HILARY PAGE - Color Conversions (Watercolor Right From The Start)

Watercolor Right from the Start (1992) Watson-Guptill This seasoned best seller provides progressive lessons in seeing and understanding painting and is ideal for painters of all levels including beginners and teachers. Readers are given the KEYS TO SEEING that empowers them to draw and paint any subject. Lessons are presented in the form of clear, step by step demonstrations covering basic techniques, composition and concept so readers learn at home as they paint landscapes, seascapes, florals, buildings and still life. The chapter on PERSPECTIVE is particularly clearly explained and illustrated. Here is the information on how to order a copy of Watercolor Right from the Start.

WATERCOLOR RIGHT FROM THE START
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL READERS of

“WATERCOLOR RIGHT FROM THE START” by HILARY PAGE

Since "Watercolor Right from the Start" was first published in 1992 BY Watson-Guptill publications, new and more lightfast pigments have been introduced into the market. Accordingly, manufacturers of all the major brands have upgraded and re-named their paints to reflect use of the improved pigments. I suggest that you use the newly recommended paints for the demonstrations and color exercises in the book.

The following is a conversion chart showing the original paints named on page 11, and used throughout Watercolor Right from the Start, and the recommended, improved paints that will give you identical results in your paintings

I have used Winsor & Newton "Artists" paints unless otherwise stated. You will notice a column of some letters and numbers after each new paint name. These are the internationally recognized Color Index Names that are displayed on each tube or pan of paint, though you may need a magnifying glass to see them! They are listed so you can find the identical paint in another brand should you wish to do so. It is important to use paints with the exact pigment listed to get equivalent results in your paintings.

OLD PAINTS	NEW PAINTS
Aureolin	Winsor Lemon PY175
Gamboge	Transparent Yellow PY97
Permanent Blue	Ultramarine Blue green shade PB29
Prussian Blue	(same) PB27
Cobalt Blue	(same) PB28
Manganese Blue PB33	Manganese Blue Hue PB15:3
Winsor Green	Winsor Green blue shade PG7
Permanent Rose (quinacridone)	(same) PV19
Alizarin Crimson PR83	Permanent Alizarin Crimson
Grumbacher Red	Winsor Red PR254
Burnt Sienna	Burnt Sienna Pbr7,PR101
Ivory Black	(same) PBk9

ADDITIONAL PAINTS
Ultramarine Blue Deep(Holbein)	(same) PB29
Indian Red	(same) PR101
Yellow Ochre	(same) PY43
Thalo Blue (Grumbacher)	Winsor Blue green shade PB15:3

Should you require more in depth information about, pigments, colors and the paints that are available, you will find a complete appraisal in my latest book "Hilary Page's Guide to
Watercolor Paints" (1997). An “Update ‘00” is also available. It contains the results of tests of an additional 200 paints introduced since the Guide was published in 1997.