Friday's Finds: Three spring greens

It's spitting snow -- a hard pill to swallow after a week of temps the 70s! To fend off winter's return, I spent a while this afternoon looking for a nice mixed green evocative of that gentle greenish cast the woods take on this time of year and the crazy wild yellow of forsythia. The photography doesn't do the colors justice, so I'll add some commentary.

The best combos were:

• Winsor Blue (Red) + Winsor Yellow
• Winsor Yellow + Cerulean Blue
• New Gamboge + Cerulean Blue

All three were light, fresh and especially interesting when mixed on the paper instead of the palette.

New Gamboge also worked well with Winsor Blue (Red), but appeared weak when compared to the rich granulation that the Cerulean provided. (I never thought I'd label Winsor Blue "weak.")

I had no success with any combos including Quinacridone Gold, Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna. They all seemed too warm. Cobalt Blue with New Gamboge (the next to last sample in the picture) starts to skew warm but might work depending on the subject matter.

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