Indian Red and Terra Rosa . . . what brands???

[Richard Budig]

I'm about convinced that the artists who have it made are those who pick a couple of reds and stick with them. I, too, have stumbled into red (and other colors) that were hardly a degree warmer or cooler than th eother. Those who stick with their colors get used to them and learn what they can do with them, it seems to me.

But, I think I may try your little trick and "kick it up a bit" by adding a smidge of something like cad red light to my Venetian just to see if I can't separate it a bit more from my Indian. Or, perhaps I should add a smidge of blue (or black?) to my Indian to separate it more from the Venetian.

[Allan Rahbek]

Richard,
I think you are quite right about getting to know your colors, whatever they are. Then you find out what you CAN do with your palette when you need anything special.

My impression is that the problem, for most painters, is that they