FINALLY someone puts it on words that make sense and don’t make me sound like I’m just a crazy artist lol. ALL of my watercolor “purples” never give purple justice and it’s so frustrating 😭
You are SO RIGHT !! I just bought a kit of dual tip 60 brush pens. 60 COLORS... and 3 non-purple purples! I've never thought about this before but you are so right on!
I've got to say I really appreciate your videos. The first one I saw was you ripping into Ohuhu's bleedproof paper and then their markers. and that almost threw me off, since I'd already bought both, but you had some good points in that vid. I've since been making my way backwards through a bunch of your other videos and this has been a treasure trove! You bring up things I've never heard anyone else mention, like filling copics by weight. I bought a jeweler scale and went through all my Copics and sure enough they ones that were way underweight were super dead. I bought replacements and refills and likely extended the lives of my markers. Your videos on pink and this one on purple both address issues with those colors that I'd noticed but never really thought about. Your videos really do provide a valuable perspective.
Thank you, I appreciate the feedback. For purple here, I was worried it was a subject too far out. Like I know I've had these thoughts and I've heard others mutter about purple but I didn't see any videos or classes addressing the subject. Really had me worried that it was an oddball topic. And I'm so glad you were able to save your markers! That's awesome to hear and I'm glad you acted in time. Hooray!!!!
A very useful video!❤ Really, I love purple and even after trying markers from different brands, I have always the impression that none of them is THE purple I need for my projects! I thought that the problem was me for I feel myself a beginner but after your video I'm really glad that I'm not alone😅❤
You're definitely not alone. And you're right, it's just this vague feeling that you need a color and it should be there but it's not. I'd kill for the color of a glass of grape juice, where you're seeing through the depth and the color is dark but still very purple. Something between RV99 and V09.
Oh yes, the 'purple problem' ... I keep buying small groups of other brands of alcohol markers to try to find purple. Trying to mix & match & get that color and a good blend ... ugh. Time to dig out the colored pencils ! Thanks Amy 🙂
Natural purple / violet pigments are very fugitive; they fade to nothing exposed to light. Quinacridone red is a chemically developed magenta-ish pigment that can be mixed with violets and blues to achieve stable purple shades. I add quinacridone magenta watercolor to my gouache for a permanent purple. Same properties as pencils, but harder to mix.
Absolutely. I used to cross stitch. I'd use a purple highlighter to mark parts I'd done on the pattern. I put a project down for a couple months and all the highlighter faded away. I've had similar issues with purple post-it notes.
I am a beginner who started with Mondo Llama markers from Target. The purples don’t look purple to me. I am visually disabled. In all your videos that I have just started watching you have explained problems that I thought were my fault because I am on the blindness spectrum. So far I’ve only watched a few of your videos, but what they have given me in accessibility as an artist on the blindness spectrum has been valuable. Thank you so much!
Oh my goodness, what a wonderful thing to read. I am so glad to help you find a path forward. I'm in the beginner stages of an eye issue which in no way compares to yours, but you have my total heart and sympathy! If you're willing to share, I'd love to hear about other art issues you're facing and perhaps I can touch on them in future videos. You can also contact me through VanillaArts.com if you'd like to keep the suggestions private.
Gotcha! I love how passionate purple people are about their favorite color. I really like red but I can honestly say red doesn't bring me half the joy I see purple fans getting from purple.
Exactly. Some subjects, we're just not ready to use when we first hear them. My hope is that someday, you'll be struggling with purple and you'll come back to find this video again and try the Process Red glazing.
Hahahaha. On a related and very sad note... someone sent me this. Figured I'd share the cringe... th-cam.com/video/WojIv-PVYm8/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
I'm guessing that a true, natural purple (which is kind of a reddish-brownish-violet to my eye but I could be totally off :)) is difficult to dilute to create a blending spectrum in markers. When you start to dilute it, either too much red or too much brown or too much blue starts to come through and the diluted shade no longer looks "purple" to our eye. "Purple" (I think) is what our eye makes of that red/brown/violet kind of mix. I also think true, natural purple is almost impossible to create as a dye that's also reasonably lightfast and will dissolve in the alcohol carrier necessary for alcohol markers. Historically, purple came from snails (Tyrian purple) but that's not sustainable (or ethical :)) in modern times and it also fades when exposed to sunlight. The main component of Tyrian Purple is 6,6-dibromoindigo but they've only developed an efficient lab synthesis for that compound in 2010. Thioindigo is a modern substitute for indigo-based dyes and when I look at the structure for thioindigo dyes, I don't know how soluble they would be in the alcohol carrier necessary for alcohol markers. So we're kind of stuck no matter which way we turn when it comes to a true purple dye that's easily synthesized in a lab and will also dissolve in an alcohol (or water-based) carrier. My apologies if that was WAY too much info or WAY too nerdy. :)
@@AmyShulke You may come to regret that - the chemistry teacher in me is always willing to yammer on about the chemistry of things. ;) :) Thanks for another great video, Amy! :)
This was a very helpful video honestly I felt a bit similar to when it came to yellow my ohuhu and copic line up is lacking on that color to tbh so thanks for the work around with this vid!!
@@kellyluvskolors2083 I sold my set of Polys a while back because I don't like them. So while I can pick out a similar color, I can't tell you if it meets the transparency requirement. Maybe someone else can chime in with an answer.
I'm a photo realistic pencil artists and I work also in acrylics and sometimes watercolor. And I have found this same problem across pencils of every brand. It's the same with teal there are not a bunch of shades of teal so you have to work in a way to create something that doesn't exist and sometimes that's very difficult. These are colors I using backgrounds because I generally do animal portraiture and landscapes.
Amy, I’m going to go out on a limb here; but, I don’t think that those of us who are dabbling in art have really thought about the difference. Before taking any classes with you, violet was just another shade of purple. Not our fault really. We were all taught the primary colors are, secondary…no where did it list violet. The CMY wheel breaks down color families. In my small, ignorant brain, violet was just a different shade of purple. Quite honestly, I have to remind myself all the time that they are different categories and retrain my brain to the CMY wheel.
Could be. But I've heard students complain about the V family, unprompted by me. So I think everyone kinda knows there's an issue even if they don't think deeply about what or why.
Teal is another color I really struggle with and need to use colored pencils with. I enjoy mixing them but still am waiting for the perfect bold teal marker or pen
For me it’s the greens. I’m VERY picky about greens. I pretty much stick to olives, mints, and mosses in various shades, but I’ve been looking for the perfect pale greyish mint for years! I begin to think they don’t make it. 😭
There's just got to be something with the ink. If it was just one company shorting purples, then I'd say it was oversight. But ALL of them??? Something hinky there.
I only have about 20 Olo and I was kinda bummed with the purples. But they're still building their palette so I'm hoping for several key colors in the future.
You see i have never found this to be a problem for me as I hate red purples and always tended to lean to the blue purple ranges (aka indigos and violets) and find i can never seem to find many of them as they are all to pink for my liking lol
It’s thought that humans can see about twice as many colors as we can reproduce. I use watercolors so I can mix my own colors. Purple… I assume you studied a lot of color theory but we all keep getting stuck because the spectrum is a straight line, not a circle. And purple is a non-spectral color, which makes it really dicey to work with. I personally blame anthocyanins. My sympathies, though. One of my favorite colors is that blurple-violet you can’t really say for sure what color it is. I call it violet but it’s also blue.
When I watch you draw/color the copic you are using seems to have a brush tip but the classis copics have more of a nub. It seems like the copic sketch have a brush tip... am I crazy or just missing sonething?
Classic Copic have bullet and chisel nibs. Copic Sketch and Ciao have brush and chisel nibs (same nibs, different style body). Here's an article I've written on Classic: markernovice.com/copic/classic-marker Here's a similar article for Sketch: markernovice.com/copic/sketch-marker
Oh, prismacolor process red, my baby. When I was in high school, the upper level drawing classes were small enough that they held the upper level and upper-upper level classes in one classroom at the same time, just doing different things. In fact, my class was the pioneer for giving the upper-upper level students each a set of prismacolor premier pencils (because there were about five of us), with the caveat that at the end of the school year, we had to give them back. If there was any pencil I was going to be clutching to my chest begging them to let me leave with just this one, please, it would have been that process red. There were a couple others in the set I loved, but process red is the only one whose name I remember and the first one that comes to mind. As for the purple issue… that one has driven me nuts since approximately second grade. It’s Roy G Biv, not Roy G Bp. Why are we condensing two distinct colors into one messy catch all?? Indigo, purple, and violet, especially the latter two, are a complete conundrum that make me want to rip my hair out. I am of the strong opinion that the language we use for color is important and the more specific (and agreed) we can be, the better. I’ve read at least one study about how the language we use for color affects our ability to perceive it. English speakers can discern more subtleties in orange because we think about orange and brown as two separate concepts rather than shades and tints of one color. Russians are the best at differentiating blues because the Russian language defines light blue and dark blue as two different categories. Languages in remote areas that lack words for certain colors have trouble differentiating between shades we find easy to separate. By wrapping three colors under one umbrella, I feel like we’re shooting ourselves in the foot when it comes to purple. We can’t even agree on what purple is! Personally, I’d define the color you’re talking about lacking in this video, the shade closer to magenta, as violet, and the cooler, in between hue as purple, because I see purple as bridging the gap between indigo and violet. But if I google purple, or violet, or comparisons, I get all sorts of answers about which color is the shade that the markers are deficient in. As far as I can tell there’s no concrete, agreed definition for purple or violet like there is for red or blue. Unfortunately there’s literally nothing I can do except hope that eventually the art world will get its act together when it comes to the color purple. I do imagine the marker shortage comes from ink/pigment difficulties (after all, wasn’t purple considered the color of royalty because it was notoriously difficult to make?) but I don’t think it helps that the attitude when it comes to purple seems to be something along the lines of ‘good enough.’
I go with Purple leaning towards magenta because Tyrian Purple is said to have been a deep wine color. But I'd be lying if I didn't also admit that I'm influenced by childhood... The purple Crayola (back in the 1970's at least) was red shift and the violet Crayola back then was blue shift. And in the book Harold and the Purple Crayon, his crayon was also red shift.
I have noticed for a long time that purple is under-represented in all media: markers, acrylic paints, watercolor paints, pencils, inks, etc. Incidentally, the reason that the Romans loved purple and saved it only for those of high status, was because it was, in fact, very expensive to make. It came from tiny sea shells that came from only a handful of places in the Mediterranean and which had to be crushed and processed to create the dye. As the Roman Empire evolved into the Byzantine, the color became so associated with the imperial line that it actually became crystalized into the honorifc "porphyrogennetos" which, in Greek, literally means "purple born" and thus the modern phrase "born to the purple".
Excellent info, thanks for the great summary. I was fascinated with this topic when it was first presented in art history class. I've also read that purple garments smelled really bad. The process involves rotting the flesh and adding lots of ammonia, so even after dying, the fabric retained a distinct funk. There you go, that's a theory: they can't make better purple markers because they stink. LOL.
@@AmyShulke Thank you....I'm an amateur artist but a Classical Archaeologist & Art Historian by profession. But about the smell, seeing as one of the most highly prized Roman condiments was something called garum, a fermented fish paste made from fish, fish intestines and salt, the smell of dye from murex shells might not have bothered them so much. Who knows, maybe it even whet their appetites! Final note: the ammonia that Romans used for a myriad of things -- including being used as a mouth rinse and tooth whitener -- was obtained primarily from human urine,
th-cam.com/video/syqB1JbRQOA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=NwdCQn2uxmS1WjCH Good morning, Amy- I love purple, too! The ones who don't, we pray for. Very eloquent narrative. Good job. You explained & then demonstrated. And then you explained & demonstrated, again. This was very thought out, personalized. Very niched. My understanding of color mixing has improved. So, after this video, the one I copied above to you was next on my list. I love synchronicity, as well. The technique that Karen is demonstrating here amazes me. Because when I use her video data & yours, my mind wants to go play with multi media & PURPLE!!! I am, however, wondering if the above info is something for you to incorporate into your creations of more shades of purple. Just wondering. Thank you.
I agree. At one time, I thought I could purchase just the Vs from maybe 6 brands to get a good range but the colors double over each other too closely.
FINALLY someone puts it on words that make sense and don’t make me sound like I’m just a crazy artist lol. ALL of my watercolor “purples” never give purple justice and it’s so frustrating 😭
We need purple uniforms for this club! Lots of us have all been thinking the same thing
That flower ball you're making is soooo 3-D! Gorgeous!
Thank you! 😊
You are SO RIGHT !! I just bought a kit of dual tip 60 brush pens. 60 COLORS... and 3 non-purple purples! I've never thought about this before but you are so right on!
Omg, it’s not me! Forever I was thinking where is the good real purple marker? Thank you for this video.
Ya see? Just like you, I thought for years it was just me. Like how am I the only person sick to death of using the same V markers for everything?
I've got to say I really appreciate your videos. The first one I saw was you ripping into Ohuhu's bleedproof paper and then their markers. and that almost threw me off, since I'd already bought both, but you had some good points in that vid. I've since been making my way backwards through a bunch of your other videos and this has been a treasure trove! You bring up things I've never heard anyone else mention, like filling copics by weight. I bought a jeweler scale and went through all my Copics and sure enough they ones that were way underweight were super dead. I bought replacements and refills and likely extended the lives of my markers.
Your videos on pink and this one on purple both address issues with those colors that I'd noticed but never really thought about. Your videos really do provide a valuable perspective.
Thank you, I appreciate the feedback. For purple here, I was worried it was a subject too far out. Like I know I've had these thoughts and I've heard others mutter about purple but I didn't see any videos or classes addressing the subject. Really had me worried that it was an oddball topic.
And I'm so glad you were able to save your markers! That's awesome to hear and I'm glad you acted in time. Hooray!!!!
“Someone is sleeping with the Amazon delivery guy” hahaha
Markers are new to me. Great as underlayer. Your tutorials on TH-cam are a great help.
I'm so pleased you find them helpful. Thank you for the feedback too!
A very useful video!❤ Really, I love purple and even after trying markers from different brands, I have always the impression that none of them is THE purple I need for my projects! I thought that the problem was me for I feel myself a beginner but after your video I'm really glad that I'm not alone😅❤
You're definitely not alone. And you're right, it's just this vague feeling that you need a color and it should be there but it's not. I'd kill for the color of a glass of grape juice, where you're seeing through the depth and the color is dark but still very purple. Something between RV99 and V09.
Oh yes, the 'purple problem' ... I keep buying small groups of other brands of alcohol markers to try to find purple. Trying to mix & match & get that color and a good blend ... ugh. Time to dig out the colored pencils ! Thanks Amy 🙂
I love purple. Thank you for the tutorial.💜
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!
Natural purple / violet pigments are very fugitive; they fade to nothing exposed to light. Quinacridone red is a chemically developed magenta-ish pigment that can be mixed with violets and blues to achieve stable purple shades. I add quinacridone magenta watercolor to my gouache for a permanent purple. Same properties as pencils, but harder to mix.
Great hack I will try that. Thanks
Absolutely. I used to cross stitch. I'd use a purple highlighter to mark parts I'd done on the pattern. I put a project down for a couple months and all the highlighter faded away. I've had similar issues with purple post-it notes.
Thank you so much, your explanations are a big help! I enjoy your videos. Greetings from Slovenia.
Glad you like them! Another country to tick off on my map. Hooray, Slovenia!
I am a beginner who started with Mondo Llama markers from Target. The purples don’t look purple to me. I am visually disabled. In all your videos that I have just started watching you have explained problems that I thought were my fault because I am on the blindness spectrum. So far I’ve only watched a few of your videos, but what they have given me in accessibility as an artist on the blindness spectrum has been valuable. Thank you so much!
Oh my goodness, what a wonderful thing to read. I am so glad to help you find a path forward. I'm in the beginner stages of an eye issue which in no way compares to yours, but you have my total heart and sympathy! If you're willing to share, I'd love to hear about other art issues you're facing and perhaps I can touch on them in future videos. You can also contact me through VanillaArts.com if you'd like to keep the suggestions private.
I literally clicked on this video because purple is my favorite color LOL
Gotcha! I love how passionate purple people are about their favorite color. I really like red but I can honestly say red doesn't bring me half the joy I see purple fans getting from purple.
Wow so beautiful
And so nicely explained
Thanks a lot 😊 I appreciate the feedback too.
Fantastic video! Thank you!
It’s refreshing to see this issue addressed. 💜💜💜
Thank you for this video. This is super useful information. And your allium is gorgeous!
Thanks, Sheri. Let me know if you try the Process Red trick. I'm curious to know how it turns out for people.
Your wealth of knowledge just amazes me! Thank you for continuing to share with the rest of us!
My pleasure! Cross your fingers that I don't run out of interesting things to talk about :)
Thank you! I didn't know this is a problem. Purple is simply not the color I want to use. 😅 But now I knew if I came ever to this issue
Exactly. Some subjects, we're just not ready to use when we first hear them. My hope is that someday, you'll be struggling with purple and you'll come back to find this video again and try the Process Red glazing.
This is a great video. I love purple and always struggle to find the right blend to make it work. Thanks for taking the time to explain.
You are so welcome! Now if I could only find a solution to my problem with yellows.
So now, it's " Amy and the Purple Marker. " ( I was a big fan of Harold and the Purple Crayon, by the way ).
Hahahaha. On a related and very sad note... someone sent me this. Figured I'd share the cringe... th-cam.com/video/WojIv-PVYm8/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
I'm guessing that a true, natural purple (which is kind of a reddish-brownish-violet to my eye but I could be totally off :)) is difficult to dilute to create a blending spectrum in markers. When you start to dilute it, either too much red or too much brown or too much blue starts to come through and the diluted shade no longer looks "purple" to our eye. "Purple" (I think) is what our eye makes of that red/brown/violet kind of mix. I also think true, natural purple is almost impossible to create as a dye that's also reasonably lightfast and will dissolve in the alcohol carrier necessary for alcohol markers. Historically, purple came from snails (Tyrian purple) but that's not sustainable (or ethical :)) in modern times and it also fades when exposed to sunlight. The main component of Tyrian Purple is 6,6-dibromoindigo but they've only developed an efficient lab synthesis for that compound in 2010. Thioindigo is a modern substitute for indigo-based dyes and when I look at the structure for thioindigo dyes, I don't know how soluble they would be in the alcohol carrier necessary for alcohol markers. So we're kind of stuck no matter which way we turn when it comes to a true purple dye that's easily synthesized in a lab and will also dissolve in an alcohol (or water-based) carrier.
My apologies if that was WAY too much info or WAY too nerdy. :)
@@colouringchemist this info is wonderful. Please, geek out all the time!
@@AmyShulke You may come to regret that - the chemistry teacher in me is always willing to yammer on about the chemistry of things. ;) :) Thanks for another great video, Amy! :)
This was a very helpful video honestly I felt a bit similar to when it came to yellow my ohuhu and copic line up is lacking on that color to tbh so thanks for the work around with this vid!!
OMG, YES!!! You are absolutely correct. The yellows are all just a bit off from what I want! The Ys are either candy or mustard.
@@AmyShulke is there a Polychromos equivalent to Prisma process red?
@@kellyluvskolors2083 I sold my set of Polys a while back because I don't like them. So while I can pick out a similar color, I can't tell you if it meets the transparency requirement. Maybe someone else can chime in with an answer.
@@AmyShulketruth!! Or it just becomes orange XD
I'm a photo realistic pencil artists and I work also in acrylics and sometimes watercolor. And I have found this same problem across pencils of every brand. It's the same with teal there are not a bunch of shades of teal so you have to work in a way to create something that doesn't exist and sometimes that's very difficult. These are colors I using backgrounds because I generally do animal portraiture and landscapes.
Oh yes, I totally agree about teal. It's such a great background color for animals and florals too. Never enough teals in the sets.
Amy, I’m going to go out on a limb here; but, I don’t think that those of us who are dabbling in art have really thought about the difference. Before taking any classes with you, violet was just another shade of purple. Not our fault really. We were all taught the primary colors are, secondary…no where did it list violet. The CMY wheel breaks down color families. In my small, ignorant brain, violet was just a different shade of purple. Quite honestly, I have to remind myself all the time that they are different categories and retrain my brain to the CMY wheel.
Could be. But I've heard students complain about the V family, unprompted by me. So I think everyone kinda knows there's an issue even if they don't think deeply about what or why.
Teal is another color I really struggle with and need to use colored pencils with. I enjoy mixing them but still am waiting for the perfect bold teal marker or pen
I agree! I have mad love for BG49 and BG57 but both colors are missing a great back up team to blend them with.
For me it’s the greens. I’m VERY picky about greens. I pretty much stick to olives, mints, and mosses in various shades, but I’ve been looking for the perfect pale greyish mint for years! I begin to think they don’t make it. 😭
I think I know the color you're looking for. I'm a YG girl too but sometimes I need a soft neutralized green. I want a G80 and a G90.
I colored some purple pants on an anime character yesterday and let me tell you... this is a great tip even for cartoons lol.
That's great! I'm thrilled that it worked for you and thanks for letting me know. I appreciate hearing that you tried it!
That is gorgeous! But please can you tell me how you add the white?
Posca Pen, white 0.7mm
@@AmyShulke thank you ❤
I agree. Where are the Purple Copics. I love Purple!!!!❤❤❤
There's just got to be something with the ink. If it was just one company shorting purples, then I'd say it was oversight. But ALL of them??? Something hinky there.
I noticed this issue pretty early on
When I tried drawing purple hair
Oh yes, hair would reveal the problem pretty fast since we tend to use more colors for dynamic hair.
Do you find OLO markers filing the purple markers need?
I only have about 20 Olo and I was kinda bummed with the purples. But they're still building their palette so I'm hoping for several key colors in the future.
You see i have never found this to be a problem for me as I hate red purples and always tended to lean to the blue purple ranges (aka indigos and violets) and find i can never seem to find many of them as they are all to pink for my liking lol
very beautiful ❤ new friend
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you're here!
It’s thought that humans can see about twice as many colors as we can reproduce. I use watercolors so I can mix my own colors.
Purple… I assume you studied a lot of color theory but we all keep getting stuck because the spectrum is a straight line, not a circle. And purple is a non-spectral color, which makes it really dicey to work with. I personally blame anthocyanins. My sympathies, though. One of my favorite colors is that blurple-violet you can’t really say for sure what color it is. I call it violet but it’s also blue.
When I watch you draw/color the copic you are using seems to have a brush tip but the classis copics have more of a nub. It seems like the copic sketch have a brush tip... am I crazy or just missing sonething?
Classic Copic have bullet and chisel nibs. Copic Sketch and Ciao have brush and chisel nibs (same nibs, different style body).
Here's an article I've written on Classic: markernovice.com/copic/classic-marker
Here's a similar article for Sketch: markernovice.com/copic/sketch-marker
Do you think you will ever teach us here on TH-cam to colour a picture step-by-step in its entirety?
Check the live tab
Oh, prismacolor process red, my baby. When I was in high school, the upper level drawing classes were small enough that they held the upper level and upper-upper level classes in one classroom at the same time, just doing different things. In fact, my class was the pioneer for giving the upper-upper level students each a set of prismacolor premier pencils (because there were about five of us), with the caveat that at the end of the school year, we had to give them back. If there was any pencil I was going to be clutching to my chest begging them to let me leave with just this one, please, it would have been that process red. There were a couple others in the set I loved, but process red is the only one whose name I remember and the first one that comes to mind.
As for the purple issue… that one has driven me nuts since approximately second grade. It’s Roy G Biv, not Roy G Bp. Why are we condensing two distinct colors into one messy catch all?? Indigo, purple, and violet, especially the latter two, are a complete conundrum that make me want to rip my hair out.
I am of the strong opinion that the language we use for color is important and the more specific (and agreed) we can be, the better. I’ve read at least one study about how the language we use for color affects our ability to perceive it. English speakers can discern more subtleties in orange because we think about orange and brown as two separate concepts rather than shades and tints of one color. Russians are the best at differentiating blues because the Russian language defines light blue and dark blue as two different categories. Languages in remote areas that lack words for certain colors have trouble differentiating between shades we find easy to separate. By wrapping three colors under one umbrella, I feel like we’re shooting ourselves in the foot when it comes to purple. We can’t even agree on what purple is!
Personally, I’d define the color you’re talking about lacking in this video, the shade closer to magenta, as violet, and the cooler, in between hue as purple, because I see purple as bridging the gap between indigo and violet. But if I google purple, or violet, or comparisons, I get all sorts of answers about which color is the shade that the markers are deficient in. As far as I can tell there’s no concrete, agreed definition for purple or violet like there is for red or blue. Unfortunately there’s literally nothing I can do except hope that eventually the art world will get its act together when it comes to the color purple. I do imagine the marker shortage comes from ink/pigment difficulties (after all, wasn’t purple considered the color of royalty because it was notoriously difficult to make?) but I don’t think it helps that the attitude when it comes to purple seems to be something along the lines of ‘good enough.’
I go with Purple leaning towards magenta because Tyrian Purple is said to have been a deep wine color. But I'd be lying if I didn't also admit that I'm influenced by childhood... The purple Crayola (back in the 1970's at least) was red shift and the violet Crayola back then was blue shift. And in the book Harold and the Purple Crayon, his crayon was also red shift.
I used to color on paper but now I switched over to digital because it’s cheaper..😅
Totally understand. It's still good to touch paper every once in a while :)
Oye vey you lost me at Derwent purplerer...😅
I have noticed for a long time that purple is under-represented in all media: markers, acrylic paints, watercolor paints, pencils, inks, etc.
Incidentally, the reason that the Romans loved purple and saved it only for those of high status, was because it was, in fact, very expensive to make. It came from tiny sea shells that came from only a handful of places in the Mediterranean and which had to be crushed and processed to create the dye. As the Roman Empire evolved into the Byzantine, the color became so associated with the imperial line that it actually became crystalized into the honorifc "porphyrogennetos" which, in Greek, literally means "purple born" and thus the modern phrase "born to the purple".
Excellent info, thanks for the great summary. I was fascinated with this topic when it was first presented in art history class. I've also read that purple garments smelled really bad. The process involves rotting the flesh and adding lots of ammonia, so even after dying, the fabric retained a distinct funk.
There you go, that's a theory: they can't make better purple markers because they stink. LOL.
@@AmyShulke Thank you....I'm an amateur artist but a Classical Archaeologist & Art Historian by profession. But about the smell, seeing as one of the most highly prized Roman condiments was something called garum, a fermented fish paste made from fish, fish intestines and salt, the smell of dye from murex shells might not have bothered them so much. Who knows, maybe it even whet their appetites!
Final note: the ammonia that Romans used for a myriad of things -- including being used as a mouth rinse and tooth whitener -- was obtained primarily from human urine,
th-cam.com/video/syqB1JbRQOA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=NwdCQn2uxmS1WjCH
Good morning, Amy-
I love purple, too!
The ones who don't, we pray for.
Very eloquent narrative. Good job.
You explained & then demonstrated. And then you explained & demonstrated, again. This was very thought out, personalized. Very niched. My understanding of color mixing has improved.
So, after this video, the one I copied above to you was next on my list.
I love synchronicity, as well.
The technique that Karen is demonstrating here amazes me. Because when I use her video data & yours, my mind wants to go play with multi media & PURPLE!!!
I am, however, wondering if the above info is something for you to incorporate into your creations of more shades of purple. Just wondering.
Thank you.
I don't think any brand makes a good line of purples
I agree. At one time, I thought I could purchase just the Vs from maybe 6 brands to get a good range but the colors double over each other too closely.
🙂😂😂🤣 "Someone's sleeping with the Amazon driver."😂😂🫠