Mastering Color Mixing with Watercolors

Creating the Range of Secondary Colors

We will focus here on the production of the secondary colors, in other words the range of greens, violets, and oranges. The illustrations will give you an idea of the gamut of colors that can be obtained by combining two primary colors. However, please do note that depending on the brand of watercolors you use, the quality of your paper, and the proportion of water in your mixture, the shades that you obtain my vary lightly from the colors shown here.

IMPLEMENTATION

In the following pages, the proportions in the mixtures will be given in the form of percentages. We have worked using drops of color (also called parts) in order to indicate the dosages as accurately as possible. But there is nothing to stop ...