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Eight short lessons, with demos to touch. Five minutes each, in order or not.

1. 1Light and pigment: why screen and canvas disagreeA screen adds light, paint takes it away: some screen colours do not exist in paint.5 min
2. 2Value, hue, saturation: value matters mostGet light and dark right first: the eye forgives a wrong hue far more readily than a wrong value.5 min
3. 3Primaries: which ones, and why greens go dullNo primary is perfect: each leans one way. Mix two that lean towards each other.5 min
4. 4Pigments: codes, strength, transparencyRead the code on the tube, and know which tubes are strong, weak, opaque or transparent.5 min
5. 5Lighter, darker, dullerWhite cools and chalks, black dulls and shifts, the complement dulls while roughly keeping the hue.5 min
6. 6Mixing in practiceStart light, add the strong tube a pea at a time, make a test swatch, and allow for drying.5 min
7. 7Matching a colour from a photoA photo shifts colours: pick in soft shade, and compare in real light, not only on the screen.5 min
8. 8How Tubomix works, and its limitsTubomix calculates as paint behaves, rounds the recipe before judging it, and always tells you the difference.5 min

Looking for one colour? Skin tones, brown, green, grey… each with its recipes in parts. Colour recipes

To go further: Useful resources