Swatching All of My Orange Watercolors

LOL: All three of my Oranges. I'm not the biggest fan of orange but this practice opened my eyes a little wider. 

These three colors were all either hand-me-downs or sent to me (QoR) and I never got around to swatching. The New Gamboge, one of my favorite warm yellows is the only thing close to orange on my palette! 

After swatching, I couldn't resist a little mixing. The DS Quin Rose (PV 19) and Pyrrole Orange (PO 62) make a beautiful coral color. I have a coral in my cart at DickBlick. I may skip it (or save for later) with this beautiful coral color at my disposal! We'll see what kind of self control I have.

This is a beautiful brown. Totally unexpected. Now that I know about the Iron Oxide in some of these paints it makes sense though. To me. 

Above is the color I went nuts over. It's more towards the red than the Azo Orange below. Do you see the yellow in that Azo? 

Need I say more? LOL. I'm beginning to make decisions on what kind of palette(s) I'll be using as well and I talk a little about that in my video.

See Swatch Your Watercolors: All of My Reds here. 

Watch today's video here on YouTube. Subscribe, like, comment, share. The Algorithms (whatever they are) like this kind of human behavior.

Supplies (Affiliate Links (I get a commission with no cost to you)

Dick Blick
PO62 Azo Orange, M Graham
PR 101 & PY42 Transparent Orange Oxide M Graham
PO71 Transparent Pyrrole Orange

Porcelain Dishes for mixing from Amazon. This is 3 stacks of 5 porcelain dishes. I'll definitely be using these as mixing palettes. Very highly recommend.

Comments

[Sharon Field]

Whenever I watercolor flowers on my cards, I always seem to use some orange somewhere. Very interesting that the one orange looks brown!
I see you have a brace on.........problems with your wrist or is it for carpal tunnel syndrome? I know about that because I have it, along with whatever else I have going on. Back to more tests....just had more blood work and have a CT scan on Monday. Will this ever end?

[Diana Trout]

I guess Ive been mixing oranges all of this time. Im going to an art supply store today so I may pick up a coral color. I have tendenitus in my wrist (base of my thumb). it acts up from time to time. Oh Sharon. I wish they could find your diagnosis. I think of you often. Prayers to you.

Diana Trout
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