What's on my Palette? - Tips for Choosing the Perfect Watercolor Paint Colors
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- I'm revealing all the colors on my favorite 18-well palette and sharing the secrets to choosing the perfect assortment of colors for your own watercolor palette!
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These are the colors on my current palette:
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🎨 Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors
TRANSPARENT BROWN OXIDE ➡️ www.kqzyfj.com/click-9110133-...
QUINACRIDONE ROSE ➡️ www.tkqlhce.com/click-9110141-...
BURNT SIENNA ➡️ www.anrdoezrs.net/click-911014...
HANSA YELLOW LIGHT ➡️ www.anrdoezrs.net/click-911014...
HOOKER'S GREEN ➡️ www.jdoqocy.com/click-9110141-...
SAP GREEN ➡️ www.tkqlhce.com/click-9110133...
ULTRAMARINE BLUE ➡️ www.dpbolvw.net/click-9110141-...
INDIGO ➡️ www.anrdoezrs.net/click-911014...
🎨 Holbein Watercolors
SCARLET LAKE ➡️ www.jdoqocy.com/click-9110141...
PERMANENT ALIZARIN CRIMSON ➡️ www.tkqlhce.com/click-9110141-...
YELLOW OCHRE ➡️ www.anrdoezrs.net/click-911014...
GAMBOGE NOVA ➡️ www.anrdoezrs.net/click-91101...
PERMANENT GREEN NO. 1 ➡️ www.anrdoezrs.net/click-91101...
TURQUOISE BLUE ➡️ www.dpbolvw.net/click-9110141-...
MARINE BLUE ➡️ bit.ly/3y0hGm6
PERMANENT VIOLET ➡️ www.dpbolvw.net/click-9110141...
🎨 Winsor & Newton TRANSPARENT ORANGE ➡️ bit.ly/3aBFQFi
🎨 QOR PHTHALO BLUE ➡️ bit.ly/QORPhthalo
🎨 Mijello 18 Well Palette ➡️ amzn.to/3T4e4am
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🎨 Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors ➡️ bit.ly/3gnr73o
🎨 Holbein Watercolors ➡️ bit.ly/2Epegkb
🎨 Winsor & Newton TRANSPARENT ORANGE ➡️ bit.ly/32iHaKK
🎨 Mijello 18 Well Palette ➡️ bit.ly/2EdslkK
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One of the best explanations we've heard yet of what colors to choose and why! Watercolors are not like oils, acrylics, or gouache- how each color interacts with the paper is a key property that must be considered. We wanted to also say how proud we are to see our affiliate links on this great channel!
Thank you, that really means a lot! I include your links whenever possible! 🙌
@@EmilyOlsonArt and I shop there all the time for my art works. :D
Aaah! I see you quietly hit the 100k subscriber mark. Congratulations! Excellent palette selection BTW.😊
Thank you, Steve! You certainly helped me get there! Glad you approve of my palette-an affirmation I didn’t even know I needed! 😀
It's been a while since you put out this video. Someone may have already shared this product, but just in case, I have found that the Turner Acryl Gouache Palette Cleaner works great for getting rid of stains.
Thanks for the info!
Sennelier is my favorite brand because of the large number of transparent colors. I don't have a real pallet like yours because I am all over the color wheel with my florals.
Same :) I even made a tiny round palette from clay (similar to the etchr one) to organize the colors I need for botanicals
I have several professional brands that I enjoy but my go to are Qor and Daniel Smith. I love the quinacridones because they move so well on the paper. I use a lot of the same colors you do, and I also use a lot of different shimmery pigments made by various people in small batches.
I’m so new to all this, the only palette I’ve got is a mini Van Gogh travel box. This video will help me to understand the colors I’m using. Thanks!
Yay. I’ve been wanting to know your choice of colors. Let us know if u change any out.
Hullo Emily, I am enjoying your videos and seeing this color choice video is quite insightful! I will try to find any videos you have made from DaVinci paints, Have you tried any of Denise Soden's palettes? I would love to see what you make from her newest Embracing Opaque watercolors palette, Have you tried it? Perhaps you have the colors she chose in your collection? I would like to see what you think of her choices and what you might create with them! Thank you and Please have a Lovely Day!
Quin gold. Have to have it!
Love the Holbein colors, that’s a paint brand I’ve always wanted to try…
A pigment I find intriguing is PY129, available as DS Rich Green Gold or W&N Green Gold, it’s a single-pigment green (RARE) that makes for some beautiful backlit leaves/foliage! 😻
I love PY129 too. I’ve never used it, but I have tried to mix a hue of it. It’s very beautiful and exceptionally useful.
I agree! I have this one too.
PY129 (Azomethine green yellow, or green gold) is on my Van Gogh travel palette as well. It's a very useful shade of green for landscapes in my part of the world.
@@NelaDunato I think it’s a useful green for any landscape.
A super useful video. I also love to mix-up my primaries to get just the color that I want. I love the Daniel Smith primary set with the cool and warm colors.❤ Thank you so much for this video.
Thank you, Emily. I always find your tutorials most helpful.
So helpful, thanks 😊
My current favourites (my palette looks very much like yours) are Sennelier Red and Sennelier Yellow green. I have two Paynes grey Schminke for a blacker base and Maimeri for a bluer tone. I just bought some Horadam paints (earth and perylene green) and a permanent rose by Shin Han ❤️ paints
Thank you so much! This video helped me in so many ways! I need to make some swatches like this for myself and create a complete palette for myself as over the years I really have become unorganized with my paints.
And as a side note, as an artist myself I can't help noticing that the colors on your face are also amazing! That look is perfect for you!
Great video as always :) I'm realizing that my favorite watercolor colors are not the same as my favorite colors IRL! I love Nickel Azo Yellow and Anthraquinone is my favorite blue. I also recently discovered W&N Aquagreen and it is beeeeeautiful 🤩
That transparent brown oxide is on my short list to obtain. Well, at least when I am over my no-buy that is. This was a super informative episode. Thank you!
I love seeing other artists palettes and their favorite colors! Thanks for sharing! Some of the colors I can't live without are Winsor Red Deep (the perfect red!), Perylene Green or Shadow Green, Jaune Brilliant #1, and Indian Red.
Those are great colors!
So nice to see you work ;-)
New subscriber Emily! (You can thank Steve Mitchell 😂😂). Seriously, so glad I’m here. Looking forward to learning!! This video was a great start 👍😉
Aw thanks for subbing! 🙂
Yay for mentioning Ali! I've been part of her Aligators group for, coming up to 3 years I think and we're a tight-knit bunch who LOVE LOVE LOVE any of Ali's colour recommendations (and special mixes) as they work so damn well with our subjects (faces!). I'm actually about to see if Dr Otto Kano has got a video on yellow ochres because she's always so comprehensive in her testing. I'm also looking for a more transparent version of that colour. I have three already but they're just not "right"! A colour that I can't do without on my palette is Perylene maroon. I have both Holbein and W&N and they're both incredible for mixing beautifully warm skin tones. I think your palette is fabulous for the range it can get you. I'm loving the look of the DS Transp Brown Oxide. That's going straight onto my "Wish List". Great vid, with thanks from Australia 😊
I got Da Vinci's Earth Friendly palette by Denise Soden and never really looked back; it has everything I need as someone that paints a lot of people and animals 🥰
Hi there. I'm curious what pro brands you have tried. I have Qor and Daniel Smith which I think both are great, but I want to explore other brands too.
Thank you Em, … I was wanting to know what you were using when you said you favor transparency. Super helpful to someone like me who’s always looking for a reliable shortcut!😁. Hope you’ll do periodic updates with feedback on your reasons.
I’ve got some paints I’ve collected but often find myself mixing primary yellow and red with blue green shade, blue red shade and Burnt Sienna. I also use a strong black and white gouache (shhh!) to touch up. It seems so much easier than all the individual colors. But, I am trying to use these nice individual colors (convenience?) though that convenience is oddly complicating. It’s like the difference between parametric and digital equalizers for music. “A graphic equalizer offers gain control of a fixed set of frequencies, usually the ISO third-octave frequencies. A parametric equalizer offers gain control over any frequency within a range and also allows users to control the bandwidth or Q of each filter.” Working with primary colors as mixers assuages my intuitive side and helps me “feel” my way. The same intuition can apply to an expanded palette but then I have soooo many choices. Complications - 😅. More important than hue for me may be the considerations of opacity, staining, permanence, granulation, … and maybe environmental issues. Thanks for helping me with my homework on that count!
The video I have been waiting for is finally here!!! Thank you Emily!!!!
Very well explained! Thank you! QOR ultramarine is gorgeous too
Yep, I love QOR!
I love the perelyene colors especially green and violet. Also I’m a huge fan of azo green and paynes grey. I love these colors straight and in mixes. I’m going to have to try DS transparent brown oxide. I haven’t found that perfect brown yet.
I’ve just started removing a couple colors I never use. I’ve also held off refilling the colors I do use because I’m toying with switching to a different palette. I have the next size mijello palette than yours and I want to size down. But I’m afraid of commitment lol. my palette is like a comfy old shoe but a fresh new palette with pretty paints sounds so appealing. Artist problems 😂
My favourites: Holbein Cerulean for it's perfect summer sky colour and doesn't granulate too much, Holbein Ultramarine deep for ot's rich chromatic colour, schminke vandyke brown perfect for wild animal fur tree bark and great for mixing dark greys and blacks, Holbein imidazalone lemon for its fresh lemon colour, schminke pure yellow for a mid tone yellow great for mixing greens and oranges, quin Gold another great for mixing greens and a dynamic colour in itself. Quin Magenta for a perfect cool pink, schminke raw umber for a shade of light brown that isn't too yellow and I can never be without a paynes grey , currently I have Holbeins paynes grey. Oh and I also use a lot of Daniel Smith sap green deep because it's so hard to mix a dark green for foliage. Oh and I use quite a bit of Holbein Cobalt Violet light for it's perfect hue for the pinks in skies. I wish it didn't granulate so much though. I have lots of other convenience colours but these are the ones I am most often reaching for. I could have included a deep cool red like alizarin or madder but I'm not always using this as much as the other colours. Depends what I'm painting.
I use a lot of your colours because I’m still learning about Transparent, Granulation and opaque. I still don’t fully understand it but I’m hoping I will soon. I love the mastery watercolour course you offer is such great value.
So many paintings to catch up on. I love how you paint lots of dogs, wild animals some kitty cats. Even starting to like birds more.
Thankyou so much Emily! You are an amazing artist. I’m for your sharing of amazing talent. I have learned so much however, much more to learn in the challenge become a Animal and human portrait Artist. 😀
So glad you are enjoying the tutorials, Suzanne! Thank you for the nice comment!
💕 Love this! I now have a list of your palette colors with a conversion to my brands. What is especially nice is most of the color names are consistent across brands. Others that I do not have or are named different, I was able to identify visually by color. Very valuable! :)
Until I watched Emily’s videos, I had never noticed that paints have their pigments listed on them by number! I feel like a mystery has been solved for me. 😂
So glad this was helpful!
Thank you for this video; it was very helpful. I am a beginner-ish painter, but I feel ready to move on from my split primary palette. I especially enjoyed your palette because I aspire to paint more animals and landscapes, so it was really nice to see examples from you! On a limited budget, would you recommend sticking with one brand of paint or is it okay to mix and match as you have?
Thank you for your great content :) So true I mostly paint botanicals and the colors I need differ a lot from what is recommended in most cases. I need a selections of pinks, oranges (WNs transparent orange is also my favorite), violets and blues that are impossible to mix in the bright quality that I need them. A little remark on the Hansa yellow light (PY3), on Kimberly cricks website she says it is not lightfast despite being rates as such. In general yellows seem to be susceptible to uv radiation and there are only a few that can be trusted (e.g., PY129, PY150, PY153).
Also I noticed that it is important to have certain colors not on my palette because when I see them I tend to use them despite knowing better. Very bright and unnatural greens fall within this category, like pg7 and pg18 that would be nice for mixes but might ruin my paintings, or strong browns or greys.
You can try Schmincke Raw Sienna instead of your Yellow Ochre, if you are looking for something more transparent ☺️
Love this, although instead of the green you're considering swapping out, maybe green gold (a beautiful autumnal), olive green (I prefer this to sap) or perylene green (a dark almost evergreen ) x
Thanks Emily. I just found your TH-cam Chanel and it is awesome! Great explanations on palette colors. With all the professional brands available, how do you choose the brand and colors for your palette without having to buy all of them??!!
When I was starting out, I just chose brands and colors that well known artists were using. :)
Hi Emily! I’ve discovered that Daniel Smith’s Yellow Ochre is a lovely transparent pigment. I highly recommend it if you decide to swap out your Holbein Yellow Ochre. Great video!
A nice transparent yellow ochre?😮
Now I'm intrigued, I'm gonna look into that one!
Yes that's a nice one! I will most likely replace it with DS Transparent Yellow Oxide. Brienne Brown does some gorgeous mixes with that color.
Ms. Olson, I bought a new package of Fine Tip Watercolor Pens the other day. I was wondering if you have a tutorial on how to use them? I was just going to experiment with them.
This was very helpful and I am going start an 18 paint pallet. I am new to watercolor and started with Prof Winsor Newton Pans. I added some Daniel Smith tube paints. The tube paint, I dry into pans. In your tutorials, it almost looks like you are working with wet paint to start with every time. I struggle with getting too much water just to get the paint out of the pan. Any suggestions?
I don't use Holbein much because they are more expensive than other professional brands where I live but I do have their Marine Blue, such a gorgeous color. One color I have to have on each palette is Nickel Azo Yellow PY150 because of it's transparency and versatility.
Yes, that's a great color!
Now I want to get this exact palette 😂
Great video. Some sad news is that Marine Blue is no longer a single pigment paint colour. Cheers!
Been painting with you for about six months with this palette! Love your course! Can you tell me when you would choose quin rose versus perm aliz crimson? Thanks!!
Great question! Perm Alizarin Crimson is a deeper more staining red. Quin rose is more bright pink and not as staining. These qualities will affect which one I choose, though admittedly I do sometimes use them interchangeably.
It seems Holbien and Daniel Smith are the best, but so expensive. I don't do animals yet. I would like to see gouache and watercolor painting. Thanks
😊
A quick question. Why do you personally like to work from dried paint in a palette versus color straight from the tube?
Ciao,mi piacciono i tuoi video.che ne pensi dei sennelier ,rosa gallery e Daler Rowney?personalmente li trovo spettacolari,specie sennelier.ciao
I'm working through some colors so I can change my main palette around. I like to have several palettes on hand. It's just fun to pull out one I haven't used in a while. I paint a lot of landscapes, seascapes, and architecture. Some flowers here and there. I just discovered Isaro Nordmann Green. A deep dark moody green. In mass tone it looks almost black. I also love the Isaro Chartreuse Yellow. It's not really like Daniel Smith's Green Gold, but more of an olive yellow tone. I'm taking Sap Green off my main palette. All of a sudden, I just don't like it. I think I used it too much over the years and I'm ready for something new. It used to be my favorite color. I might replace it with Green Apatite Genuine. I love the granulation. I'm also liking Bloodstone Genuine for rocks.
Dumb question but do those UV sprays help with the lightfastness of some paints and maybe using UV-protecting glass when framing? I'm sure these things aren't perfect, but do they protect enough to be worth investing into?
I don't use too many fugitive colors, but I don't expose my pieces to a lot of light that light effect the pieces either. I figure it's good to know though for commissions that want something specific.
Is Holbein Gamboge Nova similar to Winsor Newton Professional Cadmium yellow??? I'd like to have tubes for my pallet but Cadmium yellow is very expensive!!! Love this video... I've watched a few times now... I also like pretty transparent colors, except for my favorite Winsor Red, PR254!!! (Also same as Da Vinci Red!) Thank you from a California Gramma ❤
Similar but more transparent. :-)
I have the Holbein single pigment Marine Blue (so lovely) but they have changed Marine Blue to a two pigment mix now, PG7 and PB15. I’ll probably replace it with W&N Phthalo turquoise when I’ve run out.
Or the new Aqua Green...
@@chopin4525 yes! It’s pretty close, add a touch of Phthalo Blue and you are there. I love aqua green.
It's pb16 and pg7. When contacted they said that it's been that way for many years, but they just got around to Changing the label. That's why it looks more green than all other brands ob pb16, that are much more cyan looking.
Interesting! I will have to find a replacement when I use mine up.
Currently I find Daniel Smith is an easier name brand to buy locally. In the past it was Schminke, the drive is too long in the wrong direction for me now. My big question is regarding earth tones, yellow ochre, burnt Sienna are two most likely to shrink and crack in my half pans. Sometimes the pieces even fall out. Is there anything I can add to them that will deter drying.
I have a question about how you decide on which brand to use. I noticed, for example, that you prefer permanent alizarin crimson from Holbein, rather than DS. Also wondering what your thoughts are on purchasing W&N artist paint vs their Cotman line. Thanks for all your content!!
The pro line is going to have a better pigment load and less filler-it’s definitely worth the upgrade! As far as switching between brands, it’s just a result of both getting comfortable with the brands/colors I already have, and trying new ones to see how they compare.
@@EmilyOlsonArt thank you so much! I appreciate you taking the time to reply. 😊
Thank you. How do you decide if a color is cool or warm? Isn't it relative?
It is relative! But you can usually tell if a yellow (for example) leans a little more green or a little more orange, etc.
Curious why you chose Scarlett lake as a warm red, rather than a traditional cad red? Thank you!
I prefer Scarlet Lake because it is more transparent-Cad colors tend to be more opaque.
@@EmilyOlsonArt Ah, ok, good to know! Thanks!
Most colors I can differentiate warm tone vs. cool tone. But how do you seperate warm tone blue from cool tone? Thanks great video.
Warm blues lean towards purple (ultramarine, indanthrone). Cool blues lean towards green (phthalo, cerulean, prussian). If you can't tell from a swatch, check how they mix with a warm red. Warm blues will produce a rich purple-brown, while cool blues will create a neutral gray or a very dull brown.
That's essentially the point of warm-cool labels: to help us choose colors that either neutralize each other, or produce a vibrant, saturated mix. So mixing will reveal those "undertones" that may not be immediately obvious.
This has been a subject of debate among artists! Some call blues that lean more yellow “warmer” blues, (like for example the shallow water in the ocean is warmer and more yellow) and I tend to think blues that lean more red are the warm blues. (I think red is inherently a warmer primary than yellow, so that’s why I think that way) If it’s confusing, it might be easier to ask yourself, does this blue lean towards green or towards purple? :)
For those of you who are interested in pigments, W&N removed the PO107 label from the Transparent Orange. They still use the same pigment but for some reason, its Colour Index name is no longer PO107.
that's gonna help me picking up a tube . thank you !
@@bleuvertetforetdepin7308 Welcome!
HI fellow pigment nerds! According to www.artiscreation.com/orange.html#Cosmoray it's a pyrrole orange
@@everartokelli It is, yes. W&N refer to the pigment only as DPP, which I believe is Diketo Pyrrolopyrrol, or so I think anyway. I am open to correction 🙂.
Didn't think of it as a correction, just a little added info
Thank you. I think pink is unmixable from primaires. What do you do if you need a true pink, réal pink pink?
Quin Rose is usually all I need for most paintings, but if I need a very specific pink I do have a few other tubes to choose from. I make swatches and just pick what matches best. :-)
@@EmilyOlsonArt Thank you! 🥰 But when I realized that in watercolor rose is impossible to mix with the primaries Then 🙂 it must be a primary itself, can you obtain magenta with rose and a blue or something? Do you use Q Rose as primary?? *Thank you!**
I have been trying to order same palette for over a year. Are there any other places they can be ordered from?
The Mijello palette is on amazon. :)
Thankyou Emily I ordered one from Amazon months ago still waiting. I will order again.
How do you get your paint out of your palette? Is there a trick to it?
I would also like to know how you take the paint out of your palette.
With a pallete knife 😊
Use the Mr. Clean "magic eraser" to clean the palette 🙂
I think you forgot about semi-transparent?
semi meaning half , if it is semi-transparent it is semi opaque ? and vice versa . i know many high end brands uses both as two distinct terms wich irks my sense of logic ... a lot .
@@bleuvertetforetdepin7308 True, it's very confusing and can be misinterpreted. The middle ones should really be called mostly transparent, and slightly opaque or something...
I also feel like a lot of paints get labeled 'transparent' when they're really not. My advice: always swatch it yourself and if *you* think it's more opaque, even though it doesn't say so, treat it as such. Trust your own judgment. You're the one painting with it.
Idk if this distinction will help with visualizing the differences, but in order from most transparent to opaque;
-Empty box: transparent
-Box with a stripe (dash? Idk what to call it in english): semi-transparent
-half blacked/colored in box: semi-opaque
-black box: opaque
I hope that helps, and doesn't make it more confusing, lol
No SCHMINCKE in your palette !!? 😳
I do have a Schmincke pan set for plein air that I LOVE!