Flesh Tone Paint Recipe
Jim Hingst
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I would love it if you could buy a flesh tone paint that wasn’t hideous looking. Unfortunately, the pink premixed paint in a tube looks like no one’s coloration that I have ever seen. Part of the problem is that there is no one flesh tone. Human flesh varies from very light coloration to very dark.??That means that if you want a specific flesh tone, you need to mix it. This requires some experimentation on your part, considerable time and patience.
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Many basic formulas for a base flesh tone paint are similar. The recipes are typically some combination of yellow, red, white, blue and either Burnt Sienna or Raw Sienna. Below is one recipe that works for me:
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Step 1:?Begin with yellow and gradually add red to create an orange. The approximate ratio is 5 parts yellow to 1 part red. The red that I use is either a Cadmium Red Light or Alizarin Crimson for darker skin tones. For yellow I prefer either Yellow Ochre or Naples Yellow. Check the orange mixture against the skin tone that you are painting. Adjust the color with either a little red or a little yellow.
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