Full Description
An essential and practical handbook on choosing and mixing colours successfully.
Choosing and mixing colours successfully in different media is all about creating the maximum colour range from the minimum number of paints. In this comprehensive guide, the authors - all experts in the field - show you how to approach watercolours, acrylics and oils in terms of mixing, blending and diluting them to achieve a wide range of effects.
Whether you are an amateur or a professional, The Art of Colour Mixing provides a handy source of invaluable information on how to get the most from your paints in terms of colour. This is a book that should be on all painter's reference shelves.
Contents
About this Book
An Introduction to Colour Theory
Colour Hue
Colour Value
Colour Saturation
Acrylics
Equipment
The Starter Palette
The Colour Palettes
Oils
Equipment and Mixing Colour
The Starter Palette
The Colour Palettes
Watercolours
The Use of Water in Mixing Colour
The Colour Palettes
Index
