• 1 Yellow
• 2 Reds
• 2 Blues
• 1 Green
• 2 to 4 Conv colors/mixes
• 1 Convenience mix
• One other possibility
• Chuck Long Palette
• Charles Evans Palette
• Crawshaw vs Stutler Palettes
• Cathy Johnson Palette
• John Muir Laws
• Ed
• secondary palette
• Paint Info

Possible Lineup of 8 to 10 colors for a limited watercolor palette

Influenced by some palettes listed below.

1 Yellow

[X] light to medium yellow
- DS hansa yellow medium - PY97
- cadmium yellow - PY35

OR

medium orange yellow
- DS nickel azomethine yellow - PY150
- WN Transparent Yellow - PY150

^Could see using the orange-yellow if only one yellow exists on a six color palette. But if yellow ochre exists, then use the lighter yellow.

2 Reds

[X] orange-red - cadmium red/scarlet or whatever is - PR108

[X] purple-red - Permanent Rose - PV19
or whatever is PR122

2 Blues

[X] red-blue - French Ultramarine - PB29

[X] green-blue - Phthalo Blue Green Shade - PB15:3
or Cobalt Blue - PB28
or Cerulean Blue - PB 35

1 Green

[X] yellow-green - pure pigment - whatever is PG36
usually phthalo green Yellow Shade
or WN Winsor Green Yellow Shade

OR a convenience green mix, such as:
- Hooker's Green
- or Sap Green

2 to 4 Conv colors/mixes

[X] burnt sienna - PR101

[X] yellow ochre - PY43

[X] raw umber - PBr7

1 Convenience mix

[X] payne's grey

or neutral tint

both usually consists of some combination of blue, black, violet.

One other possibility

From Chuck Long's 10-color palette
http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/palette4f.html

dioxazine violet (PV23)

Chuck Long Palette

cadmium yellow (PY35)
burnt sienna (PBr7)
cadmium scarlet (PR108)
alizarin crimson (PR83)
dioxazine violet (PV23)
ultramarine blue (PB29)
phthalocyanine blue RS (PB15:1)
cerulean blue (PB35)
sap green [hue]
payne's gray [hue]

Charles Evans Palette

Alizarin Crimson - PR83
Ultramarine Blue - PB29
Cobalt Blue - PB28
Hooker's Green - PG36, PO49
Yellow Ocre - PY43
Burnt Sienna - PR101
Light Red - PR102
Raw Umber - PBr7

Crawshaw vs Stutler Palettes

Cadmium Yellow ---- Transparent Yellow (PY97)
Cadmium Red ---- Cadmium Red Deep (PR108)
Alizarin Crimson ---- Permanent Rose (PV19)
Ultramarine ---- Ultramarine Deep (PB29)
Cerulean Blue ---- Peacock Blue (PB17)
Hooker's Green ---- Bamboo Green (PG36)
Yellow Ochre ---- Burnt Sienna (PBr7)

Cathy Johnson Palette

Phtalo
Ultramarine Blue
Permanent Alizarin Crimson
Cadmium Red (though some avoid the cadmiums for safety reasons)
Hansa Yellow Light (or Cadmium Yellow Light)
Hansa Yellow Medium.

Conv colors

Raw Sienna
Burnt Sienna
Yellow Ochre
Burnt Umber
Payne's Gray.

John Muir Laws

Winsor Yellow
Quinacridone Gold
Yellow Ochre
Winsor Red
Quinacridone Magenta
Winsor Violet Dioxazine
Cobalt Blue
Phthalo Blue
Sap Green
Perylene Green
Burnt Umber
Neutral Tint

Ed

Raw Umber - PBr7
Quinacridone Gold - PO49
Hansa Yellow Medium - PY97
French Ultramarine - PB29
Winsor Blue (Green Shade) - PB15
Permanent Rose - PV19

-- Daniel Smith Winsor Blue (GS) option: Phthalo Blue GS (PB15) - intense blue
-- Daniel Smith Permanent Rose option: Quinacridone Red (PV19)

secondary palette

nickel azomethine yellow (PY150)
cadmium scarlet (PR108)
quinacridone magenta (PR122)
ultramarine blue (PB29)
phthalocyanine blue GS (PB15:3)
phthalocyanine green YS (PG36)

Alwyn Crawshaw vs Stutler

Paint Info

W&N Cadmium Red - PR108
W&N Hooker's Green - PG36, PO49
W&N Winsor Green (Yellow Shade) - PG36
W&N Yellow Ochre - PY43
W&N Transparent Yellow - PY150 is brighter/lighter than DS Nickel Azo Yellow
W&N Light Red - PR102
W&N Burnt Sienna - PR101

DS Opera-Pink (PR122) - bright red-purple-pink more pinkish-purple than perm rose (pv19).
-- DS says: "The most vivid of all pinks. A primary magenta with a hint of fluorescent pink granulation producing some of the most brilliant glowing mixes you have ever seen."
DS Burnt Sienna - PBr7 - transparent to semi-transparent
DS Light Red - PR101 - opaque
DS Venetian Red (PR101) - opaque
DS Cobalt Blue - PB28
DS Hooker's Green - PG36 PY3 PO49
DS Phthalo Green YS - PG36
DS Yellow Ochre - PY43
DS Raw Sienna - PBr7
DS Pyrrol Red (PR254) - semi transparent - orange-red - similar to cadmium
DS Pyrrol Scarlet (PR255) - semi transparent - bright orange-red - similar to cadmium
DS Azo Yellow (PY 151) - brilliant, sunny and bright
DS Nickel Azo Yellow (PY150) is darker yellow than I expected but secondary palette says py150 is an orange yellow along with:
py65 (DS hansa yellow deep),
py83,
py108 (DS anthrapyrimidine yellow),
py153 (DS nickel dioxine yellow),
py216

Most Yellow Ochres are opaque, but Daniel Smith's is transparent

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