1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic Watercolor: Achieve precise color when painting landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and more
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- Create Date：2021-06-10 09:53:47
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：William F. Powell
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Summary
1，500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil， Acrylic & Watercolor
is the definitive color-mixing resource for oil， acrylic， and watercolor artists。 This user-friendly spiral-bound book is tabbed for quick and easy reference and includes two removable color-mixing grids—one for oil or acrylic， and one for watercolor。
Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 1，500 color combinations:
Look in the Color Guidance Index for the subject you want to paint—for example， “Broccoli。”
Find the Color Recipe with the subject’s recipe number （“81”） and a photo of the actual paint mixture。
Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color。
Mix the color。
It’s that easy！ You’ll also learn about color theory， color value mixing， graying color naturally， mixing flesh and portrait colors， and rendering skies and clouds。
Also available from Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series: Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic， Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits， and Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes。
Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 1，500 color combinations:
Look in the Color Guidance Index for the subject you want to paint—for example， “Broccoli。”
Find the Color Recipe with the subject’s recipe number （“81”） and a photo of the actual paint mixture。
Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color。
Mix the color。
It’s that easy！ You’ll also learn about color theory， color value mixing， graying color naturally， mixing flesh and portrait colors， and rendering skies and clouds。
Also available from Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series: Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic， Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits， and Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes。
Reviews
Alexandra
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A great tool for an artist for colour combinations in general， landscape and portraits。 very organized
Annie
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Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 1，500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil， Acrylic & Watercolor is a tutorial guide with recipes for palette mixing by William F。 Powell。 Originally released in 2012 this reformat and re-release is due out 15th June 2021 from Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint。 It's 176 pages and will be available in paperback format。This is a no-nonsense bare bones mixing guide for oil， acrylic， and watercolor media。 The mixing diagrams are specific and useful。 The c Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 1，500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil， Acrylic & Watercolor is a tutorial guide with recipes for palette mixing by William F。 Powell。 Originally released in 2012 this reformat and re-release is due out 15th June 2021 from Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint。 It's 176 pages and will be available in paperback format。This is a no-nonsense bare bones mixing guide for oil， acrylic， and watercolor media。 The mixing diagrams are specific and useful。 The charts are arranged according to medium and color and contain specific values and ranges for 1500 colors from the base colors for each medium （Burnt sienna， Burnt umber， Cadmium orange， Cadmium red light， Cadmium yellow， etc）。 They are grouped together in their own chapters and aren't confusing to keep separate。 The color blends are -not- specified by brand of pigment。The author has also included an overall tutorial on watercolor mixing specifically for portraiture with a good overview over values and tones for skin colors across a wide range of skins。There is also a tutorial on color theory， an appendix。 with a legend/index for typical mixes for things such as trees， sunset sky， stormy sky， etc。This is a very useful book。 It would make a good reference for maker's spaces， studios， library acquisition， or the home studio。 It's worth noting however that the content for the -other- re-releases in the same series from the same publisher contains a large overlap with the content here。 If only one volume is to be purchased， it should be this one。Four stars。 Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes。 。。。more
Samantha
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This book provides colour mixing recipes for use in a variety of mediums （oil， acrylic， watercolour）。It explains how much paint you will need， and provides a mixing grid for you to use。 It also shows how a colour changes with the addition of white， water or blacks。The book is like going to B&Q and looking at their colour swatch cards， telling you the paints and their quantities required to achieve the same colour。 If doing portraits， the book includes a chapter on skin， lips， eye colours for you This book provides colour mixing recipes for use in a variety of mediums （oil， acrylic， watercolour）。It explains how much paint you will need， and provides a mixing grid for you to use。 It also shows how a colour changes with the addition of white， water or blacks。The book is like going to B&Q and looking at their colour swatch cards， telling you the paints and their quantities required to achieve the same colour。 If doing portraits， the book includes a chapter on skin， lips， eye colours for you to get the correct shading along with tips on how to paint the warm and cool areas of the body parts。 Similarly for landscapes， the book contains mixes for clouds， sky， trees and mountains。 If you know the object you wish to paint， say beaver fur， there is an index at the rear of the book that provides the recipe number that is most suitable for your painting。this is a thoroughly excellent book on those who wish to get the correct colour without having to guess at the quantities required to get the mix correct。I received this book from Netgalley in return for a honest review。 。。。more
Carolm
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A lot of different colour swatches， but not much information on the pigments that were used， just the paints。 As manufacturer's change their formulations and paint names， this might not be much help。 Not a lot of technical information either （e。g。， lightfastness）。 As I was more interested in the color rather than when to use the recipes （I am not a portraitist， for example）， the recipes were of limited use to me。 A lot of different colour swatches， but not much information on the pigments that were used， just the paints。 As manufacturer's change their formulations and paint names， this might not be much help。 Not a lot of technical information either （e。g。， lightfastness）。 As I was more interested in the color rather than when to use the recipes （I am not a portraitist， for example）， the recipes were of limited use to me。 。。。more
ilona Laney
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Excellent reference book。 Ordered & bought my own copy。
Victoria
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Color mixing can be challenging and this book will guide you but it also contains a lot of information to process。 I don't believe this book is made for beginners。 I mainly wanted to learn information for watercolor paints but the book will provide information for oil and acrylic as well。 The book is mainly used as a reference and guide to color mixing。 Thank you for an eARC from NetGalley for the purposes of writing this review。 Color mixing can be challenging and this book will guide you but it also contains a lot of information to process。 I don't believe this book is made for beginners。 I mainly wanted to learn information for watercolor paints but the book will provide information for oil and acrylic as well。 The book is mainly used as a reference and guide to color mixing。 Thank you for an eARC from NetGalley for the purposes of writing this review。 。。。more
Witch-at-Heart
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Loved this book it has so many helpful mixing tips。 There are very detailed color grids on how to mix colors to achieve a huge variety of applications。 This book is perfect for anyone wanting to truly customize paint colors，。 Any artist who is new to color or would like to mix colors will find this book a phenomenal resource。I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review。
Janet
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Date reviewed/posted: March 14， 2021Publication date: May 18， 2021When life for the entire galaxy and planet has turned on its end， you are continuing to #maskup and #lockdown to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation as the #secondwave （ #thirdwave ？）is upon us， superspeed readers like me can read 300+ pages/hour， so yes， I have read the book … and many more today。I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley， the publisher and the author in exchange for Date reviewed/posted: March 14， 2021Publication date: May 18， 2021When life for the entire galaxy and planet has turned on its end， you are continuing to #maskup and #lockdown to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation as the #secondwave （ #thirdwave ？）is upon us， superspeed readers like me can read 300+ pages/hour， so yes， I have read the book … and many more today。I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley， the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review。 From the publisher， as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews， I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸。1，500 Colour Mixing Recipes for Oil， Acrylic & Watercolor is the definitive colour-mixing resource for oil， acrylic， and watercolour artists。 This user-friendly compendium is colour-coded for quick-and-easy reference and includes two removable colour-mixing grids—one for oil or acrylic， and one for watercolour。Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 1，500 colour combinations:Look in the Color Index for the subject you want to paint—for example， ***"Broccoli。"Find the Color Recipe with the subject's recipe number （"81"） and a photo of the actual paint mixture。***Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint colour。***Mix the colour。 It's that easy！ You’ll also learn about colour theory， mixing values， complementary colours， graying colour naturally， mixing portrait colours， rendering skies and clouds， and more。Walter Foster's best-selling Colour Mixing Recipes series also includes Colour Mixing Recipes for Watercolor， Colour Mixing Recipes for Portraits， and Colour Mixing Recipes for Landscapes。 These books contain hundreds of precise colour mixing combinations for realistic results， as well as two acetate grids for measuring paint units。 This is a great idea for a book but I utterly refuse to spend $40 on a book that is 96 pages long - that is essentially a big pamphlet - and I will not buy the other books in the series for the same reason。 I can print off of Pinterest the charts for these for patrons wanting to know and they can keep them and I need not have spent a fortune on hard copies of the books （for all of the branches wanting them） as they can easily get stolen。 （trust me， the art books get stolen， especially ones like this！）I said that I would be honest， and it backfires sometimes。 。。。more
Debra
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Every artist should have at least one color mixing book。 I have three of William Powell’s color mixing books。 His are all very useful and I like his color mixing chart to measure out your paints。 I have a print copy and electronic copy of 1500 color recipes。 Some of the color swatches are different when you compare the book to the electronic version。tI would recommend 1500 color mixing recipes over the one for portraits and the one that is just oil and acrylic。 The reason is there is so much mor Every artist should have at least one color mixing book。 I have three of William Powell’s color mixing books。 His are all very useful and I like his color mixing chart to measure out your paints。 I have a print copy and electronic copy of 1500 color recipes。 Some of the color swatches are different when you compare the book to the electronic version。tI would recommend 1500 color mixing recipes over the one for portraits and the one that is just oil and acrylic。 The reason is there is so much more information in 1500。 Not just the watercolor recipes， 1500 includes landscape recipes。 I was surprised to find that it included all of the information from the portrait color mixing book。tI highly recommend William Powell’s 1500 color mixing recipes for oil， acrylic， and watercolor。tI received this galley from NetGalley。 。。。more
janeann fessler
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A must have for ANY artist
Jean
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Excellent， color mixing for one specific color。
Sidney H。
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Not so easy to use for practical purposes。
Samantha's Stories
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