Building my own palette in oil and acrylic: paints and their properties (temperature, opacity)
- Galina Livit
- Mar 25
- 1 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
Basic: | Optional | |
|---|---|---|
Warm Transparent (WT) | ✓ Indian Yellow (Gamblin) ✓ Transparent Red Oxide (Lukas) - Sap Green ✓ Ultramarine Blue (Winton) - Cobalt Violet - Van Dyke Brown ✓ Ivory Black (Winton) | ✓ Phthalo Blue (Gamblin) or any brand Red shade (Winton) ✓ Transparent yellow oxide (Winton) - Phthalo Emerald - Transparent Orange ✓ Burnt Sienna (Winton) - Pyrelene red |
Warm Opaque- (WO) | ✓ Yellow Ochre (Winton) ✓ Cadmium Yellow Medium (WN - A) - Cadmium Orange Deep - Cadmium Red Medium | - Radiant Blue - Radiant Green - Radiant Yellow - Radiant Red - Blush - Cadmium Green - Warm White |
Cool Transparent (CT) | - Alizarin Crimson ✓ Viridian Green (Winton) - Prussian Blue - Dioxazine Purple - Raw Umber | - Transparent Yellow Medium (Rembrandt) - Transparent Yellow Earth ✓ Quin. Red (Lukas) ✓ Quin Magenta (Lukas) - Quin. Violet - Phthalo Green - Phthalo Turquoise, ✓ Phthalo Blue (Green Shade) (Winton) - Paynes Grey |
Cool Opaque (CO) | ✓ Cadmium Yellow Light (Winton) ✓ Cadmium Orange (hue from NW - A) | - Radiant Lemon - Radiant Magenta - Radiant Violet - Radiant Violet - Turquoise - Mars Black - Cool White |
Naturals Mandatory: | - Neutral Opaque - Label NO ✓ Titanium White (fast drying is best) | - Radiant White Label - NO - Transparent White Label - NT |
Marcela Strasdas's palette
Acrylic
Comments