Palette Recommendations by Bobbie Moline-Kramer
Follow the color wheel, using three values of each color.
Hue | Light | Medium | Dark |
---|---|---|---|
Red | Vermillion | Cadmium Red Medium | Alizarin Crimson, Carmine |
Red-Orange | Burnt Sienna | Sepia | |
Orange | Cadmium Orange | Van Dyke Brown2 | Burnt Umber |
Yellow-Orange | Naples Yellow | ||
Yellow | Parchment, Cadmium Yellow Pale, Nickel5, Titanium Yellow | Cadmium Yellow Medium | Yellow Ochre1, Raw Umber, Bitumen Lake4, Cassel Earth6 |
Yellow-Green | Sulphur Yellow2, Lemon Yellow | Chrome Green | Cinnibar Green Dark, Sap Green |
Green | Permanent Green Light | Permanent Green Dark | Thalo Green, Deep Dark / Hooker's Green Dark5 |
Blue-Green | Turquoise | Veridian (Dark), Cobalt Green | Chrome Green Deep4, Phalo blue Green4 |
Blue | Sky Blue | Cerulean, Manganese Blue / Cobalt Blue | Thalo Blue (Windsor Blue2), Prussian Blue, Indigo, Indanthiene Blue |
Blue-Violet | King's Blue5 | Ultramarine | |
Violet/Purple | Cobalt Violet2 | Perm. Marine2 / Mineral Violet4 | Dioxazine Purple2, Egypt Violet4 |
Red-Violet | Geranium Lake2 | Magenta, Permanet Rose2 | Mars Violet / Purple Lake, Garnet Red4, Bayeux Violet4 |