Mixing browns

It's important to learn to mix colours - we all know that.  I've previously talked about mixing blacks and greens. One colour, which I've only recently started to mix more is brown.  Similar to neutrals, browns can be mixed using different combinations of the primary color triad, or secondary or tertiary triads for that matter.

Here are some of my favorite combos:

• for warm browns try the following combos: new camboge and winsor violet or cadmium orange and winsor violet.
• for a chocolaty-brown, try mixing Alizarin, a bit of cobalt blue or even purple, and a cadmium orange. By altering the proportions you'll get interesting variations

I've experimented with different reds and oranges and phthalo blue.  Use of different greens also produces some interesting browns. Remember that using more than three colours increases the risks of creating muddy, dull neutrals.  If you stick to transparent colours you reduce your risk of mud.

You might find this video interesting:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAj17pIprf4

Even with mixing browns, I will certainly continue to use Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber and Raw Sienna.

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Danielle