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GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
Mon May 18, 2020, 10:34 PM May 2020

I get wanting hues in different tubes, say clear Quin Gold vs grainy Yellow Ochre. Well I got

raw sienna to do yellower tones in my skies near my blues without going too green. Then today I got raw sienna light to see if I could get, well, lighter than my raw sienna and if could replace yellow ochre with it. They aren’t quite a color match. Ochre seems more buttery in a light wash. But the raw sienna light didn’t seem all that different than ochre with my blues. Did I miss some subtlety, there? These are mostly Daniel Smith paints.

I need to find space in my palette as it is, so the last thing I need is two yellow earths that are nearly identical. The ochre is a grumbacher academy tube. I think for now I will use RS light and see if I fall in love with it for my landscapes.

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Laelth

(32,017 posts)
1. Yellow ochre always does its job.
Mon May 18, 2020, 10:39 PM
May 2020

Are your eyes OK? You may be entering into late Monet territory (as beautiful as that is).



-Laelth

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
2. What is its job, exactly? Eyes are .. who knows. I need but can't afford bifocals and have floater
Mon May 18, 2020, 10:43 PM
May 2020

issues. No idea how well I perceive colors.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
3. I am sure you know what yellow ochre's job is.
Mon May 18, 2020, 10:48 PM
May 2020

You have it on your palette, as does every other oil painter that I know.

I saw another thread of yours to which I responded this evening. This is not the time to argue about color. I wish you well.



-Laelth

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
5. You are very welcome. n/t
Mon May 18, 2020, 10:57 PM
May 2020


-Laelth

I find that I use yellow ochre, burnt sienna (warm), and burnt umber (cool) on my palette to cover the browns—if that’s any help, but yellow ochre is a necessity.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
11. Thanks! I was just hoping I'd found the best of both worlds, an ochre tone that
Mon May 18, 2020, 11:11 PM
May 2020

somehow magically didn’t make green with blue. LOL

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