Color chart online??
Clemson
online? Something to help me properly mix airbrush colors for skin
tones, etc? I have a hard time coming up with the different colors
for stuff. Dirt is brown to me =) I am wanting to move more into
images of people and places, and away from my abstract designs.
I have a color chart for house paints, but I don't think that's gonna
do me too much good, lol.
Thanks,
Clemson
paulcorfield
blue, flame red and burnt umber. I've never used charts. With practice you
can mix colors off the top of your head. My lightest tone is 5 drops white,
3 magenta, 1 yellow and a tiny bit of blue. Add tiny bit of flame red if you
want to go more pink. Add burnt umber and black for darker tones. Darker
tones are usually brown/greys. I use FW inks made by Daler Rowney.
Paul.
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hawgeye
You probably won't find one and if you did it probably wouldn't be very
accurate due to the variations in monitors and videocards/drivers for
computers.
You could always make up your own charts by using the basic colors and then
noting the different formulas.
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airbrush ken
Dark to Light- this works with translucent colours on a white base.
1) Black/brown- Mix 6 parts Burnt Umber, 1 Part Green and 2 Parts
Black. Reduce with an Acrylic Medium & Water (50-50) mixture. I
usually mix 35% colour to 65% Medium/Water mix.
2) Brown- Mix Burnt Umber with Medium/Water mix again 35% colour to
65% Med/Water Mix.
3) Amber- Mix the same as #2
4) Cool Yellow- Mix the same as #2
5) Go over the very dark areas with your #1 Mix plus add a couple of
drops of blue to it.
6) This is a quick way to do a flesh tone painting…you may wish to
change the mix as needed…such as adding warm Red glaze to the face or
using blue glaze or purple glaze to the shadows. There are no
absolutes in this process. The above information is just a starting
point.
Light to Dark painting colours. This works for opaque colours and you
can use it with translucent colours also.
Lightest colour first-
1) Mix 70% white & 20% yellow Ochre, to this I add a drop of Orange
2) To the above mixture I add a few more drops of yellow ochre
3) Mix 90% Raw umber to 10% White
4) To the above mixture I add 45% Burnt Umber
5) Now darken the shadows with a 50/50 mix of Burnt Umber/Blue
6) Again you can warm up the cheeks, lips, etc with a warm red glaze.
7) You can add shadows to the eyeballs and teeth with Blue or Purple
glaze.
8) Remember that these colours are opaque because of the white that
you added to the mix…you can either drop the white and add a little
medium or add 35% (medium/water) to your colours.
9) When using opaque colours you need to use White for your
highlights.
Ken
www.ausairbrush.com
Clemson
Thanks Ken. Do you have this or others on/around your website? I am
currently scouring the world wet web for color theory and the likes.
Very interesting stuff (By that last statement, I just confirmed my
addiiction to myself!)
Thanks again,
Clemson
On 27 Aug 2002 23:48:33 -0700, airbru...@yahoo.com (airbrush ken)
wrote:
paulcorfield
making the white look a blue-grey. Add a little orange to the white to
counter act this unwanted shift. It can make the skin look like it's bruised
rather than highlighted.
Have a look at this link to read Dru Blair's color theories. It shows how
opaque colors interact and how to avoid unwanted color shifts. It's well
worth a read and It changed the way I paint.
http://www.drublair.com/buffer.html
Do like Hawgeye said and make your own charts. Everyone has their own
formulas. There's no set rule for skin tones but the colors myself and Ken
have outlined will get you on your way. My drawing board is one of those big
draughtsman style ones and when I get colors that work well I write on my
board the formula I used. I'll have to auction it off one day. Any takers?
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> Colour Mixes For Portraits
>
> Dark to Light- this works with translucent colours on a white base.
> 1) Black/brown- Mix 6 parts Burnt Umber, 1 Part Green and 2 Parts
> Black. Reduce with an Acrylic Medium & Water (50-50) mixture. I
> usually mix 35% colour to 65% Medium/Water mix.
> 2) Brown- Mix Burnt Umber with Medium/Water mix again 35% colour to
> 65% Med/Water Mix.
> 3) Amber- Mix the same as #2
> 4) Cool Yellow- Mix the same as #2
> 5) Go over the very dark areas with your #1 Mix plus add a couple of
> drops of blue to it.
> 6) This is a quick way to do a flesh tone painting.you may wish to
> change the mix as needed.such as adding warm Red glaze to the face or
> using blue glaze or purple glaze to the shadows. There are no
> absolutes in this process. The above information is just a starting
> point.
> Light to Dark painting colours. This works for opaque colours and you
> can use it with translucent colours also.
> Lightest colour first-
> 1) Mix 70% white & 20% yellow Ochre, to this I add a drop of Orange
> 2) To the above mixture I add a few more drops of yellow ochre
> 3) Mix 90% Raw umber to 10% White
> 4) To the above mixture I add 45% Burnt Umber
> 5) Now darken the shadows with a 50/50 mix of Burnt Umber/Blue
> 6) Again you can warm up the cheeks, lips, etc with a warm red glaze.
> 7) You can add shadows to the eyeballs and teeth with Blue or Purple
> glaze.
> 8) Remember that these colours are opaque because of the white that
> you added to the mix.you can either drop the white and add a little
> medium or add 35% (medium/water) to your colours.
> 9) When using opaque colours you need to use White for your
> highlights.
> Ken
> www.ausairbrush.com
Clemson
buzzing sound like that of a transformer about to blow!!! lol
I have learned a lot about it today. I've dabbled in arts for years,
but I never actually knew what "Warm" colors were. I just thought it
was a Women at the mall thing! I'll definately check out anything
that Dru does.
Thanks Paul.
Clemson
Vern
Vern
Dow
Clemson
at is sleeping and eating!!!
On Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:43:02 -0500, "maddmaxx" <madd...@wt.net>
wrote:
>a good artist doesn't need one
>
alfuk
So does anybody know where Dow can find a colour chart for mixing colours ?
Wenz
This is a repost of one of the best pages concerning colour and the
Airbrush, not a standard colour wheel but check it out cus you'll never look
at colour in the same way.
wenz
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