My Watercolour Green Mixes
Greens are famously tricky to paint, often looking garish and in need of neutralising with something a little redish.
By mixing your own greens (as opposed to a convenience green such as ‘sap green’) using a blue and a yellow you avoid producing a painting with over repetative colours.
Having said that i am personally leaning towards using viridian but always mixing it with a blue, yellow or brown, never straight viridian on paper.
Colour pigment abbreviations as follows:
FUB – FRENCH ULTRAMARINE
COB – COBALT BLUE
CO – COBALT VIOLET
BU – BURNT UMBER
BS – BURNT SIENNA
LR – LIGHT RED
CR – CADMIUM RED
PS – PYROLL SCARLET
AC – ALAZARIN CRIMSON
RMG – ROSE MADDER GENIUNE
AU – AUREOLIN
RS – RAW SIENNA
HYM – HANSA YELLOW MEDIUM
HYL -HANSA YELLOW LIGHT
NY – NAPLES YELLOW
QC – QUINACHRADONE GOLD
IN – INDIGO
SP -SEPIA
VI -VIRIDIAN
CO – CADMIUM ORANGE
CLR – CADMIUM LIGHT RED
CYP – CADMIUM YELLOW PLAE
PG – PAYNES GREY
BM – BROWN MADDER
NG – NEW GAMBOGE
CT – COBALT TURQUOIS
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LIGHT & MID GREENS
MID AND DARK GREENS
CONQUER GREENS
ANTWERP BLUE MIXES
ULTRAMARINE BLUE MIXES
