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Quest For The Perfect Red
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Quest For The Perfect Red
Hi there, I have been enjoying the new tubes of interesting earth colours by Rublev. So far I have Crimson Ocher (an earthy maroon), French Red Ocher (an earthy orange), and Venetian Red (an earthy red). I was wondering what is the reddest of the red earth colour paints? Venetian Red is really good and I love it, but wondering if there is one that comes even closer to being a true red?
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Venetian Red is certainly one of my favorites because it makes cool tints (pink) with lead white. Ercolano Red on the other hand makes warm tints (orange) with lead white. With these two colors, you can achieve a range of tints from cool to warm.
What is a true red? Perhaps it is one that falls in the middle of the two temperatures. That is really difficult because they all seem to have a bias towards one temperature or another.
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Ercolano Red looks very nice! I think I may need to get a tube! I like your idea of using the two reds to meet my needs for a cool or warm red and anything in between. Thank you 🙂
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