Ask Sam #7: After Paris Colour Palette

Q: Dear Sam, Which paint colours did you use to make your After Paris series of paintings? And why those colours?

A: The following is a list of Artists' Acrylics colours by Winsor & Newton unless otherwise specified:

• Gold 
• Antique Gold
• Silver
• Silver No.2
• Titanium White
• Yellow Ochre
• Graphite Gray
• Payne’s Gray
• Neutral Grey by LIQUITEX
• Parchment Click here for my Parchment Recipe.
• Gold powder by Gold Leaf & Metallic Powders

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The colours were chosen with the intent of capturing a mood: 

• Silent, self-reflective, introverted & peaceful
  
• Bleeding white, gold and silver
  
• The chill before the rainfall 
• The warmth of the sun after the clouds part
  
• In love, longing, unrequited, soft