The definitive colour-mixing resource for oil and acrylic artists, Oil and Acrylic Colour Mixing Recipes: Card Deck and Colour Mixing Grid offers a portable, studio-ready update to William F. Powell’s trusted system.
This compact set distills the essentials of Powell’s classic reference into 35 durable cards together with an instructional booklet and acetate mixing grid, so you can measure, mix, and repeat results with confidence –whether you’re at the easel, in class, or painting on location.
Each recipe card pairs a full-colour swatch with clear pigment ratios and a cross-referenced index, making it simple to look up a target hue, confirm the formula, and mix exactly what you need – no guesswork, no wasted paint. The cards extend the learning with concise lessons on value control, complementary mixing, and natural graying to keep colours clean, believable, and harmonious across subjects – from landscape greens and coastal neutrals to skin tones and shadow families.
Designed for oil and acrylic painters at any level, the deck’s step-by-step process is quick to learn and easy to teach.
Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 400 colour combinations:
Look in the Colour Guidance Index in the booklet for the subject you want to paint-for example, \”Sunflower Yellow.\”Find the Colour Recipe Card with the subject’s recipe number (\”8\”) and a photo of the actual paint mixture.Use the Colour Mixing Grid to measure each paint colour.Mix the colour.
It’s that easy! Because ratios are visual and repeatable, you’ll build a personalized palette that stays consistent from study to final. Portable, practical, and pedagogically sound, this deck turns colour theory into action – so you can spend less time testing and more time painting with intent.
Walter Foster’s bestselling Colour Mixing Recipes series also includes Colour Mixing Recipes for Oil and Acrylic, Colour Mixing Recipes for Watercolor, Colour Mixing Recipes for Portraits, and Colour Mixing Recipes for Landscapes. These books contain hundreds of precise colour mixing combinations for realistic results, as well as two acetate grids for measuring paint units.
ISBN: 9781577159476
Publication date: 29/09/2026
Price: $39.99
RRP: $39.99
Format: Hardback
Available stock: 1
Publishing status: Active
Author: Powell, Mr. William F.
Series: Color Mixing Recipes
Imprint: Quarto Group
