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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

Hey watercolour friends, how do you feel about these colours together? Been enjoying playing with them & was thinking of making em into a set, but I could use a 2nd opinion. Here's what's in there: 1. PR122 2. PR259 3. PB29 (red) + PR233 4. PB60 5. PB29 (green) + PG23 + PW6 + PW4 6. PY74 + PB60.

Six half pans of watercolour paint, arranged in a column next to a swatch of each colour. They're labelled quinacridone magenta, ultramarine red, afterglow, indanthrene blue, frost flower, and lime. Two are pink, one is purple, two are blue, and one is green. The same swatches from the previous image, but this time surrounded by blob of all the colours you can make by mixing the original six, and a big patch where they've been blended in a gradient.
aug 27, 2025, 11:56 am • 15 2

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rooie.bsky.social @rooie.bsky.social

It gives lovely English-cottage-garden vibes. And I think subbing the yellow for the green maybe wouldn’t initially look as harmonious, but I think it would be more useful in the set.

aug 27, 2025, 3:44 pm • 1 0 • view
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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

Thanks! 😁

aug 27, 2025, 4:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

One thought is that swapping the green for PY74 Hansa yellow medium would make it a more useful set overall. And then you could mix that green from PY74 + PB60 indanthrene blue. 🤔

Two pans of Hansa yellow medium PY74 watercolour paint - one wrapped and labelled, one open - sitting on a postcard swatch showing how the paint looks at different dilutions with water.
aug 27, 2025, 12:07 pm • 10 0 • view
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Rosemary Allison @rozesall.bsky.social

That was my thought, that a yellow would be more useful than the green.

aug 27, 2025, 9:53 pm • 2 0 • view
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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

Thinking I might do both, TBH... I just like that green in the gradient!

aug 27, 2025, 10:35 pm • 2 0 • view
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Rosemary Allison @rozesall.bsky.social

That green is delicious!

aug 27, 2025, 11:08 pm • 1 0 • view
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Seb Williston @sebyth.bsky.social

Me personally I would have taken out one of the blues and added another yellow, but they do look good! I love that sap or olivey sort of green in particular, and the purple/pink

aug 27, 2025, 12:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social

I feel like I wanna keep those blues, but I could add the yellow and make it a bigger set. & Thanks for your help! 😁

aug 27, 2025, 12:21 pm • 1 0 • view