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Here’s a great article about color mixing from Golden Paint. It clearly explains, using examples that you can replicate, the different colors you get from different pallette choices. Very useful info and not necessarily intuitive. Check it out here.

Excerpt:

“Three Primary Color Mixing

In my workshops I teach many artists, from novices to experienced painters who have never taken a color theory class and are simply afraid of the rigor and discipline that is associated with it. Rather than focusing on theories, my approach is simply all about mixing and discovery. To accomplish this, I very loosely use the idea of the three primaries. I needed this rather simple approach because I wanted to know more about two or three of the basic pigments that the kit contains since I don’t typically use Hansa Yellow Light, Phthalo Blue (Green Shade) or Anthraquinone Blue on my own palette.

By utilizing the color wheel form for this exercise I began to compare duo mixtures from colors included in the Modern Theory Color Mixing Set.”

YELLOWS Hansa Yellow Light Quinacridone Magenta Phthalo Blue (GS)

YELLOWS Hansa Yellow Medium Quinacridone Magenta Phthalo Blue (GS)