Color Mixing Recipes
The definitive color-mixing resource for oil and acrylic artists, Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic includes color mixing charts that list each color needed to create a combination and painting instructions in a handy, portable size. Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 450 color combinations: Look in the Color Guidance Index for the subject you want to paint--for example, "Sunflower Yellow." Find the Color Recipe with the subject's recipe number ("8") and a photo of the actual paint mixture. Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color. Mix the color. It's that easy! You'll also learn about color theory , color value mixing , complementary colors , graying color naturally , and mixing portrait colors . Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series also includes Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor , Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits , and Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes . These books contain hundreds of precise color mixing combinations for realistic results, as well as two acetate grids for measuring paint units.