Every artist’s paint palette is so unique—from the selection of colors and type of palette, to how they prefer to arrange their paint on the palette. Today I thought I would share what works for me. As I explained in a previous post, I prefer to keep all my acrylic paint in these 4oz glass jars. (I linked that article at the end of this one in case you are interested in finding out why.)
On my palette, I have warm and cool primary colors, three secondary colors, and a brown and a white. I organize my paint by color family (reds, yellows, blues) and then by primary and secondary colors.
PRIMARY COLORS
reds:
- cadmium-free red light (warm red)
- quinacridone magenta (cool red)
- burnt Sienna (this is a brown that leans enough red that I use it as a dirty red when mixing)
yellows:
- cadmium-free yellow light (warm yellow)
- yellow oxide (cool yellow)
blues:
- ultramarine blue green shade (warm blue)
- phthalo blue green shade (cool blue)
SECONDARY COLORS
- cadmium-free orange
- hooker’s green
- muted violet
ADDITIONAL COLORS
- transparent raw umber
- titanium white
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How do you organize your palette? Do you have any favorite colors that you think I should try out? Let me know in the comments.
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