Friday 16 April 2021

The #CreativeLife 2021 A to Z Blog Challenge: N is for...

Neutral Colours

Black, white, and all the shades of grey form the neutral colours of the artist's palette. Of these black is often the most interesting since it can either be a cool colour or a warm colour depending on the pigments used to mix the final colour.

I love black as a colour to wear, but Pane's grey is my favourite neutral colour on the dark end of the spectrum.

Neutral colour pencils, Faber Castell, polychromes pencils on brown background
Five of the neutral colours in the
Faber-Castell polychromos pencil sets

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💙 Linzé 


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