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What’s in My Studio Watercolor Palette
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items The watercolors in my studio palette look like jewels. Forbidden fruit gummies, if you will.
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My Studio Palette
My Studio Palette
Some of these colors are forever mainstays, while others I poured a bit too much of and don’t use as much (looking at you, olive green.)
Mine is covered in stickers, but here she is. I always make sure to clean plastic palettes with toothbrush and toothpaste to make micro abrasions so the paint can pool like it would on ceramic.
Mijello Airtight Watercolor 18-Well Blue Palette
Da Vinci Yellow PY154 is a smooth, transparent, warm leaning neutral yellow that behaves very well.
Da Vinci - Da Vinci Yellow PY154, 15 ml tube
Cadmium Yellow Deep PY35 is the most artificial Kraft Mac and cheese yellow you can buy. It’s a transparent warm yellow.
Da Vinci- Cadmium Yellow Deep PY35 (CL), 15 ml
Red Rose Deep Quinacridone PV19 is a smooth, transparent, cool pink. It’s ever so lighter and pinker than permanent. Rose Quinacridone.
Da Vinci- Red Rose Deep (Quin) PV19 15ml
Cad Red Deep PR108 is a slightly pink, yet warm opaque red with some granulation. It’s the watercolor version of red lipstick.
Da Vinci - Cadmium Red Deep PR108, 15 ml
Alizarin Gold PR177 PY42 is a stunning warm orangey red. It’s smooth, transparent, and fantastic for mixing.
Da Vinci - Alizarin Gold PR177 PY42, 15 ml tube
Alizarin Crimson Quin PV19 is a stunning transparent dark cool red, slightly reminiscent of blood.
Da Vinci- Alizarin Crimson Quinacridone PV19, 15ml
Ultramarine Blue PB29’s granulation hits like a truck. A warm, smooth darker than cobalt blue that knows what it’s about.
Da Vinci - Ultramarine Blue PB29, 15 ml tube
Manganese Blue Mixture is slightly opaque cool light blue and granulates beautifully. A perfect spring sky. I love the mix this and Davy’s Grey will make. This uses a very rare PB33.
Da Vinci - Manganese Blue Mixture PB33, PB15, 15 ml tube
Pthalo Blue (PB15) is a staining deep cool (to neutral) blue. I keep it in my limited palette as a middle of the road blue.
Da Vinci - Phthalo Blue, 15 ml, PB15
Pthalo turquoise PB16 is a gorgeous, transparent and very blooming teal. In a limited palettes, this is my cool blue.
Da Vinci - Phthalo Turquoise, PB16, 15 ml
Cobalt Turquoise PB36 is a unique light cool teal that granulates heavily.
Da Vinci - Cobalt Turquoise PB36 (CL), 15 ml
PG7, or pthalo green is a transparent bright emerald green. Absolutely stunning. She blooms like crazy, layers, and mixes really well with anything.
Da Vinci - Phthalo Green, 15 ml, PG7
Green Gold PY129 is my favorite yellow, and Da Vinci does it best. It’s a gorgeous cool dark chartreuse yellow that works really well for mixing skin tones and natural greens alike. A little goes a long way.
Da Vinci 15 ml Tube - Green Gold PY129
Olive Green PG7 PY42 is a muted warm green with slight granulation. It looks like leaves.
Da Vinci - Olive Green PG7 PY42, 15 ml tube
Gold Ochre PY42 PY83 is a sunny and glowing mixture that’s barely opaque and warm. I use this as my warm yellow earth tone, it’s good for anything.
Da Vinci - Gold Ochre PY42, PY83 , 15 ml
Terra Cotta (LR) PR102 is the smoother, more opaque, slightly redder version of Burnt Sienna Deep. I’d go for one or the other in a palette.
Da Vinci - Terra Cotta (Light Red) PR102, 15 ml
Brown Madder Quinacridone PV19 PR101 is an extremely warm granulating reddish brown.
Da Vinci- Quinacridone Brown Madder PV19 PR101, 15 ml tube
Raw Umber PBr7 is necessary. A cool, smooth, slightly granulating deep dark brown that lends itself heavily to any mixes you throw at it.
Da Vinci - Raw Umber PBr7, 15 ml tube
Burnt Umber PBr7. A warm, smoother than most, chocolatey brown that rewets like a dream. One of the rare times Daniel Smith made it better imo.
Daniel Smith - Burnt Umber, PBr7, 5 ml
Payne’s Grey PB27 PBK6 is that girl. Indigo’s cool older sister. A deep and rich blue black that blooms ever so slightly.
Da Vinci - Payne's Gray PB27, PBk6, 15 ml