How To Identify WARM and COOL Colours

Top 5 Colours To Start With As A Beginner:
Permanent Rose
Cadmium Yellow
Turquoise
Cadmium Red Deep
Dioxazine Purple

My next 5 choices would be:
Hookers Green Dark
Sap Green
Ultramarine Blue
Mauve
Black

Warm colours:
Cadmium red
Cadmium yellow
Sap green
Ultramarine Blue

Cool colours:
Cadmium Red Deep
Lemon yellow
Hookers Green Dark
Turquoise

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Here are the watercolour materials that I use!

Paint Palette:

Arches Cold Pressed Watercolour Paper:

Princeton Snap Brushes:
Pack of 4! Sizes 0, 2 and 6 round brushes and a 3/4 angle brush

Size 12 Round brush:

Winsor & Newton Cotman and Professional Paints:

Prang 16 Watercolour pan set:

Prang 8 Watercolour pan set:

[CreedJones-gh]

I’ve been doing pencil art forever and never needed to learn anything beyond values.
Recently I took up watercolor and I now understand what is meant by cool and warm colors!
Thanks, EJ!!!👍🏼

[gailmoniz]

This is the best illustration of warm and cool colours that I have found yet, and I've been around for a while! Thank you.

[stephaniepettett]

That was a great explanation of colors. Especially for a beginners. I really really appreciate this YouTube.

[christinehaslam]

I'm a beginner and this is the best explanation vid i've seen. You spoke slowly and displayed examples. Thank you.

[katekennedy]

I took an in-person 8 week beginning watercolor class and the teacher could *never* properly explain the difference between warm and cool colors. I finally got it now! THANK YOU! Love this channel — you are an excellent teacher and gifted artist.

[dedraedwards]

You must have been reading my mind, for the past few weeks I have been wondering what the difference was. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[sheliacruz]

Emma, you are a great teacher. Blessings to you and stay well.

[eand]

That pink life-hack is something I’ve never imagined before. Thank you for your tutorial, Emma ❤️

[NaturallyNikita]

Amazing explanation - actually watched this for decor and understanding warm vs cool of different colours to bring into a colour pallette 😁

[stinar]

This is the best most easy to understand video on color theory I’ve come across 🙏

[badsworthcats]

That really was the easiest tutorial on mixing colours for beginners..Thank you.

[TeriKozeluh]

I love what you said about mixing purple…when in doubt purchase a pink! Thank you so much for this tutorial!

[paulariddle]

Thank you! That was very helpful. I frequently get muddy colors but couldn't figure out why, then I kept hearing artists talking about warm and cool primary colors. You explained it nicely.

[smith]

Wow! Truly wow! That was VERY helpful!!! I just don’t see or identify colors as easily as others seem to be able to do.

When you said, “This green is a more yellowy-green, right?, ” my thought was….it is?😂 I can see it is lighter, yes, but more yellowy…not really. However, when you put the color wheel next to the yellowy-green, 💡it did look more yellow!

To someone else, this is obvious, but for me, it is not. I appreciate the work you did prepping and making this video!!! It REALLY helped! Thank you!!

[asthaaggerwal]

Thanks for this video ! Agree about purple being tough to achieve.

[drschultz]

That was the best video I have seen in a year! You broke it down so simply -- I now understand where the warmness/coolness comes from -- especially using pink instead of a red! Thank you so much!

[carolclary]

Thank you for sharing and making it easier to understand. It's a bit overwhelming when trying to put a beginner palette together. You are the Best.

[macCALICOmac]

Who else knows all about warm and cool but just loves watching Emma’s videos and won’t miss a single one ☺️🥰😂

[chercharl]

I am a beginner BEGINNER and this is so helpful and clear - thank you!

[lauracoutino]

Hi. Thanks to your videos I have become a watercolor fan.