Colour Mixing Bible

This is an essential book in my reference library. Unlike most colour mixing guides it does not just stick to the standard or basic pallete - which I do not like much- but includes a lot more colours that produce some delightfully subtle and unusual mixes. I tend to produce my own mixing charts because every brands colours are slightly different and behave differently on different surfaces but have found this book full of useful advice that has expanded my knowledge. It helps a lot to know the opacity, tinting strength (how strong or weak a pigment is) or if it granulates before trying it out. Far better to consult this before being seduced into rash expenditure on all those lovely new paint colours that turn out to be of limited use for your kind of painting. It covers pastel, coloured pencil and ink too as well as oils, acrylic and watercolours but is worth buying even if you are only going to use part of it.

This book has grown on me - I like the fact that there are pages of colour charts for different mediums. I usually paint in oils but i have recent started to use acrylics and I appreciate that I have colour charts for acrylic too. The introduction on pigments and colour and the different mediums is interesting and useful too. Ultimately. it is best to divise and paint your own colour charts but these are an excellent starting point.

What can I say? New to painting at the age of 73, I had no idea how to achieve the colours I wanted, and then this little gem came into my life and everything fell into place. I was so happy with it that I took it into my art group, and it was such a hit with them that I know at least three members have also bought themselves a copy! I also loved the short history of how pigments evolved at the beginning of the book. Fascinating.

Informative book but not what I expected.No colour mix ratios to enable reproduction of colours.Still a good book to have.

Well, for a budding artist I had trouble mixing colours but this book really helped me to understand the basics of colour missing for all artist paint mediums. Easy to understand and gives to reasons for colour mixing. Quite expensive but worth the money.

I'm in the process of teaching myself colour theory and it's not been a quick, easy journey. I bought this book after reading all the wonderful reviews it's received. This has taken me to the next level: it is mega informative and the 'recipes', showing very clearly what happens when various colours are mixed, are a joy to look at. Since I use various media, it is especially useful because it covers so many - oils, acrylics, gouache, pastels, watercolours, inks and pencils. Utterly captivating and comprehensive. I'd recommend it highly to artists of any level of experience.

Well not so much written information, lots of charts of mixed colours in different media showing results of mixing different colours. If you only use one sort of paint ie acrylics this renders a large proportion of the book irrelevant and even then you are subject to the vagaries of the 4 colour printing process in reproducing the colours. Think I will mix my own versions according to the charts in the book to get a more accurate version and then put the book back on here second hand in which case ignore this review its a briliiant book, just what you are looking for. There are better colour mixing books on here but I won't name any here as am always suspicious of reviews that slate one item while promoting another.

Simple introduction to colour, but as a aid to mixing colour, this book is excellent, you can use it and quickly achieve confidence, even if you have long periods between your painting sessions this book can just be there as reference, you do have to worry about forgetting previous mixes .Not a book for other requirement in your painting interest ,but the prefect partner to any other you have. The mixing charts cover all the painting disciplines.

Para quem não sabe nada sobre o assunto (como eu), o livro é excelente no que se refere à teoria das cores e suas misturas. Depois de algumas páginas iniciais sobre materiais, ciência e teoria das cores e pigmentos, ele mostra os resultados da mistura das diversas cores usando materiais diferentes (tinta a óleo, acrílica, aquarela, guache, lápis e pastel). Achei bem didático, abrangente e, porque não dizer, econômico, já que é possível obter praticamente qualquer cor usando uma paleta de cores bem reduzida.

Good book covers all type of paints, not only on oil Color, which was my intention to purchase

Parfait pour trouver le melange idéal pour la couleur exacte, quelle que soit la technique utilisée. Aquarelle, huile, crayon, gouache.... tout y est.

Il titolo di un libro non è stato mai così azzeccato, il testo in questione è un specie di ricettario per mischiare qualsiasi tipo di colore e ottenere centinaia di tonalità diverse. Il libro oltre a gli schemi per mischiare i pigmenti e la relativa spiegazione su come utilizzarli correttamente contiene anche un breve riassunto dei concetti basilari della teoria dei colori. Il testo prende in considerazione ogni medium di pittura : olio, acrilici, acquerelli etc.. e risulta davvero utile quando si ha un dubbio su come ottenere una determinata tinta è un manuale che si vorrà avere sempre a portata di mano quando si dipinge e che non smetterà mai di essere utile. Con il passare del tempo tramite questo libro migliorerete di molto il vostro modo di mischiare i colori risparmiando tempo e fatica, ma sopratutto colore che altrimenti avreste sprecato tra prove e tentativi , anche le tonalità dei vostri dipinti ne gioveranno acquistando precisione e coerenza. Il testo e davvero ben fatto e vi sarà sicuramente utilissimo qualsiasi sia il vostro livello di conoscenza, vi consiglio di comprare la versione in lingua inglese le traduzioni di manuali di questo tipo di solito sono molto carenti e come se non bastasse la versione originale costa meno di quella tradotta ed è spesso in offerta in fine Amazon nel mio caso come al solito è stato impeccabile sia con i tempi di spedizione che per quanto riguarda imballaggio. Consiglio vivamente questo libro a tutti gli appassionati di pittura.

Originally brought for oil painting.Suprise bonus includes all media colour mixing.