Hello! I decided to do a little bit of a smaller blog post this time. My favourite colours and some examples where I use them and why they are my favourites. But first I must apologise to you. I haven’t been able to paint to my highest standard for awhile now. My work has been killing my hands and it’s starting to take a toll. I have to let them rest more than I want and so painting miniatures and watercolours have taken a little break. I am had to push my little witch project to next year of competitions. And many other projects have been shelved. So, it will be a little bit more quiet from me in the foreseeable future. But I will continue to post blogs. I might have to do some simpler things, rather than take you with me on a journey of growth. I think I will try to give you pointers for good amateur photography in the future and some tips and tricks for competition painting too.

I have painted a swatch from every colour I own. I would suggest that you do the same! It helps you tube organized and gives you a good visual reminder of every colour. It helps me when thinking colour schemes! You can just paint on any white paper, but I would suggest to you that you should use watercolour paper. Or just heavier paper so it will be easier to make and for the colour to not bleed through the paper so fast.

But for now, my top 50 favourite colours! I try to categories them in hues. These are my top 50 and they are in no particular order of favourites.

Whites: 3

The White from Kimera Kolors. A good and quite covering titanium oxide paint. Not artist quality, but definitely the best pure white from hobby paint companies.

Vanilla White from Scalecolor Artist. A good yellow tinted off white. Under pigmented for transparency and for cost. This transparency makes this a good white for brightening and for layering semi transparent layers.

Arctic Blue from Scalecolor Artist. Same as above but now blue violet tinted white. A weird colour that’s hard to find from other manufacturers.

Blacks: 7

Carbon Black from Kimera kolors. A good and quite covering Carbon black paint. Not artist quality, but definitely the best pure black from hobby paint companies.

Abaddon Black from Citadel Colour. Best base rimming black. Don’t at me.

Green Grey from Scalecolor artist. Weird green leaning black colour that’s a good shadow colour. Very good and interesting colour for nonmetals. Interesting shadow colour for many things.  

Blue Black from Kimera kolors. A solid Prussian blue hue paint.

Darkness from Kimera kolors. Cool violet leaning brown colour.

Terrestial Titan from AP Fanatic. A dark grey violet colour that I find myself using as a universal shadow tone often.

Deep Ocean Blue from AP Fanatic. A solid dark blue green paint that has good coverage and a nice hue.

Greys: 4

Company Grey from AP Fanatic. A good bright neutral grey. Mostly used for mixing and as base colour for dead whites.

Silver Grey from Kimera kolors. A good medium grey. Mostly used for mixing. just the perfect grey for giving skin 5´clock shadow.

Violet Grey and Cobalt Violet grey from Scalecolor Artist. Both weird violet leaning medium greys. Used for mixing. I find weird colours through using these, so I added them on the list.

Browns: 7

Royal Brown from Kimera Kolors. Absolutely beautiful and elegant red purple leaning brown colour.

Dark Honey from Kimera kolors. Rich yellow leaning dark brown that is hard to find in most ranges.

Kiwi Brown from Kimera Kolors. Good green leaning khaki brow. A very common brown colour in clothes on historical pieces and in nature.

Burnt Sienna Umber from Scalecolor Artist. Very classic brown colour.

Raw Umber from Scalecolor Artist. Very classic green leaning dark brown.

Dusty Skull from AP Fanatic. Bone.

Carnelian Skin from AP Fanatic. Good covering purple leaning brown colour that’s an excellent base colour for arm leathers and skintones.

greens: 6

Pastel Green from Scalecolor Artist. A good pastel green tone that’s always useful for undead skin, brightening up blues and greens and knocking back pink skin tones in highlights.

Electric Lime from AP Fanatic. A solid semi opaque chartreuse colour.

Phtalo Green from Kimera Kolors. One of the best colours in any painter’s arsenal. Can mix blues and violets as well as greens with the help of magenta. This is heavily blue leaning green with good colour power.

Oxide Green from Kimera Kolors. A good natural green colour with out too much vibrancy.

Poison Green from Kimera Kolors. A colourfull chartreuse that brings brightness and vibrancy to any green.

Moss Green from Scalecolor Artist. A solid base to start mixing your forestry colours.

Blues: 5

Cobalt Blue Green from Kimera Kolors. Good primary blue colour.

Samurai Green from Kimera Kolors. This turquoise colour I find often on my palette. Lovely bright colour that’s often found in historical  middle eastern and Asian clothing.

Phtalo Blue (PB 15.2) from Kimera Kolors. A good mixing blue.

Ultramarine Blue from Kimera Kolors. Classic.

Dark Prussian Blue from Scalecolor Artist. Lovely dark violet leaning blue colour.

Violets and purples: 2

Mulled Berry from AP Fanatic. Hard to find dark purple colour that’s good as an undertone for many things.

Violet from Kimera Kolors. The best hobby violet. Dark and powerful. Transparent and easy to modify, mix and use.

Yellows: 3

Cold Yellow from Kimera Kolors. Good semi-opaque yellow. Good as a primary yellow colour.

Yellow Oxide from Kimera Kolors. Easy way to modify or start mixing skin tones. A very natural yellow colour.

Naples Yellow from Scalecolor Artist. White infused warm yellow colour. Good for brightening and warming up colours at the same time. Good with magenta for getting peach coloured pinks.

Oranges: 3

Burnt Orange from Proacryl. I use this as a shadow tone and a base tone for oranges.

Orange from Kimera Kolors. A solid orange. Good for mixing many different hues of skin, browns and oranges.

Permanent Orange from Scalecolor Artist. Alternative hue of orange.

Reds: 5

Magenta from Kimera Kolors. Magenta. Powerfull and easily the best hobby version.

The Red from Kimera Kolors. Lovely poppy red colour that has both covering power and easy to glaze.

Alizarin Crimson from Kimera Kolors. Not genuine, but a good substitute that doesn’t fade quickly. Cold red/purple colour that creates interesting shadows and tones when mixed.

Red Oxide from Kimera Kolors bright natural red colour that’s important for mixing skin tones and historical red clothing.

Burgundy Wine Red from Scalecolor Artist Beautiful dark cold red colour.

Skin colours: 2

Light Skin from Scalecolor Artist. Good bright skin colour for milk coloured skin. easy to modify to your taste and a good universal highlight colour.

Burnt Skin from Scalecolor Artist A good colourful start for brown skins. Semi transparent which is good for layering.

Did this list invoke some inspiration or ideas in you? Please tell them in the comments or joine the Lazy Paint Production discord. Remember to participate in our small painting competition! More information on that is found in discord. Bye for now!