Great Color Combos
These colors are ones that I have been using over the years in my classes and have handed out in all of them. As I find new ones I will add to this list as well. Yes, that is my actual notebook that I look at, add to all of the time.
Fall Leaves/Landscape:
- Cristena’s favorite leaves: YG03, 17, 67 or YG99, 94, 23, 21
- E08,E13,E19
- YR24,YR20
- YG95,YG97
- E37,E31
- E57
Pumpkins/Oranges:
- YR15, 68, 27 (candy corn and pumpkins)
- YR16, 09, 07
- YR18,YR15,YR12,YR01 or YR00
- YR01 & YR02 are very similar
- RV09, 34, R85, 83, RV93
- R81,R83,R85,R89
- R000,R02,R14
- RV17,RV14,RV13,RV10,RV000 (hot pinks)
- RV69,RV34,RV10 (purply-pink)
- R00,R20,R21,R22 (peachy pinks)
- RV17 & RV19 are similar
Reds:
- R17, 29, 39, W5
- R20,R22,R24,R27,R29 (vibrant reds)
- R89 & R85 (cardinal red)
- R00,R02,R05,R08 (orange red)
- make any red darker and less vibrant with W1/W3 or T1/T2
Purples/Plums/Violets:
- V000,V12,V15,V17
- V91,V93,V95,V99 (gray plum)
- BV29,BV25,BV20 (bluish purple)
- RV91,RV93,RV95,RV99 (reddish plum)
- V01,V05,V06,V09 (bright purple)
- B63,B66,B69,B79 (blue/lt purple)
Blue / Blue Green Combos:
- BG70, 72,75 (works well for frost)
- B60, 01, 000, 0000, C4
- BG10, 11, 000, 13, B00
- B93, 95
- B00, 02, 04
- BG11,32, 15, 13
- BG52, 72, 75
- BG10, 72, 73, 78, BV29
- BG000, 01, 02, 05, 07, B04
- BG53, 45, 57
- BG10, 11, 15, 13
- BG000, 01, B05
- BG0000, 000, 10, 11
- B21, 63, 66
- B32, 24, 28, 39
- B34, 37, 39
- B97, 45, 41
- B14, 06, 37
- E50, BG10, YG11, BG45, 49, 78
- N5, BG18, 13, 11, 10
- B12, 14, 37
- BG05, 07, 09
- B91, 93, 97, 99, W3 (stone washed jeans)
- B21, 23, 24
- BG01, 05, 07
- BG53, 57, 09
- BG11, 32, 34, 57
- BG02, 07, 09
- BV29, 25, 23, 20
- B01, 02, 16, 18
- B21, 23, 18
- B24, 28, 39
- B0000, 000, 00
- BG70, 72, 75, 000, 0000, BG10, 11 (mermaid tail)
- B0000, 02, BG000, 01, 05, 10, 11
- BG11, 72, 75, 78
- BG11, 13, 18,
- B05, 02, FBG2
- BG10, 11, 000, 13, B 00B21,B24,B26,B28 (vibrant blues)
- B91,B95,B97,B99 (grayish blues)
- B32,B34,B37,B39 (navy)
- B05,B02,B000 and/or B0000
- B00 & B01 are similar, B05 & B06 are similar, B14 & B16 are similar
- BG00,BG10,BG11,BG72,BG75 or 78
- BG10,BG11,BG32
- BG23 & 32 are similar,BG01 & BG02 are similar
Yellows:
- Y15, 19, 38 (candy corn)
- Y21, YR21, 23 (hay stack)
- Y0000,Y00,Y02 or Y04/06 (bright light yellows)
- Y0000,Y11,Y15 (orange sunny yellow)
- Y21,Y26 (brown-golden tones)
- YR20,YR21,YR23,YR24 (golder tones)
- Y04 & Y06 are similar, Y18 & Y19 are similar
Gold:
- Y00,Y11,Y15,YR23,YR24
- Y23, 24, Y26, 28
Silver/Tin: C00 thru C5 or C7
Greens:
- YG03, 17, 67 (leaves)
- YG01, 05, 09
- Y11, YG01, 05
- G07, 14, YG03
- G24, 26, 28
- G21, 24, 46, 28
- YG03, 17, 67
- G40, 43, 46
- YG03, 63, 67
- YG25, G24, 28
- YG03, 17, 67, G29
- YG21, 93, 95
- YG11, 03, G24
- YG95, 99
- YG93, 95, 97
- YG00, 01, 03 (Cristena’s favorite green)
- G12, 14, 07
- YG03, G94, 99
- YG21, 23,25
- BG93,96,99
- YG11, 13, 17
- G20, 43
- G000, 00, 02
- YG93, 91, G82
- YG0000,YG00,YG03,YG25 (spring greens)
- G40,G94,G99 or G40,G94,G85 (olives)
- G20,G21,G24,G28 or G29 (forest green)
- G0000,G00,G02,G16 (mint greens)
- G20,G21,G24 (sage)
- G20,YG63,YG67 (green)
- G02 & G03 are similar, G16 & G19 are similar, G21,G24 & G82 are very similar, G28 & G29 are similar
Browns:
- E17, 21, 34 (red wood)
- E29, 31, 34, W3, 5 (dark wood)
- E40, 41, 42, 43 (light wood and mushroom)
- E23, 25, 27, 29 (reindeer)
- E74, 77, 79 or E40, W1, 3 (antlers)
- E30, 31, 33, 37,
- W0, 1, 3, 5 E55, 57
- E40,E41,E42,E43,E44 (creamy browns-more gray)
- E50,E51,E53,E55 (creams)
- E31,E33,E35,E37 or E39 (golden browns)
- E53,E55,E57,E59 (dark brown)
- E21,E25,E27,E29 (reddish dark brown)
- E11,E15,E18 (reddish brown)
- E02,E04,E07, E09 (rusty red—use bridge technique for E02 & E04 to blend well)
- E08 & E09 are very similar, E37 & E39 are similar
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