TRIDENT Color Mixing Guide 16072011

Tru8 COLOR MIXING GUIDE

This guide is intended to help you mix the main and most popular colors on the artist's pallet. Please note that there are notes and tips on some of the more `extreme' formulations to make it practical and easier for you.

Swatch

Color

COOL primaries

Drops

Percentage Practical Mixing Tips/Notes

Cool Blue

4 drops TRU Yellow 20% Yellow 16 drops TRU Blue 80% Blue

Cool Red

19 drops TRU Red 95% Red 1 drop TRU Violet 5% Violet

WARM primaries

Cool Yellow

19 drops TRU Yellow 1 drop Cadmium Yellow (see mixture below)

95% Yellow 5% Cadmium Yellow

99.9% Yellow 0.01% Blue

10 drops TRU Blue 50% Blue Warm Blue 10 drops TRU Violet 50% Violet

Warm Red

29 drops TRU Yellow 21 drops TRU Red

58% Yellow 42% Red

Warm Yellow

To make Transparent / Candy / Glaze

Transparent Colors

0.25% Red 99.75% Yellow

To mix colors like this or even lighter, it is suggested to mix a decent quantity of Benzimida Orange (Light Orange), then use a tiny drop or more of that in yellow to get your lightest oranges.

TRIDENT colors can be added to the Transparent Base to make Transparent colors. Transparent color show up over light surfaces and colors but are invisible over dark backgrounds

Add 30% of TRIDENT color to 70% of TRIDENT Transparent Base (Neutral) Reduce as required

Most colors will give the highest transparency, however certain colors such as TRU White and TRU Flesh which have high concentrations of opaque pigment will only become translucent, not transparent such as yellow, red, blue, violet, green orange and so on.

Swatch Oranges

Color

Drops

Percentage Practical Mixing Tips/Notes

Benzimida Orange (Light Orange)

49 Drops TRU Yellow 1 Drop TRU Red

98% Yellow 2% Red

To mix colors like this or even lighter, it is suggested to mix a decent quantity of Cadmium Orange for your `color library' then use a drop or more of that in yellow to get your lightest oranges.

Cadmium

Orange

19 drops TRU Yellow 95% Yellow

(Mid-Orange) 1 drop TRU Red

5% Red

Greens

Pyrrole Orange (Moly/Burnt Orange)

18 drops TRU Yellow 90% Yellow

2 drops TRU Red

10 % Red

Naphthol Scarlet (Deep Orange-Red)

15 drops TRU Yellow 5 drops TRU Red

80% Yellow 20% Red

Color

Drops

Cadmium Lemon (light Lime)

999 drops Phthalo Green 1 drop TRU Blue

Percentage

99.9% Yellow .01% Blue

Practical Mixing Tips/Notes To mix colors like this or even lighter, it is suggested to mix a decent quantity of Phthalo Green or Permanent Green Light for your `color library' then use a tiny drop or more of that in TRU yellow to get your lightest greens.

Phthalo Yellow Green (Slime Green)

99 drops TRU Yellow 1 drop TRU Blue

99% Yellow 1% Blue

Permanent Green Light (Grass Green)

50 drops TRU Yellow 98% Yellow

1 drop TRU Blue

2% Blue

Permanent Green (mid-Green)

19 drops TRU Yellow 95% Yellow

1 drop TRU Blue

5% Blue

18 drops TRU Yellow 90% Yellow

Deep Green 2 drops TRU Blue

10% Blue

16 drops TRU Yellow 80% Yellow

Dark Green 4 drops TRU Blue

20% Blue

Purples

Phthalo Terquoise

10 drops TRU Blue 50% Blue 10 drops TRU Yellow 50% Yellow

The Trident range comes with a beautiful TRU Violet (which is a dioxazine Violet on the artists color palette). Though here are a few formulas for mixing rich variations.

Dark Cobalt 10 drops TRU Violet 50% Violet

Blue

10 drops TRU Blue 50% Blue

Thioindigo Violet (Violet- Red)

10 drops TRU Violet 10 drops TRU Red

50% Violet 50% Red

Quinacridone

Violet

15 drops TRU Red

(Red-Violet) 5 drops TRU Violet

75% Red 25% Violet

Swatch FLESH TONES

Color

Drops

Percentage

Practical Mixing Tips/Notes These flesh tones are a broad stroke pallet of the most common and popular flesh tone colors. Of course any color desired can be mixed.

Blush Flesh

19 drops TRU FLESH 1 drop TRU Brown

95% Flesh 5% Brown

Peach Flesh

35 drops TRU Flesh 13 drops TRU Yellow 1 drops TRU Red 1 drops TRU Yellow

70% Flesh 26% Yellow 2% Red 2% Yellow

Benzimida Maroon

15 drops TRU Flesh 75% Flesh 5 drops TRU brown 25% Brown

Gold Ochre (Golden Yellow)

10 drops TRU Flesh 50% Flesh 9 drops TRU Yellow 45% Yellow 1 drop TRU Brown 5% Brown

Dark Raw Sienna (Deep Straw)

10 drops TRU Flesh 9 drops TRU Yellow 1 drop TRU Brown 1 drop TRU Violet

58% Flesh 42% Yellow 5% Brown 5% Violet

Grey Brown

60% TRU Flesh 35% TRU Brown 5% TRU Black

60% Flesh 35% Brown 5% Black

Chocolate Brown

35 drops TRU Flesh 60 drops TRU Brown 5 drops TRU Black

35% Flesh 60% Brown 5% Black

Dark Chocolate

85 drops TRU

85% Brown

Brown

15% Black

15 drops TRU Black

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