- Paperback: 120 pages
- Publisher: M Wilcox (1 Jun 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0958789185
- ISBN-13: 978-0958789189
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.6 x 1.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 806,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A guide to the selection of a suitable palette in watercolours, oil paints, acrylics, gouache or alkyds. This will enable the painter to identify the good, the indifferent and the bad. It also outlines the characteristics and temperaments of each colour and lists the suitable and unsuitable pigments.
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3.8 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews)
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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A worthwhile reference book, 15 July 2000
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Artists Guide to Selecting Colour (Paperback)
This is the latest in a fine series of reference books on color and paint selection written by Mr. Wilcox. This book delivers lots of useful information in clear language. I would particularly recommend it to students who are new to the sometimes bewildering world of color media. Readers who have the author's other books on color may not need this one, as there is a lot of overlap.
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recycled summary of stale views, 22 Sep 1999
By drollere - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Artists Guide to Selecting Colour (Paperback)
michael wilcox deserves credit as one of the pioneers of modern standards in art materials. but he has overstayed his usefulness, and it badly shows in this book. wilcox does not discuss *pigments*, which are the actual chemicals that create paint color (and lose color if poorly made), because pigments have been updated since he wrote his first book, and he has not bothered to test the new pigments available. but what he calls "colors" are not paints either, so he does not review any specific paints made by specific manufacturers. he's left in the pitiable position of reviewing "colors" such as burnt sienna that vary widely from one manufacturer to another, or "colors" such as "chrome yellow" that no one makes anymore; advising us that each color is "usually" well made or poorly made, and implying whenever convenient that artists who use poor "colors" are stupid and paint manufacturers who make them are unscrupulous. at present hilary page's book is the only reliable, up to date and thoroughly researched paint guide available.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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An informative book for students, teachers and artists!, 2 Mar 2000
By Penny Ross - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Artists Guide to Selecting Colour (Paperback)
A very informative book for any artist. We all buy paint, but the market is full of many brands and many qualities of paint. How do we make a selection? How do we avoid colors that fade or darken? How do we read the label of the tube of paint? What should be on that label? The name of the color is not important.All painters know that there are many different colors with the same name.
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