Still just writing the weekday name…. I’m so uninspired after I work!
I found this trio suggestion while watching a video on Meow Meow Kapow’s Youtube channel… it was suggested by Kathryn T. These three colors are actually (until now) three of my least favorite tubes!!
Daniel Smith Phthalo Green (blue shade… PG7), Daniel Smith’s Quinacridone Lilac (PR 122), and QoR’s Green Gold (PY 129) … actually DS Rich Green Gold is the suggested color, but also PY 129, and QoR is what I have.
So… here’s the thing… if you mix this GREEN, with this PINK… YOU GET BLUE. Blue, people. BLUE????!! Blue. I felt like god… not in a sacrilegious way, I know I didn’t create blue OUT OF NOTHING, and He did… but I made BLUE out of two other colors!!!! My mind is totally blown. Didn’t our elementary school teachers always tell us yellow and blue make green… red and blue make purple… AND YOU CAN’T MAKE BLUE BECAUSE IT IS PRIMARY!!!!?? Well, this isn’t actually a primary blue. It is a deep dark inky blue. But is clearly and definitely BLUE. Add more lilac and it is a drop-dead-gorgeous purple. It will never be a pale soft blue.
Still, my five year old inner self is completely astonished. I can’t decide if I am totally amazing because, even though I didn’t figure it out, I STILL MADE BLUE!! Or if I’m a complete idiot because I’m 53 years old and didn’t know this already. (and… I’ve had these paints for like a year…)
All those colors inside the Thursday letters came from those three colors. I’m so impressed with myself.
Thanks, Meow Meow Kapow, and Kathryn T, for making my day!!
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