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04 October 2005

MINERAL AND ORGANIC PIGMENTS

(From Golden acrylics web site)
Forget color theory for a moment and let's focus on the reality of pigments.
A few simple facts:

When Mineral pigments are mixed together, they create a "muddy" or low chroma mixture.

When Organic pigments are mixed together, they maintain their brightness and yield clean, high chroma mixtures.

Let's mix some examples.

Mix a Cadmium Red Medium and Cobalt Blue (inorganics) to create violet. Now use Quinacridone Red and Phthalo Blue (organics) to make another violet. One is not "better" than the other is, but one is certainly of a higher chroma (brighter).

Take a look at the different versions of the Matisse painting below. One is painted with a limited palette of organics and the other inorganics. One is not a better palette than the other, but by understanding the "rules" of pigment mixing, you have solved many color mixing dilemmas and maybe even hours of mixing muddy color.



GOLDEN ACRYLIC COLOUR CHART

Heavy Body Color Chart

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Color Mixing Guide

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Color Mixing Guide-Golden Acrylics
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GOLDEN ACRYLICS have created a palette of eight professional acrylic colors to provide you with the potential to mix the widest range of colors.

The Selection of Colors for Mixing
Titanium White
ZincWhite
Quinacridone Magenta*
Naphthol Red Light
Hansa Yellow Medium*
Phthalo Green(Blue Shade)
Phthalo Blue(Green Shade)*
Yellow Ochre

*For this palette, the three mixing primaries are Hansa Yellow Medium, Quinacridone Magenta and Phthalo Blue (Green Shade).

COLOUR MIXING

Golden Acrylics

"Pigments There are two types of pigments that paints are made with: Inorganic and Organic. Each type of pigment has a loading capacity in regards to the binder. To put it simply... See Color Mixing: