Mixing a set of Munsell Neutrals in Oils

 

My next exercise using Munsell was to make a set of neutral grays using the Munsell gray scale from the student book. Here is the process of making the neutral grays. 

1. Mix all 9 values using black and titanium white. These are your cool grays. 

2. Mix all 9 values using raw umber and titanium white.  These are your warm grays. 

3. Now starting with value 9, mix the value 9 warm gray with the value 9 cool gray until you get a visually neutral gray.  A visually neutral gray does not lean toward warm or cool.

4. Do this with all the other values. 

 

I actually made each value separately and in large amounts, then tubed them in empty tubes to use in my work!