I had been painting for several years when I finally learned the difference between my whites. As I turned out, all whites are not the same. Left to right: Equal parts of Mixing white and Cerulean blue VS Equal parts of Titanium white VS Cerulean blue Left to right: Equal parts of Mixing white and Cerulean blue mixed together VS Equal parts of Titanium white VS Cerulean blue mixed together
Wow! Can you believe the difference?! It turns out that all whites are not the same at all! Next time you reach for a white, make sure you're grabbing the one that's right for you.
Miriam
9/11/2013 04:06:46 pm
Genius! 9/14/2013 12:23:18 am
I still don't understand why you would ever bother to use mixing white? Other than the fact that you would use up less of your coloured paint.
Samantha daSilva
9/15/2013 03:54:53 pm
I suggest you try it for yourself and see!
Normand Lemoine
1/26/2014 11:10:43 am
Thank you for this crystal clear explanation. I had tried to find the explanation on W/N website (which is great by the way) but could not find it i.e the difference between mixing white and titanium white. W/N could upload your explanation onto their website. That could stand for any lengthy scientific explanation.
Eric Peacock
10/16/2016 09:34:38 am
AWESOME INFORMATION!!!! I've always been very partial to Winsor and Newton paints. Be it watercolors, acrylics, even gouache's, I just find that their pigments are always spot on and very vibrant. 8/11/2017 06:11:16 pm
another way of describing what you have already (very clearly) described, is that mixing white gives you a lighter version of the same color, while titanium changes the color. for example red becomes light red, vs red becomes pink.
Ali
3/21/2018 12:51:15 am
Excellent comment!.Thank you. 4/7/2018 08:26:38 pm
HI. Have you been reading the articles that are discussing research about the flaking and delimitation properties of Zinc White? If you google it you can read different studies. I haven't used Zinc white, but it is an interesting read. Best, Connie
William Atkinson
6/6/2018 02:09:31 pm
Fasciating and very helpful
Carol watts
4/11/2019 11:08:22 am
I sure appreciate your picture, it tells a 1000 stories of the two Whites!
Jeanne Mills
10/19/2019 10:25:23 pm
Thank you for the clarification between the two whites. I am a newbie painter so I am still learning what's what. Now I can experiment on canvas paper to figure out between titanium, mixing white and gesso white. Comments are closed.
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