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| Color Mixing Recipes | 
 enlarge | Author: William F Powell
Publisher: Walter Foster
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 134344
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Spiral-bound
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 1560108738
Dewey Decimal Number: 701
EAN: 9781560108733
ASIN: 1560108738
Publication Date: July 1, 2004
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Product Description
This practical resource explains the basic of color theory and demonstrates how to mix more than 450 colors for oil and acrylic painting. The book includes a Color Mixing Grid for accurate paint measurement.
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 Get it! July 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very useful book. Even though I majored in art in college, I didn't learn all that's in this book. It's changed the appearance of my paintings totally. I love it. I'm already ordering the one for portrait colors too. Very easy to use, with quick, exciting results. Someone mentioned that the colors were "out of date," referring to Hansa Yellow in particular. Hansa Yellow is a pretty standard color in the artist's palette, and not out of date. Colors may go out of date in fashion, but not on an artists palette.
Colour Mixing Recipes March 24, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book for painters just starting out, or painters in general.
Mixing recipes for more than 450 colour combinations. This book is a Must.
 Good resourse, but colors are outdated August 18, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Very good quality printing, so you can get a good read. It was helpful, but I ended up making my own charts with the current colors that I keep. Who uses Hansa Yellow?
Color Mixing Recipes July 31, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I do like spiral-bound books which feature either brushstrokes or in this case, recipes, as the pages lie flat (there is no spine to flatten or pages which keep flipping at a vital stage). The book starts with a general overview of color theory but doesn't get obsessive about it. Then come the recipes which are clear, easy to understand and there is a plastic color mixing grid at the back to help get the proportions accurate. The book deals with Oils but there is a conversion chart for Acryllics included. At 49 pages and with a hardcover, it is compact and easy to carry. I liked the over all format of the book which also includes a small section on Portrait Colors.
Color Mixing Recipes March 10, 2006
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
This book is great for anyone who loves to paint, but struggles with getting just the right tone...just the right shade...even just the right color! While I've noted that a few "recipes" contain errors (it's pretty clear that mixing one part white with four parts cadmium yellow medium will not yield a "pumpkin" orange), I still find the book useful because it allows one to see what combinations and proportions of colors will result in a desired hue, value, or intensity. While Powell acknowledges in the Instructions that paint colors vary somewhat among brands, I have noted one or two colors that are significantly different from the paint I usually buy (Windsor-Newton oils). Even so, I have been quite pleased with the results, and I believe my painting is all the better for using this guide. I certainly recommend it to anyone who has experienced the frustration of having mixed selected colors only to discover that the end result is totally wrong for its intended use!
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