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Limited Palette for Unlimited Color
By Erin Hanson
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2023
About this lesson
Argues for building a palette from a few pure, outer-wheel pigments (like cadmium red, permanent green light and ultramarine blue) instead of pre-mixed tube colors, since harmonious pure pigments can be combined in any pairing to keep secondary and neutral mixes vibrant rather than muddy.
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