In this article I will detail the tube colors of a starter palette for beginning artists – sort of a href=http://www.remioilpaintings.com target=’_blank’beginners oil painting/a palette guide. These are in fact the colors I personally use most often. Here is the proposed 6-color palette:brbr1. Lemon Yellowbrbr2. Cadmium Yellowbrbr3. Cadmium Redbrbr4. Permanent Rose (Alizarin Crimson)brbr5. French Ultramarinebrbr6. Phthalo Bluebrbr7. Titanium Whitebrbr8. Ivory BlackbrbrNote that White and Black are generally not classified as colors.brbrA color is often known by different names depending on the manufacturer. For example, Permanent Rose is more or less the same as Alizarin Crimson. brbrThe above palette has the capacity to produce very clean secondary colors, i.e., colors that are a mixture of just two tube colors.brbrNotice that there are two versions of each primary color (yellow, red, and blue). One is a cool version (i.e., leaning towards the blues and greens) and the other is a warm version (i.e., leaning towards the reds and yellows).brbrFirst learn to completely understand how the six colors together with black and white interact in their numerous mixtures. brbrHere are some of the more important properties of the palette colors.brbrLemmon Yellow – Lemmon Yellow is a cool, greenish leaning, and opaque yellow. Opaque means solid or not-transparent. This yellow is a medium-to-slow drier with medium to low tinting strength. Low tinting strength means that you need to add a lot of this paint to see its effect in a mixture. Its greenish bias makes it an ideal yellow to use with Phthalo Blue (Red Shade) to produce very clean secondary greens.brbrCadmium Yellow – Cadmium Yellow is a warm, orange leaning, and opaque yellow. This yellow is a medium-to-slow drier and has a high tinting strength. Its orange bias makes it an ideal yellow to use with Cadmium Red to produce very clean secondary oranges.brbrCadmium Red – Cadmium Red is a warm, orange leaning, and opaque red. This red is a slow drier and has a high tinting strength. brbrPermanent Rose – Permanent Rose is a cool, violet leaning, and transparent red. This red is a medium-to-slow drier and has a medium tinting strength. Its violet bias makes it an ideal red to use with French Ultramarine to produce very clean secondary violet.brbrFrench Ultramarine – French Ultramarine is a warm, violet leaning, and semi-transparent blue. This blue is a slow drier and has a high tinting strength. Its violet bias makes it an ideal blue to use with Permanent Rose to produce very clean secondary violets. brbrPhthalo Blue (Red Shade) – Phthalo Blue is a cool, green leaning, and transparent blue. This blue is a medium-to-slow drier and has a very high tinting strength. Its green bias makes it an ideal blue to use with Lemmon Yellow to produce very clean secondary greens. brbrTitanium White – Titanium White is an opaque white and covers up just about any color. There are other whites such as Flake White and Zinc White. As a beginning artist you may want to avoid using Zinc White because it tends to crack when applied thickly. brbrIvory Black – Ivory Black is the cleanest of all the tube blacks and is extremely constructive in lots of mixtures. Other tube blacks include Lamp Black and Mars Black.brbrThis simple palette is amazingly versatile and many minimal-minded professionals use nothing else. Because there are so few tube colors involved, becoming an expert in this palette is fairly easy.brbrYou are welcome to read more about a href=http://www.remipencilportraits.com target=’_blank’how to draw with pencil/a.brbrP.S. For the tips on the color and other issues in tattoos, please read a href=http://www.freetattootips.com/arts-entertainment-and-music/upper-back-tattoos.html target=’_blank’tattoo tips/a.