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Oilpaint

There are incredibly many colors of oil paint, all of which you can mix together. Here are some commonly used color mixtures.

Probably you can use these examples also for other mediums. The colornames may be different though.

Apples
Yellow Apples	Red Apples
Cadmium Yellow		Alizarin Crimson
Lemon Yellow		Cadmium Red
Naples Yellow		Vermilion
Titanium White for highlights		Naples Yellow
		Titanium White for highlights
In the shadow, use violet. For this, use a mixture of Ultramarine and Alizarin Crimson or Kraplak		Add Sap Green to darken the shadow side. This yields a somewhat gray color.

	Druiven
Blue Grapes	Green Grapes
Over area 1, 2, and 3, a mixture of:	Over area 1 and 2, a mixture of:
Ultramarine	Sap Green
Alizarin crimson	Naples Yellow
Over area 2 a mixture of:	In area 3:
Cadmium Red	Lemon Yellow
Cerulean Blue	As a last step, apply a small dot of titanium white for highlights in area 3.
Over area3, a mixture of
Thin Naples Yellow
As a last step, apply a thin dot of Titanium White for highlights in area 3.
Ensure that all color transitions blend smoothly into each other. Use a soft, not too small, brush for this.

Grape Leaf KApply colors from light to dark
Sap Green	Lemon Yellow
Cadmium Yellow	Naples Yellow

White Enamel For the shadow side and the light side, we use different mixtures.
Shadow side: Mixtures on the canvas wet-on-wet of:
Cadmium Red (dark)	Payne's rey
Prussian Blue (very small amount)
Light side:
Titanium White	Naples Yellow

Red Copper KApply colors from dark to light.
Burnt Umber	Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red	Naples Yellow
Vermilion
Add Sap Green for the darkest shade

Yellow Copper Apply colors from dark to light.
Raw Umber	Lemon Yellow
Cadmium Yellow	Naples Yellow
Darken the shadow side with violet brown. Mixture for violet brown:
Ultramarine	Alizarin Crimson
Add a touch of Burnt Umber

Green Velvet For the base:
Viridian Green	Burnt Umber
Make a dark mixture of this and apply it thinly. Let it dry and then glaze with a clean medium. Then glaze with sap green.
For the highlights:
Cadmium Yellow	a touch of Zinc White

Blue Velvet VFor the base:
Ultramarine	Payne's Grey
Make a very dark mixture of this and apply it thinly. Let it dry.
For the lighter areas, work with
Ultramarine	Naples Yellow