Ideas for green colors

[user 5827]

Good morning guys, I will start to painting a AWI Continental Army Field Jager and would like some advice about the appropriated OIL - Green color to be use...
Attached Below is a photo of the idea color I am looking for to use
Thanks in advance
Best regards

 

[gwensp]

Id try and mix the colour using Winsor Yellow and either French Ultramarine or Winsor Blue (red shed) aka Pthalo Blue, I think I would go with the French Ultra Marine. For the shadows use an orange colour or a touch of red. For highlights use the base mix with a tad less blue For undercoat a dark green acrylic should do.

Hope this helps

 

[Einion]

What do you have to work with Rodrigo?

Generally for dark greens in oils I recommend starting with French Ultramarine or Mars Black, since both will help the mixed colour dry reliably matt. Then you just mix with some yellow or yellow earth until you get to the right hue.

Einion

 

[user 5827]

Thank you guys in the first place, for your time.
Hello Einion,
I will paint the Field Jager Corps from (see attach) and use the same uniforms of this regiment, a kind of olive-green Continental Army but I am not sure exactly, I will use oil...
I already have these colors.

• Phitalo Green
• Oxide Chrominium
• Sap green / Vert de vessie
• Yellowshigreen

Plus

• Yellow Ochre
• Yellow Cadminium
• Naples Yellow
• Gold ochre
• Raw Siena

Best regards

 

[Einion]

Hi Rodrigo, I don't know for sure what colour this green was intended to be originally but in reproduction pieces it can look darker and more blue or lighter and more green, I think depending on the lighting. So you could probably paint it any one of a number of different shades and get away with it, although I believe there would be an expectation of it being a fairly dark colour.

Judging from the photos here Phthalo Green Blue Shade might actually be a good starting point for mixing the darker, bluer version if you wanted to start with a green paint. But a mixture of a dark blue (such as ultramarine) with your Naples Yellow or Gold Ochre might get you to the right sort of colour a little faster, and help with achieving a matt finish.

Adding just black to the main mixture might work fine for the shadows (since it's already quite a dark colour) and for the highlights I'd try mixing it with just a little white by itself, only enough to create a noticeably lighter colour. If you would prefer the highlights a little greener, I'd suggest adding in a little Cadmium Yellow or Gold Ochre, if you want them a little more subdued (duller) add in a touch of Cadmium Red or a red earth, or alternatively mix them from the base colour + some light grey.

Einion

 

[user 5827]

As always your posts are very informative and useful, thank you very much for your time..appreciated...

Hi Rodrigo, I don't know for sure what colour this green was intended to be originally but in reproduction pieces it can look darker and more blue or lighter and more green, I think depending on the lighting. So you could probably paint it any one of a number of different shades and get away with it, although I believe there would be an expectation of it being a fairly dark colour.

Judging from the photos here Phthalo Green Blue Shade might actually be a good starting point for mixing the darker, bluer version if you wanted to start with a green paint. But a mixture of a dark blue (such as ultramarine) with your Naples Yellow or Gold Ochre might get you to the right sort of colour a little faster, and help with achieving a matt finish.

Adding just black to the main mixture might work fine for the shadows (since it's already quite a dark colour) and for the highlights I'd try mixing it with just a little white by itself, only enough to create a noticeably lighter colour. If you would prefer the highlights a little greener, I'd suggest adding in a little Cadmium Yellow or Gold Ochre, if you want them a little more subdued (duller) add in a touch of Cadmium Red or a red earth, or alternatively mix them from the base colour + some light grey.

Einion