How to Mix Neutral Color in Oils and Acrylics with the Swatch Method

Mixing color is intimidating for many artists. Especially mixing neutral colors in paintings. This lesson shows a great way to learn how to mix artists colors in neutral shades. Use this for oils or acrylics for confident paint mixing.
By using common paint swatches you can create challenges for yourself. Try to mix the color using the step-by-step process suggested in this lesson.
Find the hue, value and saturation of the color and work from there. You will see how easy it is to isolate the color using a process that is logical.
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One of the best painting class . 👏👏👍🎨🙏👩‍🎨

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you Sima

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A Great lesson in " Colour Mixing"!
Thank You MUCH.

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Thank you Malcolm for informative demo.

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Very informative and helpful Malcolm. Thank you from a cold Scotland. Happy New Year.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Happy new year!

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Very helpful! Thank you!

[@MalcolmDewey]

You're welcome!

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Great painting tips.

[@MalcolmDewey]

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Incredibly helpful video. Thank you!

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Thank You Malcom very informative 🕊

[@MalcolmDewey]

Pleasure, thank you

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Very good idea for exercising, thank you so much!

[@cindylin5255]

I mixed 40 colors tonight! A lot of fun! 👍

[@MalcolmDewey]

Excellent! Always pays off 🎨

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Good demo - wish This would have been available to me years and years ago.

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[@shrljazz]

Thanks Malcom very informative and very useful to know and understand. Im going to practice this as i never seem to get the colors looking right!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sameehakhaliq8327]

Why the neutrals are important in painting? Where do it use

[@MalcolmDewey]

Well neutrals are desaturated colors and most of the colors in nature are neutrals of some sort. Think of aerial perspective - like a distant hill - it is not a bright green, but a dull blue/violet maybe. That is a type of neutral or gray color.

[@sameehakhaliq8327]

@@MalcolmDewey thank you sir. I'm struggling with distant hills and foliage colours. Q#1How to manage seeing values when painting outdoor? Q#2 And also what distingues painting a morning or evening or early dawn painting? It's really hard to paint and reflect exact time of the day.