Top 12 Perfect Travel Palette Colors / Top 12 Color Recommendations for a Limited Palette

Today we’re taking a look at *my* Top 12 Perfect Travel Palette Colors. As I mention in the video, these aren’t necessarily my twelve favorite watercolor colors, however I do feel like they’re they most valuable and versatile colors that I own. Also as mentioned in the video, there may be too many browns in this set for others' likings but as a wildlife painter, I find each of them indispensable.

What are YOUR Top 12 picks for a stand-alone palette? Let me know in the comments below!

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[EveBolt]

Daniel Smith's yellow ochre is the only one I know off that is labeled as transparent, so that might be why it's so much more bright and nice :) Beautiful chart, really super versatile and simple!
Coming up with a palette of 12 colors with the idea that they'd be "the hypothetical only 12 colors I could use from now on" sounds like a great challenge to think about, haha :)

[marceymanning]

I like your explanation of why you placed the colors in your palette the way you did. I never thought of mixers verses straight use colors. I may need to rearrange my portable palette similarly. I of course use different colors by daniel smith.

[koskey]

These colors along with maybe a couple more primary colors and a couple more conveniences colors that toy like to use and you got a awesome home/ studio palette as well.

[KattLover]

I want to get into watercolor and build myself a pallette but ik some things I'd want different. Like ik I want a purple one of that purple u see in my avatar, as its one of my goto colors in art, and second that light blue. I want to be able to get them easily without mixing and worry about mixing the things I'll reach for less. Then also probably a plainsgrey

My only discussion right now is what palette is right for my way of painting, and what brand of paints to go for to start.

[maryannelooney]

color warm or cool it's good to know values and compliments....a smaller pallet less expense more creativity

[zarwrites]

I'd love to see an updated version of this 😊 I know your opinions have definitely changed on some of these ♡

[TsukabuNosoratori]

I love pthalo green. It really surprised me how many colors I can mix with it. So many pretty blue greens, and even a turquoise. It's one of my favorite greens when I need a blue green mix. In my palette I have a whole pan with a strand of pthalo green and pthalo blue in it.

[kimleon-guerrero]

Thanks Denise for sharing your setup and swatching. I just received my Portable Painter yesterday and I’m looking forward to filling it. 💞💫

[deejcarter]

Yay, another video. I love opening YouTube and seeing that a video is up from you. I never thought of making a permanent travel pallet but it makes sense. I've always made it so I could swap out colors in my travel pallet. But now what I think I'll do because of you is have a permanent pallet for urban sketching locally, and one to switch out for vacations only. I also love the way you made your chart with darks and lights of all the colors.

[pantalonious]

Have you ever gone ahead and upgraded your portable painters further using the add on pans that fit into the brush well? I didn’t ever really use that brush plus i don’t like how the small side isn’t protected like the large side and the tip was getting messed up rather quickly…. So I really felt like having 6 additional colors was the way to go!

[nicola.p]

Love this chart. I have made colour charts before but never with the deep and more pastel versions of the same mixes. So simple and yet so brilliant,

[SistahRev]

I’m a new subscriber; hungry to get started learning to use watercolors because (in skilled hands) they yield results that always take my breath away. I’ve been bingeing on your detailed, informative, clear, well-spoken and excellently edited videos; thanks so much for the tremendous effort you clearly put into each one! I am also fascinated by the beauty of the images you create with watercolors— you are marvelously gifted, and I trust that your subscriber base will eventually expand exponentially in recognition of your talent and artistic generosity! I do have a question about the swatches you displayed at the start of this video: not knowing anything about such things, I deduced that the codes on each swatch identified the pigment(s) used in each color... but both burnt sienna and burnt umber have the same code, though to me they seem to be different colors (and they would not each need a place on your palette if they were the same!). Is there a brief explanation (or an online resource) that might help me understand what “PBr7” and the other codes are signifying? Thanks again for your channel!! 💐💐💐

[natford]

Do you by any chance have a written list of these colours or transcript of the video? I came to the description hoping to find a list of the colours.

[assumedsarcasm]

I would love if you could review Sakura Koi 24 Travel Pallet I'm getting a set as my first kinda real watercolour set and I would love to see you review it 😊

[AlphaGeekgirl]

Since I started watching your channel I think I have bought every brand you've tried out so far.. to the point that I probably have as many as you do now. I guess I better start using them. Collecting is addictive! ;)

[fufufuaru]

i super love pyrrol red but I can't bring myself to choose between it and pyrrol scarlet for a limited palette 😭

[SharonNolfi]

Interesting selection of colors. 2 questions: 1. Why French Ultramarine instead of Ultramarine? 2. Are the colors in the upper right half of your chart just watered-down versions of the mixes in the lower left half of your chart?

[rebeccafiveash]

I'm new to painting. Would you explain the colours down left side and along the top of page

[HeatherOrdover-CraftLit]

I wanted to check on the Burnt Sienna. I saw a lot of discussion about it but no one asked if the formula has been changed. The pigment on the video is PBr7 for Daniel Smith, but my DS Burnt Sienna is PR101. Has this formulation changed? I feel like I’m missing something that I don’t want to miss 😊

[marvinm]

The Palette Colors are very good ❤️💜💙🧡💛💚🤎🖤🤍💕.