About our Basic Palette
Basic Palette
The Basic Palette consists of hues: Cool Red (Crimson), Yellow Ochre (Yellow Oxide), Yellow (Cadmium Yellow), Cool Blue (Pthalo Blue).
White is used to lower chroma and lighten tone. We regard white as a 'mixer' rather than a basic hue. In a sense white is a very light grey.
Primary colours: Red, Yellow, Blue
Our basic pallete consists of the Primary Colours arranged according to the Chevreul Colour Wheel
To the primaries we add Orange and Yellow OchreWe usually add Orange
Basic Palette and orange applied impasto.