A colour lightened by adding white

Why is mixing from a limited palette a good habit?

Colours share the same parents, which keeps a painting harmonious and teaches control

Which describes watercolour?

Transparent, worked light to dark, using the paper for white

It is opaque, fast-drying and waterproof once dry, so you can layer over earlier work

A wash that fades evenly from darker to lighter (or one colour to another)

Lets colour spread softly into a wet area, giving soft blended edges

They feel energetic and seem to advance toward the viewer

A cool, slightly muted scheme of blues and greens

Add a little of its complementary colour

Light to dark, reserving the paper for the lightest areas

It proves how your paints behave, gives a reference, and is the kind of experimentation examiners value

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

Which set lists the three primary colours?
How do you make the secondary colour green?
What is a tint?
Why is mixing from a limited palette a good habit?
Which describes watercolour?
What makes acrylic the most flexible of the three school paints?
What is a graded wash?
What does the wet-on-wet technique do?
Which technique gives broken, textured marks for things like fur or weathered wood?
How do warm colours tend to behave in a composition?
Which colour scheme best suits a calm, quiet mood?
How do you dull or mute a colour without simply darkening it?
When using transparent media, what is the usual working order?
Why is making a colour-mixing chart before painting useful for the Portfolio?