I get wanting hues in different tubes, say clear Quin Gold vs grainy Yellow Ochre. Well I got

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raw sienna to do yellower tones in my skies near my blues without going too green. Then today I got raw sienna light to see if I could get, well, lighter than my raw sienna and if could replace yellow ochre with it. They aren’t quite a color match. Ochre seems more buttery in a light wash. But the raw sienna light didn’t seem all that different than ochre with my blues. Did I miss some subtlety, there? These are mostly Daniel Smith paints.

I need to find space in my palette as it is, so the last thing I need is two yellow earths that are nearly identical. The ochre is a grumbacher academy tube. I think for now I will use RS light and see if I fall in love with it for my landscapes.

[Laelth]

1. Yellow ochre always does its job.

Are your eyes OK? You may be entering into late Monet territory (as beautiful as that is).



-Laelth

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2. What is its job, exactly? Eyes are .. who knows. I need but can't afford bifocals and have floater

issues. No idea how well I perceive colors.

[Laelth]

3. I am sure you know what yellow ochre's job is.

You have it on your palette, as does every other oil painter that I know.

I saw another thread of yours to which I responded this evening. This is not the time to argue about color. I wish you well.



-Laelth

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4. Thanks for the hug! Trying to get off the self flagellation express.

[Laelth]

5. You are very welcome. n/t

-Laelth

I find that I use yellow ochre, burnt sienna (warm), and burnt umber (cool) on my palette to cover the browns—if that’s any help, but yellow ochre is a necessity.

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6. I thought you were doing a painting of trump but I see I am mistaken.

[Laelth]

7. If she were, I would advise burnt sienna.

That’s the color of a warm turd.

-Laelth

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8. The DS one I have is too brown, but transparent orange pyrrole would Jazz it up to his shade.

[Laelth]

12. I'm good with that. n/t

-Laelth

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9. I'd never waste my supplies like that.

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10. I'm sure anything you use will be brilliant and beautiful

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11. Thanks! I was just hoping I'd found the best of both worlds, an ochre tone that

somehow magically didn’t make green with blue. LOL