Calling All Color Mixing Pros!
Rebecca Triplett Nogy
Greetings from one too busy with clay to play with the computer!
I've been lurking whenever I can but I've had to pick and choose
which threads to read since I don't have time for them all.
I am now working (very happily) with Clay Factory Clay. I'm just
now getting down to doing some color mixing which I do not consider
to be my forte'. I can mix colors fine when I don't have a
specific goal in mind but now I want to mix a color close to Fimo's
Rosewood #25. I still have some of the Fimo left but it will take
me longer (much, much longer) to condition it so I would much
rather use the CFC. (I tried calling Dotty but no one answered the
phone so she's probably on line...help Dotty!)
Thank You My Friends,
Rebecca
mizr...@sprynet.com
Rosie
gay...@aol.com
When Marie chose her colors, she picked those used by painters (especially
watercolorists) to mix their own palette, even using the names of the
pigments they use. I would suggest buying a small block or tube of those
six colors and messing around a bit making color charts. The basic clue
is this: You have a "warm" and and "cold" yellow, a "warm" and a "cold"
blue, and a "warm" and a "cold" red. When you mix warm with warm or cold
with cold, you get a vibrant color. When you want a muted, grayed, or
"off" color, you mix warm with cold. A visit to the library for a book on
color theory or watercolor painting would help.
This is too much to do just for "rosewood," but the whole idea behind the
CFC color choice is to give clay artists the same versatility that other
"serious" artists have had: you don't have to rely on the manufacturer
for your palette if you're willing to do some homework. (Yes, one could
always mix colors before, but the Segals have made it a lot easier.)
Gay Fay
ama...@cpcug.org
I'd like to throw in a small comment here, as one of the "normally silent" readers.
I recently came across a book on color theory that seems to give a much clearer
approach to the whole issue of colors and mixing - particularly in reference to
oil, acrylic, and water paints; and I assume to the mixing of clays also. I have tried
its approach with the paints, just not had time to try it with clays yet. I have a few
different books on the subject and it still always seemed cloudy to me.
I stumbled across this book:
Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green
(or How to mix the correct color you really want - every time)
by Michael Wilcox, published by North Light Books. (about $25.00 - hardback)
The world of color makes more sense to me and I can now understand why I get
the various results I do. The book also deals with mixing based on the "warm/cool"
color approach mentioned above and a basic palette of six colors.
Allan Martin
Mrs. Dorothy L. Mcmillan
Hi Allen;
Thanks, Allen, for the reference to the book on colors. It
sounds as if it's something I've been looking for.
Dotty in CA
evryd...@aol.com
In article <57t44u$c...@news4.digex.net>, ama...@cpcug.org wrote:
>...I have a few>different books on the subject and it still always seemed
cloudy to me.>>I stumbled across this book:>>Blue and Yellow Don't Make
Green>(or How to mix the correct color you really want - every time)>>by
That book is excellent! I ordered it online as a matter of fact :-). It
really clears up the color mixing thing. I haven't used CFC clay yet, but
it's made a world of difference in mixing paints. Also in buying them. I
hate to have to buy seventy jillion little blocks of color in polyclay so
having the warm/cool choices is a great idea. Now if they would just make
that available in gouache......Jacqueline
Rebecca Triplett Nogy
Yikes! Just yesterday I realized that I was having a server
problem and wasn't getting all my newsgroup postings. I made a
post (copy below) but the only response I ever accessed was Dotty
thanking Allen (also below). Could someone help me out with what I
missed...I really need the help with mixing this particular color.
Thanks,
Rebecca
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:42:16
From: NO...@gnn.com (Rebecca Triplett Nogy)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.polymer-clay
Subject: Calling All Color Mixing Pros!
I am now working (very happily) with Clay Factory Clay. I'm just
now getting down to doing some color mixing which I do not consider
to be my forte'. I can mix colors fine when I don't have a
specific goal in mind but now I want to mix a color close to Fimo's
Rosewood #25. I still have some of the Fimo left but it will take
me longer (much, much longer) to condition it so I would much
rather use the CFC. (I tried calling Dotty but no one answered the
phone so she's probably on line...help Dotty!)
Thank You My Friends,
Rebecca
In article <57t9v9$j...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> Mrs. Dorothy L.
ama...@cpcug.org
In <57t9v9$j...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, VBC...@prodigy.com (Mrs. Dorothy L. Mcmillan) writes:
>Hi Allen;
> Thanks, Allen, for the reference to the book on colors. It
>
>sounds as if it's something I've been looking for.
>
>Dotty in CA
Another book I have found very useful, particularly with paints, is:
The Oil Painters Pocket Palette
by Rosalind Cuthbert, also published by North Light Books,
about $17.00 - a small hardback
It is very handy because it has color displays on each page that are extremely
helpful. In the upper corner of the page is a little block of a specific color, say
Cobalt Blue, then the rest of the page consists of color blocks showing what
that specific color looks like when mixed with each of twelve other consistent
colors - including a white/color mix of 50/50 and 80/20, so that for each of the
twelve colors there are three blocks.
It then also has special pages that cover things like:
Mixing Oranges & Purples
Using Oranges & Purples
Mixing Greens
Using Greens
Mixing Browns
Using Browns
Mixing Skin Tones
Using Skin Tones
Mixing Grays
Using Grays
Optical Mixing (small specks of two different colors optically look like a third)
Overpainting with Transparent Colors
Obviously, trageted for painting, but if you match your clays to the colors as
closely as you can it is pretty accurate.
Allan
ama...@cpcug.org
In <581vtf$m...@news-e2c.gnn.com>, NO...@gnn.com (Rebecca Triplett Nogy) writes:
>Yikes! Just yesterday I realized that I was having a server
>problem and wasn't getting all my newsgroup postings. I made a
>post (copy below) but the only response I ever accessed was Dotty
>thanking Allen (also below). Could someone help me out with what I
>missed...I really need the help with mixing this particular color.
>
>Thanks,
>Rebecca
>
>Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:42:16
>From: NO...@gnn.com (Rebecca Triplett Nogy)
>Newsgroups: rec.crafts.polymer-clay
>Subject: Calling All Color Mixing Pros!
>
>
>I am now working (very happily) with Clay Factory Clay. I'm just
>now getting down to doing some color mixing which I do not consider
>to be my forte'. I can mix colors fine when I don't have a
>specific goal in mind but now I want to mix a color close to Fimo's
>Rosewood #25. I still have some of the Fimo left but it will take
>me longer (much, much longer) to condition it so I would much
>rather use the CFC. (I tried calling Dotty but no one answered the
>phone so she's probably on line...help Dotty!)
>
>Thank You My Friends,
>Rebecca
>
>In article <57t9v9$j...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> Mrs. Dorothy L.
>Mcmillan wrote:
>> Thanks, Allen, for the reference to the book on colors.
>It sounds as if it's something I've been looking for.
>>
>>Dotty in CA
>
I think this was the majority of the response...
Allan
its approach with the paints, just not had time to try it with clays yet. I have a few
different books on the subject and it still always seemed cloudy to me.
I stumbled across this book:
Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green
(or How to mix the correct color you really want - every time)
by Michael Wilcox, published by North Light Books. (about $25.00 - hardback)
Mrs. Dorothy L. Mcmillan
Another wow! I haven't found the other book as yet, but this one
sounds great also. I hope my bookstore can locate them both.
Dotty in CA