Knowing how to mix colours is crucial to the success of any painting. FAS use a colour mixing system that has been carefully designed to provide an enormous range of colour possibilities.

Use ‘Warm’ primary colours for the warm feel of a sunset, a ‘Cool’ primary colour for a cold scene. Use the ‘Brightones’ for impact and ‘Earthtones’ for more the natural colours used in landscapes.

Using the warm and cool primary colours you can mix virtually any colour you will ever need. To make mixing colours simple, just use warm and cools of each primary colour to mix new colours. This takes the difficulty out of the colour mixing theory and avoids ending up with muddy colours.
 

Primary Colours Secondary Colours: Intermediate Colours:	Mixing Colours: The colour wheel is a guide used to understand the theory of colour and of mixing colours that go well together. Primary Colours: Red, Blue and Yellow (Warm/cool) – these colours cannot be created from any other colours. All other colours are derived by combinations of these colours. eg: If you are mixing colours for a warm sunset painting, use the warm primary colours. Secondary Colours: Two primary colours mixed together resulting in orange, green, and violet. One primary and one secondary mixed Intermediate Colours: One primary and one secondary mixed together.
Complementary Colours: Triadic Harmony: Split Complementary:	Colour Harmonies: Are colours that go together. Complementary Colours: Two colours on directly opposite sides of the colour wheel, which when placed next to each other make both appear brighter. Triadic Harmony: Three colours spaced equally apart on the colour wheel. Split Complementary: A colour and two colours next to its complement on the colour wheel. Colour Definitions: Warm (Aggressive) Colours: Reds, oranges and yellows. Cool (Receding) Colours: Greens, blues and violets.
	Tinting Colours: Colour + add White. Tone Colours: Colour + White and a little Black. Shade or Darken: Colour + add Black. Hue: Hue is pure colour - any primary, secondary, or tertiary colour that is unmixed with black or white.