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I do encourage everyone to mix their colors
from the Primary colors. I buy Primary colors of Red, Yellow and Blue and mix
Orange, Green and Purple from them. Mix in white to those colors we have Pink,
light Yellow, light Blue, etc. Mix Pink and Orange together and get Peach,
Yum.
Biz-Archive/MSAT/ClayArt/WebCam/DemoPix-020.htm
Mix Gold and Silver with Primary and Secondary colors and get some lovely
effects. I like Green with Gold on leaf cane.
New_Projects/Wisteria/Wist-Lei/004.htm
The Color Cards section shows how I keep track of mixing experiments.
Biz-Archive/ColorCards/Samples/Card-Grp.htm
When you mix your own colors you have a wider pallet to work with than you'll
ever see on the shelf of the craft supply store. Also you'll be able to repeat
colors at will rather than wait for the next shipment to come in to the store.
The colors I suggest one buy in bulk for mixing colors are:
Black
White
Translucent
Red
Yellow
Blue
Red + Yellow = Orange
Red + Blue = Purple
Blue + Yellow = Green
Add more of one color than the other and you
get colors like blue-green. Add white to any of those and you get pastels. Add
translucent to any of these mixes and you can get
"juicy" colors.
if you want to get fancy
Pearl
Gold
Silver
Copper
if you're making mini treats
Burnt Umber - great for chocolate
Raw Sienna - great for milk chocolate
Like the chocolate coating on donuts
That's a dozen colors. From those colors you can mix any hue. Try Gold and
Pearl together, it's lovely. These 12 colors are the only ones I use
regularly. I buy them by the pound and mix the Secondary colors and custom
colors from scratch. I've found that finding the mix I like I am making clay
things that please me more than using colors straight out of the pack.
Also for mini food makers mixing your colors and using a lot of no color
Translucent is the only way you'll be able to replicate real food. You can't
find the colors pre-mixed that will work for mini food outside of Burnt Umber
and Raw Sienna.
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