Fluorescent pink and bright blue

jamiesutton

Hi all! I am taking some color inspiration from this photo, and wondering if anyone could weigh in on how to mix / what tubes of paint to buy in order to achieve this fluorescent fuschia on the dress, as well as this really vibrant blue in the background. For the pink I’ve tried magenta and alizarin crimson, no luck, and for the blue I’ve tried straight up ultramarine, and ultramarine mixed with just about everything. Ive seen the painter Ellen Berkenblit use a similar blue in her paintings, also attaching here. Please let me know if you can guess what paint that is! Any help is much appreciated, thanks so much ☺️

dencal

jamiesutton

Welcome to the Forum

The fuchsia is a mixture of 2 parts white and 3 parts phthalo red rose.



The blue is 2 parts white and 3 parts phthalo blue.


Denis

jamiesutton

Wow, thank you so much! definitely going to try this. Thank you 🙏🏻

dencal

jamiesutton

Great. Just be aware that both pigments are super strong. A little goes a long way.

Denis

tassieguy

@jamiesutton, @Dencal is right - those are the colours you'll need. And they are really strong so you won't want them on your brush when your painting the other less vibrant areas of the picture. 

Rob