Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic (Collector's Series)

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 mixingportrait colors.