Shading: Azure Blue, Turkey Red, Cadmium Yellow Deep
This week we looked at shades of three of our encaustic colors: Azure Blue, Turkey Red, and Cadmium Yellow Deep to observe their range from full saturation to near-black. We used Ivory Black, an all-purpose black and solid choice for creating colored shades, to darken these colors.
Azure Blue is a bright and slightly greenish light blue. As we darkened this color with black, a blue often reminiscent of a "clear daytime sky" changed to a rich shade of opaque blue resembling dusk.
Turkey Red has an earthy bluish red top tone that breaks into a warm earthy scarlet undertone. When the color is mixed with Ivory Black a dark and warmer scarlet is produced.
Our Cadmium Yellow Deep is saturated and deeper than most deep cadmium yellows without losing its brightness when used by itself. When combined with Ivory Black rich shades of green arise.
Azure Blue mixed with Ivory Black.
Turkey Red mixed with Ivory Black.
Cadmium Yellow Deep mixed with Ivory Black.
