discussion terracotta

[Guest]

hi guys, what colours would you mix to make a terracotta roof tile colour, i am using revell acrylics and have tried all sorts of combinations of red and black,red and brown and nothing looks right, any ideas. i am begining to think i am colour blind cos i cannot bloody do it and its driving me nuts.....

 

[yak face]

Try brown ,red and yellow andrew, let us know how you get on, cheers tony

 

[Guest]

ahh, yellow maybe that is the missing ingredient, cheers, off to try it now.

 

[Guest]

Andrew paint your tiles yellow at first then if you have oil paint using burnt sienna paint this on, allow it to sit for a few minutes then take some kitchen roll and gently wipe the majority off, this leaves a lovely terracotta colour.

Scott

 

[Guest]

have no oil paints yet scott but will be investing in some soon, tony you have saved the day for me,thanks a lot,yellow was the important colour i was missing, i now have 10 different shades of terracotta roof tiles on my mini art building. they are off for a wash now.

 

[yak face]

Glad i could help, cheers tony

 

[Guest]

Bit late replying but maybe useful for the future.......

Your basic terracotta pigment is made up from the simple prime colours

Yellow 50%

Red 35%

Blue 15%

Adjust red and blue slightly to get variation

Spent 11 years in the dyeing and finishing trade in my youth ..... never though back then i'd make use of it in the future