Limited palette

I paint using only four colors: Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Yellow, Phthalo Blue and Titanium White. Basically red, yellow, blue and white. From these colors, you can create any shades you want from the color spectrum.

• Red, yellow and blue are the primary colors which you mix to create secondary colors: red+blue=violet, yellow+blue=green and so forth
• White is used to lighten the colors
• To create black, mix all three primary colors

Mixing colors from a limited palette will create harmony and unity in your paintings, as all the colors in your painting are derived from only these four colors. For example, the green that you mixed will always complement your yellow and blue. On the other hand, you could buy a tube of ready-mixed green but this green might not be the same green that you get if you mixed the yellow and blue from your palette.

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12 x 16 inches, oil on stretched canvas