TRIDENT COLOR MIXING GUIDE

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1 TRIDENT COLOR MIXING GUIDE This guide is intended to help you mix the main and most popular colors on the artists pallet. Please note that there are notes and tips on some of the more extreme formulations to make it practical and easier for you. If there are any colors or formulations you would like to see, please let us know and we will see what we can do. COOL primaries Cool Blue 4 drops TRU 16 drops TRU Blue 20% 80% Blue Cool Red 19 drops TRU Red 1 drop TRU Violet 95% Red 5% Violet WARM primaries Cool 19 drops TRU 1 drop Cadmium (see mixture below) 95% 5% Cadmium 99.9% 0.01% Blue Warm Blue 10 drops TRU Blue 10 drops TRU Violet 50% Blue 50% Violet

2 Warm Red 29 drops TRU 21 drops TRU Red 58% 42% Red Warm 0.25% Red 99.75% To mix colors like this or even lighter, it is suggested to mix a decent quantity of Benzimida Orange (Light Orange), then use a tiny drop or more of that in yellow to get your lightest oranges. To make Transparent / Candy / Glaze TRIDENT colors can be added to the Transparent Base to make Transparent colors. Transparent color show up over light surfaces and colors but are invisible over dark backgrounds Transparent Colors Add 30% of TRIDENT color to 70% of TRIDENT Transparent Base (Neutral) Reduce as required Most colors will give the highest transparency, however certain colors such as TRU White and TRU Flesh which have high concentrations of opaque pigment will only become translucent, not transparent such as yellow, red, blue, violet, green orange and so on. Oranges

3 Benzimida Orange (Light Orange) 49 Drops TRU 1 Drop TRU Red 98% 2% Red To mix colors like this or even lighter, it is suggested to mix a decent quantity of Cadmium Orange for your color library then use a drop or more of that in yellow to get your lightest oranges. Cadmium Orange (Mid- Orange) 19 drops TRU 1 drop TRU Red 95% 5% Red Pyrrole Orange (Moly/Burnt Orange) 18 drops TRU 2 drops TRU Red 90% 10 % Red Naphthol Scarlet (Deep Orange- Red) 15 drops TRU 5 drops TRU Red 80% 20% Red Greens Color Drops Percentage Practical Mixing Cadmium Lemon (light Lime) 999 drops Phthalo Green 99.9%.01% Blue To mix colors like this or even lighter, it is suggested to mix a decent quantity of Phthalo Green or Permanent Green Light for your color library then use a tiny drop or more of that in TRU yellow to get your lightest greens. Phthalo Green (Slime Green) 99 drops TRU 99% 1% Blue

4 Permanent Green Light (Grass Green) 50 drops TRU 98% 2% Blue Permanent Green (mid- Green) 19 drops TRU 95% 5% Blue Deep Green 18 drops TRU 2 drops TRU Blue 90% 10% Blue Dark Green 16 drops TRU 4 drops TRU Blue 80% 20% Blue Phthalo Terquoise 10 drops TRU Blue 10 drops TRU 50% Blue 50% Purples The Trident range comes with a beautiful TRU Violet (which is a dioxazine Violet on the artists color palette). Though here are a few formulas for mixing rich variations. Dark Cobalt Blue 10 drops TRU Violet 10 drops TRU Blue 50% Violet 50% Blue

5 Thioindigo Violet (Violet- Red) 10 drops TRU Violet 10 drops TRU Red 50% Violet 50% Red Quinacridone Violet (Red- Violet) 15 drops TRU Red 5 drops TRU Violet 75% Red 25% Violet FLESH TONES These flesh tones are a broad stroke pallet of the most common and popular flesh tone colors. Of course any color desired can be mixed. Blush Flesh 19 drops TRU FLESH 1 drop TRU Brown 95% Flesh 5% Brown Peach Flesh 35 drops TRU Flesh 13 drops TRU 1 drops TRU Red 1 drops TRU 70% Flesh 26% 2% Red 2% Benzimida Maroon 15 drops TRU Flesh 5 drops TRU brown 75% Flesh 25% Brown Gold Ochre (Golden ) 10 drops TRU Flesh 9 drops TRU 1 drop TRU Brown 50% Flesh 45% 5% Brown

6 Dark Raw Sienna (Deep Straw) 10 drops TRU Flesh 9 drops TRU 1 drop TRU Brown 1 drop TRU Violet 58% Flesh 42% 5% Brown 5% Violet Grey Brown 60% TRU Flesh 35% TRU Brown 5% TRU Black 60% Flesh 35% Brown 5% Black Chocolate Brown 35 drops TRU Flesh 60 drops TRU Brown 5 drops TRU Black 35% Flesh 60% Brown 5% Black Dark Chocolate 85 drops TRU Brown 15 drops TRU Black 85% Brown 15% Black Grey Scales COMING SOON More Tertiary COMING SOON Colors True Fire Color Recipe COMING SOON