Does anyone use only a 6 colour palette ?

[virgil carter]

Just add black.

OK.

Sling quickly!
Virgil

[Neeman]

Originally Posted by PCool

Marcio,
Years ago, Daler Rowney made/sold a 6 color pan palette. The colors were/are (were: because it may not be around anymore), are (because I still have the palette: Hooker's Green, no1; French Ultramarine; cadmium Yellow; Yellow Ochre; Crimson Alizarin; and Cadmium Red).
Peg

This is a typical English 6 color palette
Sometimes Light Red instead of Cad Red

[JPQ]

there is no correct thing for palette i think depends subjects and this english palette looks me mainly for landscapes palette. and my paletter is going be maybe mainly for fantasy nature mainly flowers and birds.

[Yorky]

Well, I have lots of colours on my palette, but on my last painting I used Winsor Blue, Prussian Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Transparent Yellow, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, and some very pale Turquoise for the water.

Doug

[JPQ]

makes think what is this turquoise one idea is cobalt turquoise what i have is very light hue but to me is not pale at least variant what i have. and my last paintting have only 5 colours i dont remember pigment names but one is pg36,and others are three reds,orange. weird set i know but pg36 and third red is used for grey.others for sky...

[Yorky]

I added the Turquoise to my palette recently - trying to be a "bit more adventurous"

Doug

[JPQ]

Originally Posted by Yorky

I added the Turquoise to my palette recently - trying to be a "bit more adventurous"

Doug

what pigment it is ? or at least colour name and brand.

[Yorky]

W&N Cobalt Turquoise, PB36. I added a couple of bright colours to my palette as an experiment.

Doug

[alansam]

in the 18th century there were some fabulous paintings by cotman ,de wint, and others , using a limited palette , mostly earth colours ,turner started using his yellows and blues as he got older,(,I use a limited palette ..but I dont use yellow ochre .or the brown pink de wint used ), //brown pink??
what colour is near to it ??

[Bobar57]

I understand color mixing and how a limited palette works,but in my humble opinion,a limited palette is convenient and adequate in countries of Europe as England where muted colors had been used by centuries with a good reason,the weather calls for them.I live in a tropical zone,lots of colorful places,my palette will take as many colors as it can handle,the brighter the better,if a dull color is called for always can be achieved by proper mixing.

Bob

[Mayberry]

Originally Posted by alansam

in the 18th century there were some fabulous paintings by cotman ,de wint, and others , using a limited palette , mostly earth colours ,turner started using his yellows and blues as he got older,(,I use a limited palette ..but I dont use yellow ochre .or the brown pink de wint used ), //brown pink??
what colour is near to it ??

Brown pink was a color made from berries or other plant materials. And at that time "pink" meant a yellow color. Brown pink refered to a darker, browner shade of yellow made from these plant materials.

Stil-de-grain also refered to a yellow color made from berries, and sometimes brown pink is considered to mean a dark shade of stil-de-grain.

The Natural Pigments website has an interesting article on historical pigments refered to as "pink." http://naturalpigments.com/blog/2008...is-yellow.html

[pumkin54]

It's funny, the colors in my limited palette have already changed since I first responded to this post. I now use primarily cerulean blue, alizarin crimson, nickel azo yellow and viridian green! I wonder what it will be next month.

[noge]

IMHO The number of colors in your box doesnt matter
and they allways change with the season

The reason for a limitted palette is : easier to create a color harmony

A 36 color box looks so great but you need years of practice to master ist

[Marmsk]

Where I studied art, black was shunned for killing colour. We were forbidden to use it. True watercolour did not use black!!!

[claude j greengrass]

Originally Posted by Bobar57

I understand color mixing and how a limited palette works,but in my humble opinion,a limited palette is convenient and adequate in countries of Europe as England where muted colors had been used by centuries with a good reason,the weather calls for them.I live in a tropical zone,lots of colorful places,my palette will take as many colors as it can handle,the brighter the better,if a dull color is called for always can be achieved by proper mixing.

Bob

In my humble opinion, you are mistaken. Europe and England, as you put it, are very colourful. Have a look at some of JMW Turners paintings. Also a limited palette doesn't imply a muted palette.