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Emily848
10-07-2010, 02:03 PM
I'm new to ArtRage and newer to the forums. I spent all day creating custom color sets that correspond to Schminke's 400-color pastel set. Maybe a waste of time, but I wanted to share. I've grouped them by color, but there may be some in each group that don't belong :) I'm going to attach a couple to see how it works

Emily848
10-07-2010, 02:06 PM
Medium & Dark Tans

Emily848
10-07-2010, 02:07 PM
Light Tans & Browns

Emily848
10-07-2010, 02:09 PM
Grey Lavendar & Lavendar

Emily848
10-07-2010, 02:11 PM
Pinks & Corals/Peaches

Emily848
10-07-2010, 02:12 PM
Red and Purple

Emily848
10-07-2010, 02:15 PM
Plums and Golds

Emily848
10-07-2010, 02:17 PM
Blue-Green & Green

Emily848
10-07-2010, 02:18 PM
Gray Greens & Light Greens

Emily848
10-07-2010, 02:19 PM
Orange & Yellow

Emily848
10-07-2010, 02:21 PM
Light Blue & Medium Blues

Emily848
10-07-2010, 02:22 PM
Dark Blue - Last One!

screenpainter
10-07-2010, 09:16 PM
That is a lot of work you put in for the community. Thank you for sharing these!!!

Emily848
10-08-2010, 05:01 AM
Thanks! It was pretty cool when I found the post on how to change a color sample set to a custom color picker with a click & a drag, so I'm already grateful for these forums :)

I forgot to mention, the color sample files I posted have the colors named with the schminke number and name for easy cross-referencing.

Method: I grabbed the colors by copying the screen on an art supply web-site. I had to do 16 different screen shots to copy all the colors. I copied the jpgs into ArtRage and also Excel. I went through the Excel listing and tagged each color by category. Then I copied and pasted the category listings and sorted to count how many I had in each category and re-categorized as necessary (like combining dark/med/lt browns into one category; combining orange-red, brick-red and red into one category; etc)

Then I used the color picker in ArtRage to create color sample sets for each category and dragged the sample sets to create the custom color pickers.

The 400-color Schminke pastel set is about $1300, so I figure I just saved myself a bunch of money :)

Lima
10-08-2010, 10:11 AM
Emily, thank you. Great work.

semd74
10-13-2010, 08:29 AM
So many great palette's...TY for sharing those

Emily848
10-13-2010, 08:51 AM
My pleasure. I'm a color junky. I can just gaze at them :) I've wanted the full Schminke pastel set for awhile, so ArtRage is an awesome substitute :)

bolter
10-27-2010, 01:58 PM
Thank you Emily848:)
I can definitely make good use of those greens
Best wishes

rikki
11-08-2010, 07:24 AM
Hi Emily,

I'm a brand new user, making a partial transition to digital from traditional media. This is much appreciated!! :)

Emily848
11-08-2010, 07:56 PM
Good to hear! I actually use these collections all the time now, though I've added shades to a couple of the groupings (a bunch of purples and some green-blues). I think of them as color boxes; if I want a blue then I open the blue box and pick one out. Sometimes I'll go to the precise color picker from there to refine the shade, but it gives me a starting point. Then I save whatever colors I use to the local sample set so that I can pick up the same shade later in the painting/drawing. Have fun!

annlou
03-14-2016, 11:58 AM
Thank you very much.

annlou
04-11-2016, 05:34 AM
Thank you so much for these colours

LaFemmeDuLac
11-11-2022, 11:43 AM
I just was pondering how I could the put into ARV my numerous Schmicke-colors. Now I will reach that - I hope.
Thank you for your effort.