Color plunge!

[Denise Hall]

Karen,

I am so glad it posted. The Fuji film has that blue cast; the paper background is actually white!

This is a color study using cadmium red, thalo blue, and yellow ochre. I also used white to lighten, of course. The lettering is very hard to read but you can see my general pattern of overlapping, putting strips in between to see just how the color looks beside another, etc..

I really do this all the time with 2 or 3 colors before I paint. It helps me decide how I will limit my palette. I's also a good idea to do it when you are using a new color or just a strong color combination, such as thalo blue and cadmium red together.