Colour Mixing
Think of the colour you want - then simply mix the 2 colours from each end of that section. With just 30 Chromacryl colours you can mix all the colours you'll ever need.

-Easily mix warm colours or cool colours.
-Landscape colours.
-Mix the colours you need for painting the human figure.
-Subdue bright colours quickly.
-Stops you mixing 'mud' in your colours.
-More acrylic binders have been added to new Chromacryl to give the colours a much denser, more satisfying feel and lots more luminosity and life too!

Chromacryl Common Sense Colour System
Basic colour mixing:
These charts below show you how to mix each shade or hue of colour you require. Look for the colour you have in mind and then use the two colours from each end of that line. Use a little more of the colour from the side that is closest to you. The second row shows the tints (adding white) the bottom row shows shades (adding black).

The Chromacryl Colourwheel Poster is now available in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format). You will require the PDF viewer to read it. If you are not running a current web-browser, you may have to download the PDF viewer. Just click on the link to your right and follow the instructions... don't worry it's really easy, and it's free!

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