The colour chemistry for my palette
Sometimes I find that it's really useful to know how colours will behave on the paper. Whether they are easy to remove (non-staining) or whether they will give great granulating effect. Whether they are transparent so that the underlying colour shows through or opaque so that you can cover any small mistakes. Also it's handy to have the exact number of the colour as different manufacturers don't use the same colour ranges.
Name | number |
transparent/opaque |
granulating/staining | ||
Ultramarine blue | PB29 | T | G | ||
Prussian blue |
PB27 |
T | |||
Cerulean blue |
PB15/PW6 | O | G | ||
Permanent Lemon/ Bismuth |
PY184 |
O | ST | ||
Raw Sienna | PY42 | T | |||
Yellow Ochre |
PY42 | O | |||
Permanent red/Winsor red |
PR254/PV19 | semi T | ST | ||
Madder lake deep/scarlet lake..... | PR264/PV19 | semi O | ST | ||
Burnt sienna | PR101/PBK11 | T | |||
Paynes grey |
PBk6/PV19 | semi O | ST | ||
Vandyke brown | PBk6/PR101 | semi T | ST |