Ever wondered what color to use for your paintings for that particular season? Fret not! Here are some of my seasonal palette suggestions to help you get started.
Each season is associated with different weathers and therefore with different color themes. We think of winter, for example , in terms of cold and muted colors. Spring, by contrast, bursts forth in bright greens and yellows. So naturally you will need an appropriate color palette to describe each season.
Summertime: Summer colors are warm as the season itself. Relax in the heat as fiery reds, hot pinks, and burning oranges echo the sunshine, and greens become dark and intense.
Use lemon yellow,cadmium yellow,yellow ocher, raw umber, Indian red,cadmium orange,deep cadmium yellow,Vermilion, and purple madder to illustrate the lazy days of summer.
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| Colors of Summer |
Fall: Fall colors are deep and rich, mellower than summer but still warm and glowing. Think of dark red berries, leaves that change from olive to radiant brown to bright ocher before they carpet the ground.
Use Vandyke brown,sap green,olive green, chromium oxide,sepia, burnt umber, Venetian red,raw umber, and burnt sienna for the changing leaves.
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| Colors of Fall |
Winter:The shades of winter are cool but still exciting with their promise of ice, frost and snow. White and pale gray add a chilly sparkle that brings a cold landscape to life.
Use Jade green, cobalt turquoise light,cobalt blue,cerulean blue, Prussian blue,Ultramarine,imperial purple, magenta, and permanent rose to recreate a frosty winter.
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| Winter Colors |
Spring: The palette of spring is bright and vibrant. Light blue skies, vivid greens and yellows of new growth lift the spirits at the end of winter, as life returns to the sleeping land.
Use lemon yellow,cadmium yellow,Hooker's green, sap green, olive green, chromium oxide,viridian,winsor green and cobalt turquoise light.
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So what is your favorite color to use in your artworks for the changing seasons? Do let me know in the comments section below.
"Color is the Power which Directly Influences the Soul"-- Wassily Kandinsky
