Colour Mixing Guide: Acrylics

This pocket-sized, practical guide has everything the acrylic artist needs to know about colour mixing, from colour theory to complementary, warm and cool colours, colour tone, using a limited palette, dull and bright colours and local colour. There follows an array of essential colour mixes using widely available Winsor & Newton colours. Clear, practical and beautifully presented advice.

• Clear, practical comprehensive guide
• Achievable colour results with quick and easy tips
• Uses readily available Winsor & Newton colours, easily subtituted by other ranges
• Pocket-sized and practical for the artist
• Colour wheel and template provided so readers can paint their own
• Very little competition available

Book Contents

Introduction 4
Material 6
Colours used in this book 8
Colour 10
Colour tone 20
Using a limited palette 22
Dull and bright colours 26
Local colour 27
Colour mixes 28
Glossary 48