was thinking of just using my Marie’s on the mandarins, because I have that color-it’s just not as “alive” as the western orange. Heaven knows I’ve got plenty of Xuan paper scraps to try out colors on 🤷🏼‍♀️😂. I need a decent paper cutter..I think I’ll ask for one for Christmas..I’m tearing a LOT of expensive Xuan to pieces with my “traditional bamboo knife..😂 Sorry…it’s an ADD kind of evening…😂

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

I didn't even know about paint chips! Live and learn :-)

[@bfamiliar9011]

I have liked and I have the bell notifications to on and I am subscribed. I have learned so much from your channel. I am new to watercolor and you have given me so many great tips. Keep up all the hard work and dedication that you place into your channel. Keep the amazing videos coming. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us!🎨🖌💕

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You're very welcome 🙂

[@michaelklein5242]

Makes sense, thanks! I think the only "shade" I have is Winsor-Newton Green Yellow Shade.

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

Thanks for explaining the differences between these terms. I definitely have noticed when mixing colors that this was a factor to whether my colors look correct. Always continuing to learn & had to my knowledge by watching your great helpful videos.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks Colleen glad you found it helpful ☺️

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber You’re welcome ☺️

[@veystone2580]

This video was pure perfection! 🥰

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Ooo thanks!

[@CFord-wu3in]

Thanks, Michele! Love your videos - I learn so much from you!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You are welcome!

[@clarissaperrone]

Wonderful explanations Michele, thank you!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You're welcome Clarissa!

[@bheanacu]

Thank you, Michele. This was very helpful.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You're welcome!

[@TheSebiestor]

Great video. The science behind it all does get very involved, but it's essential to know the properties of the colours you will be using when planning a painting, and so choosing your palette. You do amazing work, I am always looking at your subscriber count and watching it creep to that 100k mark -you have gained 2k (I think) in just the past few weeks since I subbed. I expect to see that silver YT plaque in every video!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thank you! Can't wait :-)

[@rhondaporro7116]

HI MICHELLE- I SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR CHANNEL- I ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING - THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE! I REALLY ENJOYED THIS VIDEO ESPECIALLY, THE INTRO- YOU TELL EM!! I REALY LI,E SEEN THE COLOR VISUAL COMPARISON -I SAVED IT! I AM SELF A SELF TAUGHT NATURAL ARTISTIC. I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL CONTENT!! BRAVO ! THANK YOU!!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks for subscribing and your nice comments!

[@sherryfurr9115]

Very concise and understandable! Thanks.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@anasel-mahdi7908]

Another essential art lesson and excellent demonstration. Thanks for your great efforts.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

No problem :-)

[@BigAndyG]

Green or red you are gorgeous anyway.. And very articulate at explaining. Tip top..

[@nattyw495]

I really never thought of intermixing hue and shade thats a very interesting perspective on the same but different mean8ng...lol enjoyed video learned new knowledge from this video...mikelle art mom🎨👩‍🎨✍

[@smz5302]

Sooo helpful. Thank you, Michele!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Glad it was helpful!

[@debbiepayne903]

Thanks, this helps understand this so much better!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Glad it helped!

[@janetwalsh7025]

Thanks for your videos! They are always so informative!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Glad you like them!

[@catherinescorner716]

Ah, thank you! This was super helpful. On my screen, at least, the differences were really obvious with the colors right next to each other.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

That's good 🐱

[@pennywheeler2598]

This was eye opening. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge🎨

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

No problem Penny!

[@lydiabond5393]

Timely and brilliant like always. I struggle with this and your content helped a lot. Still think I am a bit confused yet. Will watch a few more times

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks Lydia!

[@artatjules]

Thank you Michelle so informative, all your essential tips videos have a wealth of useful information and you're very generous with your knowledge. I learn something new everytime I watch. Although I have to say when mixing an aubergine colour I do favour the blue green shade it gives a beautiful hue.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Yes, it will, thanks for watching!

[@christinebravomom5711]

I am loving your color videos!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thank you so much!

[@elizabethann6018]

That was really helpful. Thank you .

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You are welcome!

[@patwessels2322]

Very informative and helpful tutorial. You really know what you're talking about when it comes to watercolour. Looking forward to the next one.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks for watching :-)

[@zlee11]

You may want to do a simulator video using phthalo green bs and yellow shade. Thanks for the video.

[@chloemaxwell2628]

Thanks, Michelle, that was helpful. I'm always wondering why some of the greens I mix from blue and yellow turn out so awful!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

No problem Chloe 🙂

[@bionats0757]

this was so infirmative! and free! Love this linds of videos… i’m watching the granulation one next! I love granulating colors but I don’t have any yet in my collection? Which ones do you recommend for beginners that are budget friendly? Thanks!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Earth colours tend to be a good price, Burnt umber is always useful, and French or red shade ultramarine granulates heavily.

[@julieholman10]

Thank you, need to have a play with this. 👩‍🎨x

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Always good to play!

[@geoffmitchell6515]

Thank you

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Welcome!

[@mar_gheri_ta]

I understood what, a red shade blue or a blue red shade, was when I first tried to mix purple with phthalo blue and got a brownish mud. I would dare to say, without risking being pedantic ☺️, that the way the word shade is used in this context can be considered as technical jargon, there's no need for trolls to remove dust and cobwebs from their dictionaries.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

😅

[@maryannprzybycien2013]

Very helpful! Now I have to experiment. Would it be at all possible to do a tutorial on some of the color names and what they mean, history etc? For instance, I read that quinacridone colors were originally used in the automobile industry for painting cars. Other terms include, pyrrol, cadmium, pthalo, etc. That would be so helpful. 😊

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Yes indeed, I do have some like that planned. More research needed as I don't know everything there is to know (yet!!)

[@debh3404]

Thanks!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

No problem!

[@melomanacejr]

do you ever do live seminars?

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Not currently :-)

[@OneTrueWord1988]

You are such a generous and exceptional teacher, and anyone who is rude and ungrateful to you is, unfortunately for them, an idiot. 😊

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

lol, bless you X

[@OneTrueWord1988]

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 😊♥️💐♥️

[@HaxrChick]

thank you! I was literally just swatching out some Phthalo Blues and Ultramarines and had never paid much attention to shade before - in fact, I don't think any of my ultramarines list a shade. Now, after watching this video, I can really see the difference in my Phathlo Blues but my Ultramarines all look very similar in hue - is there an easy way to tell if the manufacturer doesn't list the shade? And what does "Deep" Ultramarine indicate?

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Generally Ultramarine Green shade is a little less purple, Ultramarine French is more purple and Deep is a bit darker. But remember it's just what the manufacturer thinks is a good description, not actual science.

[@HaxrChick]

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber makes sense. thank you!

[@madhyahusta8470]

I wish I had seen this video before working on my blue mountains. I mixed my phthalo blue with raw umber (which now I understand has a yellow matiz) and it turned my mountains green :(

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

A layer of transparent pink will counteract the green, as it's the opposite colour. If you ever get green by accident, add a little pink.

[@gaemlinsidoharthi]

Sometimes surprising how we can completely shift a colour from the original and still have a pleasing picture in the end.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Indeed!

[@india1422]

Thanks from a total beginner

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Good luck with your art journey :-)

[@donnadrake7309]

What does it mean if it’s phalo vs ultramarine?

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Red/green shade is a way of categorising tiny variations within a pigment. Phthalo is overall cooler (greener) than ultramarine which is warmer and more red. Therefore even a Phthalo blue red shade is likely to be cooler than any ultramarine.

[@donnadrake7309]

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber how nice to have a clear easy to understand answer to a question!

[@atirblum]

10:39 A warm red ultra marine? Isn't french ultra marine in general cool, purpleish? Doesn't the red tone make it cooler compaired to the left green shaded ultra marine?🤯 I must have missunderstood it all...🙄

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You haven't misunderstood Brita. The issue is that technically there's no such thing as a warm or cool blue. Blue sits between the two primaries, red and yellow. They are both warm colours. So there's no firm agreement about what constitutes a warm blue. In fashion the yellow leaning blues are often described as warm, but in art it tends to be the other way round. As long as you understand the properties of the colour you are choosing that's what's important 😊

[@klarapetelei702]

Thanks, a very informative video. Now it is completely clear for me. S for the trolls, let them troll. Probably that is their only source of happiness and/or purpose in life :)

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Well said! Thanks for watching!

[@evelyne7071]

Very helpful. It makes you want to actually swatch the colors first. For the trolls: swatching has nothing to do with killing flies…….hahaha

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

lol :-)

[@valeriegehling4358]

So sorry you experience trolling, please continue. Keep using terms we understand like “shade”.

[@johanneshalberstadt3663]

Slightly incorrect. Green is not the "real" third primary color. Red, green, and blue are the primary colors in additive color mixing, where colors are mixed by different light sources. Think light bulbs emitting different color lights or the pixels in a TV or LCD screen. This is where RGB, red, green blue belongs. In subtractive color mixing, which is, when you are mixing pigments, the primary colors are magenta, cyan and yellow.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

I don't believe I said 'real', the very idea of primary colours is subjective of course, we just do what works best for human situations. Magenta cyan and yellow are simply versions of red yellow blue, printers would add black of course.

[@diannebertold3602]

Thanks!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks Dianne, I really appreciate it :-)