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Michelle
How to Mix 3 Essential Convenience Colours
As artists, we’ve all faced the dilemma of wanting to explore a wide range of colours without buying an overwhelming number of paint tubes. What if I told you that you could achieve the perfect Dioxazine Purple, Permanent Violet Dark, and Teal with just a few basic colours in your collection?
In this post, I’ll walk you through how to mix these three “convenience colours” using only Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue (Green Shade), and Phthalo Green (Blue Shade). These colours are essential in my palette, but when combined strategically, they can create even more versatile shades.
Why These Colours?
Convenience colours like Dioxazine Purple and Teal are often go-to’s for their depth and vibrancy, but buying pre-mixed tubes of these can add up quickly. By learning how to mix them yourself, you’ll not only save money but also gain greater control over the exact shades you want.
The Mixing Process
- Dioxazine Purple can be mixed using Ultramarine Blue and Quinacridone Magenta (little more towards the Blue)
- Permanent Violet Dark is a blend of Ultramarine Blue and & Quinacridone Magenta (little more towards the Magenta)
- Teal can be achieved by mixing Phthalo Blue (Green Shade), Phthalo Green (Blue Shade), and white giving it that perfect ocean-like hue.
Experimenting with different ratios can create an even broader palette of shades—so I strongly recommend trying these.
Watch the full process in my latest video here and I’ll walk you through the process:
Let me know in the comments if you found this useful.
6 thoughts on “How to Mix 3 Essential Convenience Colours”
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Very kind of you, thank you.
Interesting. I have to try it. Thank you
Thank you Aurelia. Let me know how you get on.
Mixing teal was one of the first colors I discovered after I splurged on buying my first artist level paints. My student grade paints often were muddy and disappointing when mixed (I didn’t understand that the problem actually was the paint I was using). I was self taught, I didn’t know that I had mixed ‘teal’ I just knew it was so clear and beautiful. I thought I had invented the mix, lol. It was my favorite color.
I had no idea to this day, that dioxazine purple could be mixed That was in my fist order of 10 paint tubes.
Thanks for sharing Robynn. What a wonderful discovery you made. It’s such a beautiful a colour.