primary colours

Ricky Spanish said:

Createx Illustration paint line would be a safe bet for the applications you're looking for. It can be scratched, erased and rewetable effects can be used when painting with it. I prefer to use the HPR ( High Performance Reducer), Illustration Trans. Base and 4030 Balancing clear when painting with it.
Hope this helps
Take care

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haasje dutchairbrush said:

All airbrush specific paints will be suited for mixing as thats what they generaly are made for. Each will have it's own quirks though and will requier a bit of getting used to. Just grab a bottle of the most commonly used paints in illustration work (E'tac, createx illustration, wicked, comart, schmincke) and see how they work for you in their "spray behaviour" for mixing colors they are all about equaly suited.

Do read up on (if you haven't) opaque, transparant and semi-transparant though as they will have a bigger impact on how your mixing of colors will work

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markjthomson said:

Good question. It's got less to do with the colors and more to do with the brand. For example, Golden High flow base colors are different to Com-Art or Createx. Pick a system and work with that. As you get more practiced at color matching it will become easier. It is quite possibly one of the most frustrating skills to learn and is a huge learning curve. Any of the paints @haasje dutchairbrush listed will work for you as will the Golden. They each have their quirks and work differently on substrates. Read lots. Dru Blair has some great info as does the Airbrush Tutor on his website.

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RebelAir said:

You want a set of warm colors and a set of cold color primaries..This combination is good for short cutting color mixing..Brand's don't really matter, understanding the color and why your using it is..Color is generally used in 2 diff ways, to faithfully represent what you see in front of you or to utilise to invoke feeling or emotion..The difference between a cold color and a warm one..EG Your Lemon yellow would be a cool yellow, you ocre more a warm yellow. having both imho really helps mixing your correct secondaries or tertiary s..EG Try mixing a say a bright green with a warm blue and a warm yellow..It will float more to a olive color than a bright green..using the two cold colors will mix a brighter secondary so on..Color theory though is less about the color wheel although critical to know it or faithfully representing a color..its more about understanding why to even use that color or how a color beside it may affect it..How shadows affect color etc etc..Why cool colors tend to recede and warm colors advance, how you can use that to advantage or how you can completely change just one color in a ref to invoke a completely different emotional feeling to the piece..I use a brand out of Aus called TOP for a lot of my canvas work..Their range comes with this understanding, they dont sell 300 different colors, just warm and cold primary sets..Buy a set of trans Warm, a set of trans cool (Six in total) 3 warm, 3 cool and then buy a big bottle of white and black..With those 8 paints bottles, any color both opaque and transparent is possible besides your neons, metallic's and the like..The other bonus is it sprays beautifully with very little tip dry and you get a decent volume of paint in comparrison to other brands for the same price..I only use that brand though for canvas work, I have a different brand I prefer for auto or any solid base style work..There are though many other good brands for canvas work. Good luck

https://airbrushsupplynetwork.com.au/asn-kits/125-translucent-ink-kit-13.html

kinda set I suggest peeps buy for canvas work, especially if they are in Aus..It can make all your main color needs from that one set..

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