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Natural Color Palette by ~TimBeard:iconTimBeard:

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©2009 ~TimBeard
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Okay folks. I've noticed some comments about my use of color lately. So if anyone is interested I have compiled these charts in Photoshop. This is a palette that I picked up way back in community college and have been using ever since. It's a great palette to get a nice natural look to your work. It's also pretty economical since you only need to buy 6 tubes of paint:

1) Titanium White
2) French Ultramarine
3) Pthalo Green (Blue Shade)
4) Yellow Ochre
5) Cadmium Red Light
6) Burnt Sienna

Keep in mind that I paint in oils so the names might differ in other mediums.

The whole reason for this was that I wanted to make my digital art have the same color feeling as my traditional paintings. It's not perfect by any stretch but it's pretty close to what I wanted.

Feel free to download this and try it out if you want to. I really recommend trying to replicate this with real paints. I can't stress enough how valuable going through the steps of color mixing is.

If you have any questions about what you see here please feel free to ask and I will try and respond.

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~nothought Apr 9, 2009, 11:43:22 AM
awesome.
color is one of my biggest flaws.
it took me ages just to know HOW to mix paints.
and I'm still not even close to being as good as I'd like.

anway. big thanks.
i like the simplicity.

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~olliesan Apr 9, 2009, 11:46:55 AM
very nice of you to share :)

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~TimBeard Apr 9, 2009, 11:47:02 AM
I still feel like I have a lot to learn about color too. I've painted the triangle charts on the bottom of this thing twice now. It's intense but you sure do learn a lot.
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~TimBeard Apr 9, 2009, 11:47:42 AM
No problem. I hope that people can get some use out of this.
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~nothought Apr 9, 2009, 12:10:12 PM
yea definitely.
for me it's a lot about trail and error.
it's a long process but definitely worth it!

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~eklutna Apr 9, 2009, 5:07:29 PM
This is great. I plan on using this in the future. Thanks a bunch!
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*TBOND007 Apr 10, 2009, 4:31:18 AM
See; this is great. Something actually useful! Many thanks. Me,I buy every color I see and use them randomly, So there's no common scheme to anything I do. Which I get grief over from time to time from gallery owners....

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~TimBeard Apr 10, 2009, 7:08:47 AM
Sometimes I get a little crazy with this though. I get so fixated on having pieces match in color schemes that I stop worrying about what's actually happening on the canvas. There's a middle ground somewhere in there!
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*TBOND007 Apr 10, 2009, 7:49:22 AM
I just grab. If it doesn't look good, I can always paint over it. Thats why I like watercolors; you can't do that. you have to know what the hell your up to when you open that can of worms...

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