With the purple the colour red you are using is a warm red with a yellow bias,pthalo blue has a yellow bias ,any time there i s yellow present one can not achieve a vibrant purple,this colour you achieved can be very useful when a duller hue is required,good demo it helps people realy get into pigment mixing,once learnt a valuable tool.
theo, somehow when i can't figure something out or people 's videos confuse me , you always clear up the concept for me, thank you ! i have to do this with a bunch of brands , hi to the babe for me! hope all is well with you and she
I've been wanting to do a color chart for my watercolor paints but it seemed so overwhelming. After watching many videos on it, I found this one to be the best because you only use 3 colors to show us how from start to finish and by using only 3 colors, I found it easy to understand and follow. I'm really looking forward to doing my own, thank you!
This was so helpful to see the different brands swatched out like that. Really helped me figure out what brands to try for myself.. Great work, Thank you for sharing!
I agree -- where I live, Pebeo is the brand most easily available to me, but I wasn't happy with the colors I bought even though the packaging implies artist quality. Now I see why - your color charts make it very clear I prefer brands with much greater color saturation, like the Sennelier or Daniel Smith. Thank you for all this helpful information!
WOW. It is awesome that you made so many charts.. I can see this can almost become an obsession! This is a great idea and so useful to compare across brands. My watercolors are all single tubes of different brands, so this opened a new world to me. Too bad I can't afford all these paints! Thank you so much for sharing your time and work!
Very interesting exercise that's more intriguing than expected. Good to know that the thalo/pyrrol mix went more black than purple. Better to find it out on the color blocks than a painting. Delightful demonstration! I learned a lot.
I really enjoyed the exactitude of these excellent colour charts Teoh. I like the empty blocks down the middle. Great stuff and thank you so much for this tutorial.
I was very surprised to see your Cotman chart, the colors are so vibrant, I wasn’t expecting that at all. I was going to send mine to a friend as I have too many paint brands, but now I think I will be keeping them and will send her another set instead. Thank you for this video, it is extremely helpful!
they all came out so beautiful, I would frame a few and hang them- so I would be surrounded by all that wonderful color :) thank you for showing us how this is done!! very helpful and so pretty!
excellent video I learnt a great deal and actually saw the value in taking the time to do color charts thank-you for making it so easy to follow and explaining it all so well
+Piefje P I don't add colors to the chart after it is created. Can't think of any way to add the colors. Perhaps just create a new chart with the new colors, or for the colors that you commonly use.
Thank you this video was very helpful to me. All of my stuff including my paint is in storage. So this helped me to decide which brand I will replace for now until I can get my stuff out of storage.
Pthalo blue and any cadmium type red won't make purple. ~though not a bad thing, you're going by the thought that Red Yellow and Blue are primary colours. Try the CMYk system colour chart. ~ in which you'd use yellow, magenta and cyan as the primary colours... and from that you will get Red, Green, and Blue as secondary. colours. Really good video as a colour study.
Thank you for this demonstration. I truly enjoy all your videos and I never fail to learn something Everytime. I value your knowledge and appreciate that you share, thank you again.
Wow! Your channel is really great! I just found this video out and I already subscribed to the channel. I was thinking about investing in a Sennelier pallet, but I was afraid I might not end up liking the colours. I really liked the result on your Sennelier chart and I'll probably get one. This video was super helpful. Thank you so much for teaching us!
Do you have any technique to include whit & black mixes for hues and shades in this very chart. I find mixing whites or black with the colour mixes gives interesting colours! Thank you... I really like your videos.... Keep up the good work 👍 😊
To mix black, it is best to use primary colours that you are already using in your painting. If not, some quick convenient blacks can be produced with French Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna, Phthalo Green BS and a cool red.
This was a pain in the butt to do, almost 6hrs for a 24 colors palette (goauche, so i added white instead of diluting on other half). But i realized how much unnecessary greens I have (well that should be obvious since japanese palette tends to have a lot of greens) and was able see how a warm and cool red yields completely different results. Though, i felt that alot of my squares where not a 1:1 mix so my chart is not super accurate. I'll try the zorn palette next since it's super useful for portraiture. I dunno if it's applicable for watercolors though since white is important.
24 colours is too much. With the right primary colours, maybe three sets of three, you can probably mix a lot of the secondary colours that you already have.
Thank you for doing this video. I'm brand new to watercolors and I bought a set of 24 QoR and a set of 12 Cotmans to practice with. My problem is I don't have paper big enough to swatch all of the QoR. Can the back of the watercolor paper be used? I have never used the back before... Thank you for your time :)
This was very educational. I love how you have created different color for different brands, and compared them one to the other. Do you usually purchase your boxed sets and if so, do you have a favorite brand, and why? Thank you so much!!!
+Jenny Moon I guess my favourite brands of box sets currently would be Winsor & Newton or Kremer Pigments (14 full pan) set 1. Nowadays I get tubes to squeeze into pans as I can buy the colours I want.
I just wondered if I can create color chart by using below pigments from Pebeo studio watercolor Primary lemon yellow, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, burnt umber, primary red cadmium, alizarine crimson, primary phthalo Blue, prussian Blue, colbat blue, and SAP green 10 pigments. Advise please - thank you
You can create colour charts if you have the paints already. But if you don't, I do not recommend Pebeo. The quality is not very good. It difficult to achieve good color intensity with their paints.
Hi Teoh - Thanks for all of your many useful demonstrations, you do a great service to all of us aspiring artists! I see that you do display the Cotman Winsor & Newton colors in a chart, but not the "artist grade" Winsor & Newton colors, which are the first ones I learned to use from my online tutor Louise De Masi. Did you omit the W & N colors because the Cotman versions are very similar? I think it would be cool to see the two (W/N, and W/N Cotman) compared - unless there is little difference? I will check through your other videos to see if I can find more on the W/N artist grade colors. Thanks again. Teoh!
The comparison of the swatches was very interesting however I was waiting to see how the Winsor and Newton artist grade paints you have compare also. Could you do another comparison video of your swatches that includes W&N artist grade please :-)
Thanks Teoh, I have seen that review and you did the paints justice in that. I am already a Winsor and Newton fan so know them very well. Was just wondering how they compare to the other brands. For example in your swatches I can see that some paints are more vibrant while others are more subdued. Some are very smooth while others are more granulated. I definitely like the vibrant colours more. Do you think Winsor and Newton is one of the higher ones in that respect?
+Fiona Plum Well, it really depends on the particular colour as well. But generally speaking, at least from the box sets that I've used, I find Sennelier to be less granulating, Kremer Pigments to be very granulating, QoR to be more subdued (when the tube paints dry as pans), and Schmincke, W&N and DS to be rather close in quality. In other words, if someone were to paint colour charts and show it to me without telling me which charts are from which brands, I can probably pick out Kremer Pigments and QoR. But I would not be able to tell the difference between other brands. They are all pretty good (except QoR or at least for the particular batch that I'm using). Just use whatever that you have. W&N is good, very good. I like it a lot too.
Thanks for taking the time and sharing this . .but what if I have 40 colors Palette . .How do I make a color chart for that ? but since it's 40 I might get a lot of duplicate colors so do I even need a color chart in the first place ?
+Scarlet Black I don't think it's feasible to create a chart for 40 colours. Many colours and mixtures may look too similar. If you do create a colour chart, it will help you reduce the number of duplicated colours. Whereas a colour chart for 12 colours serves the purpose of letting you know the variety of mixtures possible.
Isn't it more effective to wash your brush in a small container and then wash your brush in the larger container? Or wash your brush in 2 large containers?
Hi Teoh, I find your color chart comparisons extremely helpful. Thank you for making this! I wondered if you could list the Daniel Smith paints in the 15 block chart. I can't find it as a set anymore and you didn't put them on the color chart so I can't get it from the screen. If you still have that info, would you please post it? Thanks much, Dory
Dory Rice Hi. it's not sold as a set. It's a selection of colours recommended by Jane Blundell. Do a Google search with "jane blundell ultimate mixing palette" and you should see the post.
It seems to me that the colors with honey are the most saturated here. I wonder if the brands without honey would look more vibrant straight from the tube.
@Teoh Yi Chie , I have painted before but let the skill go for several years. Now that I have a stable job as an adult I want to paint again. What would you say is a good watercolor paper brand/series that isn't too expensive for "regular hobbyists" but aren't the cheap student kind that really behaves poorly and buckles really easily.
See if you can get 100% watercolour paper from Bee Paper amzn.to/36Meldy or the Khadi Paper sketchbook. www.parkablogs.com/picture/review-khadi-papers-210gsm-watercolour-sketchbook-hardcover Or buy large pieces of paper or blocks and cut them yourself.
In these 200+ wonderful comments/questions, I'm curious if anyone has asked about doing the chart as big as yours... Is it possible to buy that format of watercolor paper in single sheets. I also am a huge fan of yours. One of my most valuable subscriptions. 😊
I should have specified.. I hadn't realized the size of paper you have 10x7" is not huge as I thought. (I watched this video too long ago to remember🥴.) I have a set of 18 pans. My paper is 9x12" or 22.9x30.5 cm. I calculated and found that every square should be 1.13cm each. It's very tiny- so that's why I was curious about the paper size, due to the quantity of my set. Ugh, just had a brilliant 💡 idea-- I'll use 2 sheets of my paper and connect them with tape. Silly to have not brainstormed before I wrote here! You're a great artist and teacher.
9 x 12 inch paper is probably just big enough for 12 colours but the squares will be small like the ones you see. If you want larger squares, get 12 x 16-inch paper and cut it yourself. It's better than using tape to stick two pieces of paper together.
Thanks for the demo of the blue, red and yellow primary color mixing. Please clarify: if the color mixing of red and yellow - which is Orange, has a value difference? If yes, what is the estimated mixing ratio or the vertical and horizontal. I am just wondering, how can I make a lot of color using the blue, red and yellow --- for example the brown , yellow ochre and sap green.
Teoh, thanks for the information and all the great videos. I just purchased the full 105 line of Mijello Mission Gold watercolors. Would you recommend creating a chart using that many colors. I'm guessing I would need probably a full uncut sheet of watercolor paper, or do you think this process is more useful for limited "working" palettes? Thanks so much and keep up the great work!
+James Darrell Wow. 105 colours?!? It will take a lot of time to create a chart, and you will need a huge piece of paper. And have to be very careful not to make mistakes! I don't think it is necessary to paint colour charts for so many colours. As long as you sort of know what colours to start with that's good enough.
Thank you for taking the time to reply. I figured as much. I thought I would wait until I had a semi-permanent palette for a few paints and create a smaller chart, but wanted to get an experts opinion. Thanks again!
J. Robert Darrell aah.. I remember you robert😁 i don't think anyone can help you with the 105 x 105 color chart!.. I think you should try it.. You'll probably go down in watercolor swatch history! 👍
Another great video. Q: I have the 12 color Cotman set and have bought some additional colors. I am about to make a color chart. Any tips how to add the ever growing amount of additional colors in a mixing chart? What do you do when you buy additional colors? I can't think of anything other than just adding them to the side and top of the chart. But that will make the neat chart look very messy.
Im so confused. I have dyslexia and I have 36 White Nights that I got yesterday. I want to make a chart but my math is terrible and cant figure out how many squares I need for a 8x10 paper. I appreciate your videos, Ive learned a lot from you. Thank you
I don't really recommend making a chart for 36 colours. It's too many colours. But if you're up for the challenge, you need a 37 x 37 squares. 8 by 10 inch paper is too small to fit that many squares.
I have a 48 color kuretake set :'). Maybe 4 sheets of paper, and not have all the colors twice? Could use the white diagonal to put 2 colors in for above/below instead of the colors in the top row? And then maybe start with some interesting colors and fill in the rest when I use them?
Why would you try mixing everything? If you already have 48 colors in your pallette, there is no need to do the mixing chart. A mixing chart of 12 colors produces 12 * 12 / 2 = 72 colors, and the 24 extra that are not in your pallette are probably the muddy ones, which you are never going to use anyway.
+Dindin Lagdameo I used a 10 by 10 inch sheet for 12 pans so I guess you would need a much larger sheet of paper. Maybe close 20 x 20 inches. Make sure to write the names of the paints in first so that it will less likely to paint colours into the wrong box. Be careful not to make any mistakes.
Really enjoyed how you explained this. I have so many sets that I'm not using wisely. I intend to make these charts right away. One question. What is the palette you are using to hold your paints? I like the system so much.
+Mary McCaslin I use a variety of palettes, metal and plastic. The usual one is the common 12-half pan box. This one farm3.staticflickr.com/2759/4386962997_15cbf9dd73_z.jpg
It may be my monitor, but I couldn't really see a saturated lemon yellow except for the Schmincke. Good colour comparisons b/n the manufacturers. The Cotmans were a surprise but are they lightfast ?Thanks
Yeah, I think they would do well for journals. I will keep my Daniel Smiths for the studio. The good thing about modern high chromatic colours is that you can always dull them down but you can't brighten up low saturation colours except for simultaneous contrast tricks. Have you any experience with Old Holland w/c paints. ? I hear that they are supposed to be very strongly pigmented.
Teoh, do I understand correctly? The mix above the white squares might have more of the colors listed horizontally? And the ones below the white squares might have more of the colors listed vertically? Or vice versa! And in order to have the white squares I need to have one more square than colors i have in grid?
Yes, you need an extra square. For example, if you have 12 colours, then you need a 13 by 13 grid. You can write the colour names beside the square to guide you and make sure you don't put down the wrong colours.
Great video.. ty for sharing. I was wondering what you do when there's moore paints from the manufacturer? I just picked up a 36-pallet from White Knights.. do you swatch out all 36 colours or however many you buy? and if so, do you put it over two sheets? thanks, I appreciate your feedback.
I'm really new to painting. Why do you have the clear boxes running perpendicular down the chart? I'm learning so much from your videos and the comments too!
You are great love your videos. Can you tell me if I can create a pallet out of the dr. ph martin paints just like you can make a pallet from tube paints?
Hello Teoh :-), I don't really understand :what is the différence between the three colours : yellow, red, blue you put horizontally and yellow, red, blue you put vertically, I can see no différence, help! thanks
+Teoh Yi Chie Fair enough. I thought there might be some color perception theory reason. One could arrange each color to be only on one side of the rectangle (5 left, other 5 top) and thus end up with no empty space. Thats how I did it until now, but I think I am going to try your way because I usually have to much color mixed already and this way I can add a shade for every square leaning towards one side of the mixing colors. Have a nice day :)
+Teoh Yi Chie ....you could put more info into the charts by having the mixes biased to one colour and then the other so that the chart will not just be a repetition of the 2 halves.You could also use a dropper to make a smaller dilute section in the square which has happened anyway on some of your charts in the corners. Cheers.
With the purple the colour red you are using is a warm red with a yellow bias,pthalo blue has a yellow bias ,any time there i s yellow present one can not achieve a vibrant purple,this colour you achieved can be very useful when a duller hue is required,good demo it helps people realy get into pigment mixing,once learnt a valuable tool.
theo, somehow when i can't figure something out or people 's videos confuse me , you always clear up the concept for me, thank you ! i have to do this with a bunch of brands , hi to the babe for me! hope all is well with you and she
I've been wanting to do a color chart for my watercolor paints but it seemed so overwhelming. After watching many videos on it, I found this one to be the best because you only use 3 colors to show us how from start to finish and by using only 3 colors, I found it easy to understand and follow. I'm really looking forward to doing my own, thank you!
Those are so gorgeous! I think I enjoy organizing and playing with my watercolors in new ways as much as actually painting.
This was so helpful to see the different brands swatched out like that. Really helped me figure out what brands to try for myself.. Great work, Thank you for sharing!
I agree -- where I live, Pebeo is the brand most easily available to me, but I wasn't happy with the colors I bought even though the packaging implies artist quality. Now I see why - your color charts make it very clear I prefer brands with much greater color saturation, like the Sennelier or Daniel Smith. Thank you for all this helpful information!
WOW. It is awesome that you made so many charts.. I can see this can almost become an obsession! This is a great idea and so useful to compare across brands. My watercolors are all single tubes of different brands, so this opened a new world to me. Too bad I can't afford all these paints! Thank you so much for sharing your time and work!
There's no need to buy so many paints or brands. I just do it because I like to test stuff and share the results with other artists.
Very interesting exercise that's more intriguing than expected. Good to know that the thalo/pyrrol mix went more black than purple. Better to find it out on the color blocks than a painting. Delightful demonstration! I learned a lot.
I really enjoyed the exactitude of these excellent colour charts Teoh. I like the empty blocks down the middle. Great stuff and thank you so much for this tutorial.
I was very surprised to see your Cotman chart, the colors are so vibrant, I wasn’t expecting that at all. I was going to send mine to a friend as I have too many paint brands, but now I think I will be keeping them and will send her another set instead. Thank you for this video, it is extremely helpful!
they all came out so beautiful, I would frame a few and hang them- so I would be surrounded by all that wonderful color :) thank you for showing us how this is done!! very helpful and so pretty!
Thank you ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪
This is the best colour chart tutorial on you tube, especially with the paint brand comparison.
Thanks \ (•◡•) /
ty so much for this . I made a chart with my turner watercolors, didn't realize how many colors i already had, don't have to keep buying colors
Wow, just how current and usefull this video still is 😊 Thank you 🙏
thanks. I really like the way you explained. your knowledge is worth millions ......thanks
+AMIR AMIR Thanks. I hope the video is helpful.
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excellent video I learnt a great deal and actually saw the value in taking the time to do color charts thank-you for making it so easy to follow and explaining it all so well
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+Piefje P I don't add colors to the chart after it is created. Can't think of any way to add the colors. Perhaps just create a new chart with the new colors, or for the colors that you commonly use.
Thank you. Making a whole new chart is quite labour intensive. Might have to cope without a chart for those colors. It's not the end of the world. :)
Thank you this video was very helpful to me. All of my stuff including my paint is in storage. So this helped me to decide which brand I will replace for now until I can get my stuff out of storage.
Thank you so much for posting this. This was so helpful and exactly what I was looking for.
April Mathis I'm glad you find this helpful.
Also like Schmincke colours. Thanks for doing so….many charts of swatching different makes of paints. Thanks
Very helpful, especially the chart comparisons! Thank you. 👍
Thanks for sharing. I will make my own color charts. Your explanation is the best.
Pthalo blue and any cadmium type red won't make purple. ~though not a bad thing, you're going by the thought that Red Yellow and Blue are primary colours.
Try the CMYk system colour chart. ~ in which you'd use yellow, magenta and cyan as the primary colours... and from that you will get Red, Green, and Blue as secondary. colours.
Really good video as a colour study.
Arielle Lavecchia which colors would you choose for a CMgY chart? Thanks.
I use Quin Magenta, winsor blue green shade (Is actually Phtalo blue gs) and winsor lemon.
Thank you for this video and your work. Your blog ist nice, too, and helped me to decide my colors.
thanks for sharing this! helped me a lot to learn how to mix colors. cheers!
Thank you for this demonstration. I truly enjoy all your videos and I never fail to learn something Everytime. I value your knowledge and appreciate that you share, thank you again.
Love the way you explained it you made it simple been trying to make one and kept getting confused....Thank you
Wow! Your channel is really great! I just found this video out and I already subscribed to the channel. I was thinking about investing in a Sennelier pallet, but I was afraid I might not end up liking the colours. I really liked the result on your Sennelier chart and I'll probably get one. This video was super helpful. Thank you so much for teaching us!
Thank you for sharing! You have a wonderful way with explaining everything :) I just found your channel and have been binge watching ever since.
Thanks for your support. Check out the playlists :-) ruclips.net/user/teohycplaylists
I've watched lots of color charts. Yours is best to figure out for the color mix. I definitely will make my own.
Thanks.
+Inae Kim Thank you 😁
This video is so he'll helpful, I make color charts for all my paints now. Thank you
Best demo of a colour chart. Best 🙏👏🏽
This makes so much sense, I need to do this for my own palet!
Do you have any technique to include whit & black mixes for hues and shades in this very chart. I find mixing whites or black with the colour mixes gives interesting colours! Thank you... I really like your videos.... Keep up the good work 👍 😊
To mix black, it is best to use primary colours that you are already using in your painting. If not, some quick convenient blacks can be produced with French Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna, Phthalo Green BS and a cool red.
Very helpful video, in spite of the unexpected results:)! That’s the reason we should do swatches of all the colours, we never know what we’ll get...
Very good will create mine soon I actually have three to make.
Danke!
Very helpful! And i maked my own colour chart with Schmincke. I like it to mix watercolours. ^-^
+EinwildesFetz Thanks :-D
Thank you for sharing your "Great" video on comparing the different watercolor brands 😃👍
+Lisa Swank- Artful Inspirations Thanks 😁
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this is so comprehensive and very helpful! thank you so much!
Thank you very much. Well explained and so useful. This job is next on my ‘to do’ list.
Yes i have the colors and I will check with local market if I can get good brand. Thank you
When I was at art school, teacher always ask us to make black color using red and blue, rather than using pure black.
This was a pain in the butt to do, almost 6hrs for a 24 colors palette (goauche, so i added white instead of diluting on other half).
But i realized how much unnecessary greens I have (well that should be obvious since japanese palette tends to have a lot of greens)
and was able see how a warm and cool red yields completely different results.
Though, i felt that alot of my squares where not a 1:1 mix so my chart is not super accurate.
I'll try the zorn palette next since it's super useful for portraiture. I dunno if it's applicable for watercolors though since white is important.
24 colours is too much. With the right primary colours, maybe three sets of three, you can probably mix a lot of the secondary colours that you already have.
Just learning, so making a chart is a great idea! Thank you, Be well, Jonnie
Good teaching tool, thanks
This is a brilliant idea, thank you for the informative video, I'm going to definitely try this.
thank you for the comparisons! really helpful
I've never thought about doing this. I'm going to now! Thank you this was really helpful :)
+Lyly Forest Thanks ~(˘▾˘~)
thank you very much..I am trying to teach my son about watercolors and colors in general.
+Tina Lynn That's good to hear! Children are great at drawing! :-)
Thank you for doing this video. I'm brand new to watercolors and I bought a set of 24 QoR and a set of 12 Cotmans to practice with. My problem is I don't have paper big enough to swatch all of the QoR. Can the back of the watercolor paper be used? I have never used the back before... Thank you for your time :)
This was very educational. I love how you have created different color for different brands, and compared them one to the other. Do you usually purchase your boxed sets and if so, do you have a favorite brand, and why? Thank you so much!!!
+Jenny Moon I guess my favourite brands of box sets currently would be Winsor & Newton or Kremer Pigments (14 full pan) set 1. Nowadays I get tubes to squeeze into pans as I can buy the colours I want.
I just wondered if I can create color chart by using below pigments from Pebeo studio watercolor
Primary lemon yellow, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, burnt umber, primary red cadmium, alizarine crimson, primary phthalo Blue, prussian Blue, colbat blue, and SAP green 10 pigments. Advise please - thank you
You can create colour charts if you have the paints already. But if you don't, I do not recommend Pebeo. The quality is not very good. It difficult to achieve good color intensity with their paints.
Hi Teoh - Thanks for all of your many useful demonstrations, you do a great service to all of us aspiring artists! I see that you do display the Cotman Winsor & Newton colors in a chart, but not the "artist grade" Winsor & Newton colors, which are the first ones I learned to use from my online tutor Louise De Masi. Did you omit the W & N colors because the Cotman versions are very similar? I think it would be cool to see the two (W/N, and W/N Cotman) compared - unless there is little difference? I will check through your other videos to see if I can find more on the W/N artist grade colors. Thanks again. Teoh!
With certain WN Cotman colours, you sometimes have to use more paint to achieve the same intensity/vibrancy.
Excellent, your videos help me a lot, thank you very, very much !
The comparison of the swatches was very interesting however I was waiting to see how the Winsor and Newton artist grade paints you have compare also. Could you do another comparison video of your swatches that includes W&N artist grade please :-)
+Fiona Plum WN artist grade should be similar to Daniel Smith. I've just reviewed the W&N box set that I've been using for a few years.
Thanks Teoh, I have seen that review and you did the paints justice in that. I am already a Winsor and Newton fan so know them very well. Was just wondering how they compare to the other brands. For example in your swatches I can see that some paints are more vibrant while others are more subdued. Some are very smooth while others are more granulated. I definitely like the vibrant colours more. Do you think Winsor and Newton is one of the higher ones in that respect?
+Fiona Plum Well, it really depends on the particular colour as well. But generally speaking, at least from the box sets that I've used, I find Sennelier to be less granulating, Kremer Pigments to be very granulating, QoR to be more subdued (when the tube paints dry as pans), and Schmincke, W&N and DS to be rather close in quality.
In other words, if someone were to paint colour charts and show it to me without telling me which charts are from which brands, I can probably pick out Kremer Pigments and QoR. But I would not be able to tell the difference between other brands. They are all pretty good (except QoR or at least for the particular batch that I'm using). Just use whatever that you have. W&N is good, very good. I like it a lot too.
Thanks for taking the time and sharing this . .but what if I have 40 colors Palette . .How do I make a color chart for that ? but since it's 40 I might get a lot of duplicate colors so do I even need a color chart in the first place ?
+Scarlet Black I don't think it's feasible to create a chart for 40 colours. Many colours and mixtures may look too similar. If you do create a colour chart, it will help you reduce the number of duplicated colours. Whereas a colour chart for 12 colours serves the purpose of letting you know the variety of mixtures possible.
Very interesting to see the difference between brands. I don't understand why you need to do the charts symmetricals ?
Excellent demo thank you.😊
So can you make an additional color chart crossing Daniel Smith with Kremer pigments? LOL. Thanks for the video!!
This is AMAZING. I plan to do it!
+Angie Wilson That's great \ (•◡•) /
I have enjoyed and learnt a lot, thank you
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Very helpful!
Thank you Teoh Yi Chie !
Isn't it more effective to wash your brush in a small container and then wash your brush in the larger container? Or wash your brush in 2 large containers?
Hi Teoh,
I find your color chart comparisons extremely helpful. Thank you for making this! I wondered if you could list the Daniel Smith paints in the 15 block chart. I can't find it as a set anymore and you didn't put them on the color chart so I can't get it from the screen. If you still have that info, would you please post it?
Thanks much,
Dory
Dory Rice Hi. it's not sold as a set. It's a selection of colours recommended by Jane Blundell. Do a Google search with "jane blundell ultimate mixing palette" and you should see the post.
Teoh Yi Chie Oh good, I know her palette. Thank you for answering so quickly!
Take care,
Dory
Thank you very much for sharing, it' s so helpful 🙏🏻 😇 💕
Excellent video! I learned so much!
+Denise Chapel Thanks :-D
It seems to me that the colors with honey are the most saturated here. I wonder if the brands without honey would look more vibrant straight from the tube.
@Teoh Yi Chie , I have painted before but let the skill go for several years. Now that I have a stable job as an adult I want to paint again. What would you say is a good watercolor paper brand/series that isn't too expensive for "regular hobbyists" but aren't the cheap student kind that really behaves poorly and buckles really easily.
See if you can get 100% watercolour paper from Bee Paper amzn.to/36Meldy
or the Khadi Paper sketchbook. www.parkablogs.com/picture/review-khadi-papers-210gsm-watercolour-sketchbook-hardcover
Or buy large pieces of paper or blocks and cut them yourself.
In these 200+ wonderful comments/questions, I'm curious if anyone has asked about doing the chart as big as yours... Is it possible to buy that format of watercolor paper in single sheets.
I also am a huge fan of yours. One of my most valuable subscriptions. 😊
I should have specified.. I hadn't realized the size of paper you have 10x7" is not huge as I thought. (I watched this video too long ago to remember🥴.) I have a set of 18 pans. My paper is 9x12" or 22.9x30.5 cm. I calculated and found that every square should be 1.13cm each. It's very tiny- so that's why I was curious about the paper size, due to the quantity of my set.
Ugh, just had a brilliant 💡 idea-- I'll use 2 sheets of my paper and connect them with tape.
Silly to have not brainstormed before I wrote here! You're a great artist and teacher.
9 x 12 inch paper is probably just big enough for 12 colours but the squares will be small like the ones you see. If you want larger squares, get 12 x 16-inch paper and cut it yourself. It's better than using tape to stick two pieces of paper together.
Thanks for the demo of the blue, red and yellow primary color mixing. Please clarify: if the color mixing of red and yellow - which is Orange, has a value difference? If yes, what is the estimated mixing ratio or the vertical and horizontal. I am just wondering, how can I make a lot of color using the blue, red and yellow --- for example the brown , yellow ochre and sap green.
Teoh, thanks for the information and all the great videos. I just purchased the full 105 line of Mijello Mission Gold watercolors. Would you recommend creating a chart using that many colors. I'm guessing I would need probably a full uncut sheet of watercolor paper, or do you think this process is more useful for limited "working" palettes? Thanks so much and keep up the great work!
+James Darrell Wow. 105 colours?!? It will take a lot of time to create a chart, and you will need a huge piece of paper. And have to be very careful not to make mistakes! I don't think it is necessary to paint colour charts for so many colours. As long as you sort of know what colours to start with that's good enough.
Thank you for taking the time to reply. I figured as much. I thought I would wait until I had a semi-permanent palette for a few paints and create a smaller chart, but wanted to get an experts opinion. Thanks again!
J. Robert Darrell aah.. I remember you robert😁 i don't think anyone can help you with the 105 x 105 color chart!.. I think you should try it.. You'll probably go down in watercolor swatch history! 👍
i love your channel! keep making more videos!
Thanks :-)
Another great video.
Q: I have the 12 color Cotman set and have bought some additional colors. I am about to make a color chart. Any tips how to add the ever growing amount of additional colors in a mixing chart? What do you do when you buy additional colors?
I can't think of anything other than just adding them to the side and top of the chart. But that will make the neat chart look very messy.
Im so confused. I have dyslexia and I have 36 White Nights that I got yesterday. I want to make a chart but my math is terrible and cant figure out how many squares I need for a 8x10 paper. I appreciate your videos, Ive learned a lot from you. Thank you
I don't really recommend making a chart for 36 colours. It's too many colours. But if you're up for the challenge, you need a 37 x 37 squares. 8 by 10 inch paper is too small to fit that many squares.
Teoh Yi Chie Aw Thank you!!! Maybe on two or more LOL, pieces of paper? You’re awesome! Thank you so much! 🥰
Teoh Yi Chie I’m gonna try 18 colors. I think I can manage that a lot better. Thx again my friend
Very good demo....thank you.
very informative! thanks for taking the time to share this... ")
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excellent tutorial took your time to explain theory THANK YPU VERY MUCH
+Victor Casanueva Thanks 😊
I have a 48 color kuretake set :'). Maybe 4 sheets of paper, and not have all the colors twice? Could use the white diagonal to put 2 colors in for above/below instead of the colors in the top row?
And then maybe start with some interesting colors and fill in the rest when I use them?
Why would you try mixing everything? If you already have 48 colors in your pallette, there is no need to do the mixing chart. A mixing chart of 12 colors produces 12 * 12 / 2 = 72 colors, and the
24 extra that are not in your pallette are probably the muddy ones, which you are never going to use anyway.
I'm excited to do this. But how big of paper will my 24-color need?!?! Haha...
+Dindin Lagdameo I used a 10 by 10 inch sheet for 12 pans so I guess you would need a much larger sheet of paper. Maybe close 20 x 20 inches. Make sure to write the names of the paints in first so that it will less likely to paint colours into the wrong box. Be careful not to make any mistakes.
+Teoh Yi Chie Thank you. I've been watching the videos you've made and I'm enjoying and learning immensely. Keep them coming. You inspire!!! 😀
Very helpful. Thank you very much!
+Evelyn Edeen Thanks 😊
Very useful! Thank you.
Thank you!!!
Really enjoyed how you explained this. I have so many sets that I'm not using wisely. I intend to make these charts right away. One question. What is the palette you are using to hold your paints? I like the system so much.
+Mary McCaslin I use a variety of palettes, metal and plastic. The usual one is the common 12-half pan box. This one farm3.staticflickr.com/2759/4386962997_15cbf9dd73_z.jpg
+Teoh Yi Chie Thank you!
This is really great, thanks!
+Eesoteric43 Thanks!
Wonderful video! Thank you!
Thanks :-)
Great video. Thank you.
SO HELPFUL, THANK YOU!!! :D
Thank you. This is helpful.
Very helpful ..
It may be my monitor, but I couldn't really see a saturated lemon yellow except for the Schmincke. Good colour comparisons b/n the manufacturers. The Cotmans were a surprise but are they lightfast ?Thanks
Not sure how lightfast the Cotman are.
Yeah, I think they would do well for journals. I will keep my Daniel Smiths for the studio. The good thing about modern high chromatic colours is that you can always dull them down but you can't brighten up low saturation colours except for simultaneous contrast tricks. Have you any experience with Old Holland w/c paints. ? I hear that they are supposed to be very strongly pigmented.
Why not just colour wheel?
THANKS
Thanks, that helps a lot.
Teoh, do I understand correctly?
The mix above the white squares might have more of the colors listed horizontally?
And the ones below the white squares might have more of the colors listed vertically? Or vice versa!
And in order to have the white squares I need to have one more square than colors i have in grid?
Yes, you need an extra square. For example, if you have 12 colours, then you need a 13 by 13 grid. You can write the colour names beside the square to guide you and make sure you don't put down the wrong colours.
Teoh Yi Chie many thanks.
Great video.. ty for sharing. I was wondering what you do when there's moore paints from the manufacturer? I just picked up a 36-pallet from White Knights.. do you swatch out all 36 colours or however many you buy? and if so, do you put it over two sheets? thanks, I appreciate your feedback.
36 colours is too many. I'll just swatch individual colours but I won't swatch mixing charts.
@@teohyc Ty, so then perhaps I should pick out the single pigment colors only?
I'm really new to painting. Why do you have the clear boxes running perpendicular down the chart? I'm learning so much from your videos and the comments too!
+Nora Pavia Perpendicular or diagonal? The diagonal boxes are those not mixed because they are same colours.
Nora Pavia thank you for asking that! I've been wondering that too. It makes sense though.
You are great love your videos. Can you tell me if I can create a pallet out of the dr. ph martin paints just like you can make a pallet from tube paints?
+Faith, Family, Friends Dr Ph Martin inks are meant to be used as ink.
Hello Teoh :-), I don't really understand :what is the différence between the three colours : yellow, red, blue you put horizontally and yellow, red, blue you put vertically, I can see no différence, help! thanks
+Lisa Dali There is no difference. It is just to full up the page. You can use a different mixture for the other triangle too.
oki I feel better lol, I was wondering what's up, thanks Teoh I will try to practise more, your videos are great
Hi, great comparison of the different colors. Why do you paint each mixed square twice though (blue-red, red-blue)?
+SerenityReceiver So that the chart looks nice and no space is wasted.
+Teoh Yi Chie Fair enough. I thought there might be some color perception theory reason.
One could arrange each color to be only on one side of the rectangle (5 left, other 5 top) and thus end up with no empty space. Thats how I did it until now, but I think I am going to try your way because I usually have to much color mixed already and this way I can add a shade for every square leaning towards one side of the mixing colors. Have a nice day :)
***** Of you can create a colour chart like this. janeblundellart.blogspot.sg/2014/03/warm-and-cool-primary-colour-wheel-with.html
+Teoh Yi Chie Wow, that Lady surely goes in depth about colors. Thanks for the link.
+Teoh Yi Chie ....you could put more info into the charts by having the mixes biased to one colour and then the other so that the chart will not just be a repetition of the 2 halves.You could also use a dropper to make a smaller dilute section in the square which has happened anyway on some of your charts in the corners. Cheers.