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July 9, 2018 at 8:02 pm #458726
Hi guys,,
i’m studing a very sophisticated painting bi A.Tinei. I’m having a trouble identifying the blue he used, it’s so intense in chroma but still high in value.
i have tried Schev blue light, Phtalo blue, ultramarine and manganese with no results. any thoughts?July 10, 2018 at 9:09 am #655581Golden Paints site has a nice auto mixer that you supply an image and it gets an approximation. https://www.goldenpaints.com/mixer
It suggests: (the number are parts in proportion)
1
Cerulean Blue Deep1
Titan Violet Pale9
N8 Neutral Gray9
Light Phthalo BlueThe exact combination it provides varies when you move around that blue spot.. but one thing remains… Phtalo Blue combined with a Neutral Gray.. spiced a bit by something else slightly.
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July 10, 2018 at 9:28 am #655580Anonymousi have tried Schev blue light, Phtalo blue, ultramarine and manganese with no results
so you tried these and they were not chromatic enough, or the wrong hue?
Be sure to place your mix in the same context, next to the same flesh tone.July 10, 2018 at 12:18 pm #655583July 10, 2018 at 4:59 pm #655579I’d just jump for Prussian + White. The color you are viewing is less chromatic than it seems for one, and secondly the blue is very cyan leaning and I find that prussian is slightly more cyan leaning than Phthalo.
- Delo DelofashtJuly 14, 2018 at 7:06 pm #655584It appears to me that this blue might be Cerulean Blue. Either PB36 and PB36:1, as Cerulean Blue comes in both formulations. But I don’t know anything about the artist or when this painting was painted, which could certainly make a difference. Many pigments available today were not available at times in the past.
AJ (opainter), C&C always welcome
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:::: Painting Blog with an article now and thenJuly 15, 2018 at 6:34 am #655582so you tried these and they were not chromatic enough, or the wrong hue?
Be sure to place your mix in the same context, next to the same flesh tone.This!
BTW, Phthalo is the most chromatic blue color among other pigments except UMB and much more chromatic than Prussian blue. If you want to make a Blue (or Red) color to look brighter, then avoid to use pure White color on your painting, use pure White from tube to mix blue color with Phthalo, but avoid to apply this White on canvas. White must be muted strongly with Mars Violet, Green Earth, Yellow ochre or VanDyck Brown. Or with a mixture of such colors and Mars Black. Add as much earth color to white as possible until paint looks “White” for human perception. -
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