Artists Wren Posted November 18, 2014 Artists Share Posted November 18, 2014 I printed up a chart with the names of the colors and a space to paint a swatch on some card stock. Whenever I opened a paint to use, I would fill in the swatch since I had the color open already. It took a while but it was filled up eventually and its are really handy reference. One of my best paint jobs ever! This is a pretty cool idea. I imagine this would not be particularly convenient for him, but if Mike were willing to do a fourth version of his chart, it might make it easier for lots of people to do something like this. (I think the colour family version would probably be the most useful one to have done this way.) The problem with painting onto the swatches of the current chart is that if you paint over the printed swatch, you lose the name and number of the paint. So what we'd really need to be able to do this would be to have the number (and name, if possible) of the paint printed beneath the printed swatch, so you still know what the paint is as you paint in real colour samples over the swatches. If such a chart were to come into being, I could print it out on 8x11 card stock and slowly start filling it in. And/or, I could print it out to take to ReaperCon and try dropping it on Corporea's table to see if people would be willing to crowd source filling the bulk of it in, and then fill in any missing holes myself once I got back home. Then I could scan the page to upload. While it still wouldn't solve the problem of no one using colour corrected monitors (nor is my scanner colour corrected), it would at least make it possible to compare one colour to another to see if it's much darker/lighter and so on and be another tool for people who can buy a limited set of colours to use in deciding what they need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SamuraiJack Posted November 18, 2014 Members Share Posted November 18, 2014 We also have to remember that some colors, like reds, need a pink or gray primer to display correctly. I know Wren knows this but it's a useful reminder for the newer painters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrek Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 The red I did the patches on the chart for was on white gesso (as they all were). And I think it looked correct to me. But I could try it the other way of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Cave Bear Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 MikeGolfJ3, thanks for posting those updated color charts. Words cannot express how useful they are to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGolfJ3 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Bear & Wren, You are very welcome! I do not mind doing the charts. Wren, Give me a better idea of what you want and I'll work on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrek Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 MikeGolfJ3, thanks for posting those updated color charts. Words cannot express how useful they are to me. I was glad I was able to help in some small way. But nothing compared to what Mike has done. I reference this often when looking for a color. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Cave Bear Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 MikeGolfJ3, thanks for posting those updated color charts. Words cannot express how useful they are to me. I was glad I was able to help in some small way. But nothing compared to what Mike has done. I reference this often when looking for a color. You were involved, too? Thank you also. My bad for not reading the thread closely enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrek Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 MikeGolfJ3, thanks for posting those updated color charts. Words cannot express how useful they are to me. I was glad I was able to help in some small way. But nothing compared to what Mike has done. I reference this often when looking for a color. You were involved, too? Thank you also. My bad for not reading the thread closely enough. In a very minor way. I just made what limited edition color patches I could from the colors I have. I am fortunate enough to have a device that measures color swatches and a few of the limited edition Reaper paints. Mike deserves 99.9% of the credit here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Wren, keeping the name and number in both locations will also be very handy to help people see which colors are more translucent. Thin every color exactly the same way, with the same medium/mix. You should be able to see the printed swatch beneath some of less opaque colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xauhaudoom Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Attached are the latest and greatest paint swatch poster. There are three (3) and are organized by - Color Family, Numeric Order, and Triad Groups. As always, if you have suggestions and or corrections, please let me know. Just to let you know that the limited color Carnival Purple is not in the colors by family PDF. MJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGolfJ3 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Xauhaudoom, yes I have found that there are several colors missing from family charts. I am redoing the family charts; however, the others are correct and complete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talae Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 (edited) Saffron Sunset is in a bottle marked 09247 on my paint rack. The website has the individual bottle marked with this same number. The Old Favorites I Triad has it as 09248. The color page in the back of my #31 Casket Works has it at this same number, as does the Kickstarter poster. Which one is right? Edited December 6, 2014 by Talae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGolfJ3 Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Talae, maybe Anne or Brian can answer that for us. BTW, I am still working on the updated color family poster. It will be delayed as I have had surgery and am down for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisler Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) Anne may still be out recovering from surgery, I think she was going to try to be in a little bit this week. Edit: Bryan does not know, so we need Anne. Edit: Found Anne! 9247 is Saffron Sunset, 9248 is Moth Green. The website is right, the graphics are wrong. Edited December 15, 2014 by Heisler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonwirn Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 For those of us who are "shade challenged"... How would one go about using these charts to order the colors from dark --> light? It is clearly not by rows and columns... but more like a diagonal amongst the colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.