Use the bright colors sparingly.
You do not need a black paint. Payne’s gray with either brown, blue, crimson or green gives rich dark tones. Payne’s gray is also useful in shadows and shading other colors. For the different kinds of greens, mix yellow ochre, blue or brown with Hooker’s green. Use thin washes of light red and blue for the gray of distances and clouds.
| A Useful List OF WATER-COLORS | ||
|---|---|---|
| ·COLORS· | ·WHAT·TO·ASK·FOR·IN·THE·SHOP· | |
| 1 | Yellow | YELLOW OCHRE |
| 2 | Bright Yellow | GAMBOGE |
| 3 | Red | LIGHT RED |
| 4 | Crimson | CRIMSON LAKE |
| 5 | Brown | VANDYKE BROWN |
| 6 | Blue | NEW BLUE OR ULTRAMARINE |
| 7 | Green | HOOKER’S GREEN No. 1 |
| 8 | Gray | PAYNE’S GRAY |
| —Supplementary— | ||
| 9 | Purple | MAUVE |
| 10 | Orange | ORANGE-VERMILION |
