Art Color Chart App

Earth Tones

These colors are the heart and soul of most paintings especially classic art work. In the old days they were used because they were cheap (made from dirt). If you are doing a natural type painting these should be what you use most.

Reds

Use bright red sparingly to make a focal point in a painting

Yellows

Shades of yellow make a great grass/bush color.

Blues

Use cool blues to make shadows that make warmer colors pop. Use warm or medium blue for a day time sky.

Orange

Violets

Greens

Red-Oranges

Red-Violets

Yellow-Oranges

Yellow-Greens

Blue-Greens

Use variations of blue-green for water

Blue-Violets

Use variations of blue-violet for a sky.

Instructions

• Click a color category to view.
• Click "+add" to add a color to your collection or "info" to learn more about the color and how to make it.
• After you are done click "view summary" to find out what paint you need and how to create the colors your need.