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Janet Moderator
Posts : 2050 Join date : 2009-11-15 Location : North Bay, Ontario Canada
| Subject: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:45 pm | |
| I think it would be interesting to know our recipes for creating black or near blacks without using black. | |
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judyfilarecki Moderator
Posts : 2685 Join date : 2009-11-16 Location : Northern NY and Southern Arizona
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:07 pm | |
| I usually use ultramarine blue and burnt umber. The mix is about equal parts, but your can adjust to your liking. Judy | |
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dlspinks
Posts : 42 Join date : 2009-11-23 Location : North Carolina
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:40 pm | |
| I like that combination a lot, too.
Others that I like are:
UMBlue and raw umber Perm alizarin crimson and pthalo green Diox purple and thalo green | |
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dbclemons
Posts : 154 Join date : 2009-11-16 Location : Texas
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:05 pm | |
| Permanent Alizarin and either viridian or phtalo green (bs) makes a nice dark, and I like the gray it makes too. Speaking of darks, if anyone has recently bought Holbein's Duo Sepia paint, I'd be curious what it now reads on the label. Mine says NBr8 & PBk9, but on Blicks site they now list it as Pbk9, PBr6 & 7. It's one of my favorite darks that I hope it hasn't been changed. | |
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Callie Moderator
Posts : 1233 Join date : 2009-11-21 Location : St. Louis, MO USA
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:19 pm | |
| Perm. Alizarin, Veridian Green, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber - these tend to find their way into one big glob of dark/black on my palette.
Can't help with the Duo Sepia, but it sounds like an interesting color. | |
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Janet Moderator
Posts : 2050 Join date : 2009-11-15 Location : North Bay, Ontario Canada
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:46 pm | |
| Wow a lot of great options for making black or near black colors. Thank you for sharing! David, I don't have the Sepia either but might add it to my list of colors to try. I wonder if Dick Blick made a mistake with the pigment codes. I guess one option would be to email them I know from experience that their customer service is great. Holbein doesn't have anything on their site. | |
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Sofie Moderator
Posts : 713 Join date : 2009-11-27 Location : Courtenay, BC, Canada
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:57 pm | |
| I never buy black paint so I always mix my own. I usually use whatever 3 primaries I happen to have on my palette and see what I get, adjusting as needed. When it comes to colour I'm more intuitive than methodical. It works for me. | |
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dbclemons
Posts : 154 Join date : 2009-11-16 Location : Texas
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:14 pm | |
| One thing to keep in mind when combining colors is, logically, your value will never be darker than the darkest pigment you're using (or brightest.) If you're trying to get the most neutral shade, then you need to pick hues that are the most complementary of each other. In the case of ult.blue and burnt umber, b.u. tends to be somewhat reddish so I'd suggest a ult.blue green shade, otherwise your mix may wind up being a shade warmer than you'd like. In the case of wmo, I'm not sure which company supplies a Ult. blue (gs,) maybe the Duo Ult. Light. Raw umber, being a shade more greenish, would be a better match to Ult.blue red shade, which is a more common offering. As an aside, it's also generally better to mix the darkest shade into the lightest one instead of the other way around, depending on how far apart in value they are. You tend to waste less paint that way. | |
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Janet Moderator
Posts : 2050 Join date : 2009-11-15 Location : North Bay, Ontario Canada
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:34 pm | |
| Sofie, I remember having to do that in an art class and I found it really challenging to hit black but it certainly work well. Thank you for sharing! David, Good point and tips! I use the Holbein Ultramarine Deep and Burnt Umber which I never really noticed if the mix is warmer it does look fairly neutral but I'll take a closer look now that you've brought it up. Working from the darkest shade to the lightest is something that is so important I agree it saves a lot of paint. Before I started working this way I use to have mountains of paint now I just have hills.
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judyfilarecki Moderator
Posts : 2685 Join date : 2009-11-16 Location : Northern NY and Southern Arizona
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:02 pm | |
| I've never paid attention to which color I add to which. I'm curious now. I'll have to try it out. Judy | |
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Jim Moderator
Posts : 171 Join date : 2009-12-28 Location : Cody, Wyoming
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:09 pm | |
| Mirror, mirror on the wall, what's the blackest black of all? I'd vote for a mix of Phthalo Blue (RS), Phthalo Green (YS) and Alizarin Crimson. Where an especially vibrant black is needed over a large area, mix three batches of the three colors, with a different color slightly predominating in each batch. Randomly apply the batches to the area to be covered.
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Callie Moderator
Posts : 1233 Join date : 2009-11-21 Location : St. Louis, MO USA
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:57 pm | |
| Great suggestion, Jim | |
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Janet Moderator
Posts : 2050 Join date : 2009-11-15 Location : North Bay, Ontario Canada
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:19 pm | |
| Jim, sounds good I'll have to give it a try. Thank you for sharing your mix and process! | |
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judyfilarecki Moderator
Posts : 2685 Join date : 2009-11-16 Location : Northern NY and Southern Arizona
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:51 pm | |
| Jim, Thanks for your suggestion. You have such vibrant colors in your paintings, I have to check to see one where you may have used this mixture. I'll have to try it out. I've always only used ultramarine blue and burnt umber. Your's sounds like it would be a warmer choice with the Alizarin crimson.
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Janet Moderator
Posts : 2050 Join date : 2009-11-15 Location : North Bay, Ontario Canada
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:37 pm | |
| I've been doing a lot of swatches lately and would like to just add another one I just discovered. Winsor & Newton Olive Green with Winsor & Newton Dioxazine Purple or Holbein Dioxazine Violet. | |
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Callie Moderator
Posts : 1233 Join date : 2009-11-21 Location : St. Louis, MO USA
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:45 pm | |
| I like that one, Janet. I use the olive green all the time, but I've got some diox. violet that just about never gets used. | |
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Dale
Posts : 573 Join date : 2009-11-17 Location : Near Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:36 am | |
| - Janet wrote:
- I've been doing a lot of swatches lately and would like to just add another one I just discovered. Winsor & Newton Olive Green with Winsor & Newton Dioxazine Purple or Holbein Dioxazine Violet.
I don't have either of these colors but will look to pick them up sometime. | |
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judyfilarecki Moderator
Posts : 2685 Join date : 2009-11-16 Location : Northern NY and Southern Arizona
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:24 pm | |
| I do. I'll have to give it a try. I very rarely use either of these colors so that might be a good way to use them up. Judy | |
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Sofie Moderator
Posts : 713 Join date : 2009-11-27 Location : Courtenay, BC, Canada
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:20 pm | |
| I have the purple, but not the olive green. I find the purple has many uses and use it often when making black or dark, shadowy areas. | |
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Janet Moderator
Posts : 2050 Join date : 2009-11-15 Location : North Bay, Ontario Canada
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:53 pm | |
| I was thinking that this mix would be good for landscapes. It gives a great neutral that could be pulled toward violet or green. It gives some great grayed down violets and greens which I think would work well for atmospheric perspective in a landscape. It does seem that they work as great complementary colors.
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Dale
Posts : 573 Join date : 2009-11-17 Location : Near Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
| Subject: Re: What colors do you use to create Black without using black Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:04 pm | |
| I went to Micheal's today to pick up some artisan brushes on for $4.99 and some other shorter brushes for acrylics for $2.99. Plus I bought another wrapped gallery canvas with the thick side. So once I spent that $80, I put my purchase of the purple and olive green on hold. | |
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