Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Farbverläufe
English translation:
blending colors
Added to glossary by
Kim Metzger
Apr 13, 2002 03:44
22 yrs ago
German term
United States
Farbverläufe
German to English
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Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
painting
From an article about painting: "Man arbeitet mit vielen Schichten dünner Ölfarbe. Man kann das Gemälte modellieren, indem man es ganz langsam dahin bringt, wo man es haben will, anstatt mit einem Pinselstrich gleich die richtige Farbe hinzusetzen. Die Farbverläufe werden natürlich auch ganz anders." I've been told it refers to how the different colors run into one another or blend, but what is the specific technical term in painting for this?
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Kim Metzger
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blending the colors
This is from a site I found on painting. I think it applies to your situation.
"Some people prefer to use oil based paint, but the water based works just as well. Try to get a paint that won't dry too quickly because one of the techniques, which make folk painting special, is the blending of the colors. The paintbrush should be of high quality and you should have one medium sized and one small sized brush. To start off with the painting, you should probably try to follow some sort of pattern."
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color blends
http://www.rassouli.com/artist.htm
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You will also learn what paints and dyes to use. With LaMarr\'s guidance you will have an opportunity to work with wet and dry materials, the art of mixing and blending colors on canvas to achieve the right look.
"Some people prefer to use oil based paint, but the water based works just as well. Try to get a paint that won't dry too quickly because one of the techniques, which make folk painting special, is the blending of the colors. The paintbrush should be of high quality and you should have one medium sized and one small sized brush. To start off with the painting, you should probably try to follow some sort of pattern."
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color blends
http://www.rassouli.com/artist.htm
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You will also learn what paints and dyes to use. With LaMarr\'s guidance you will have an opportunity to work with wet and dry materials, the art of mixing and blending colors on canvas to achieve the right look.
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Comment: "The answers with 'blend' seem to fit my context the best. I haven't yet seen a definitive account of whether this is the technical term used in painting theory, but as the job is the translation of a more informal conversation about painting that probably doesn't matter so much. 'Color shift,' as defined at the reference provided, definitely does not fit the context. 'Blending' seems preferable to the remaining suggestions. Thanks to all who answered."
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fading (into)
While you blend colors with each other prior to applying the paint, on the canvas they will fade into each other.
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The effect itself is called fading.
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The effect itself is called fading.
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Note added at 2002-04-13 04:30:02 (GMT)
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The effect itself is called fading.
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The effect itself is called fading.
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Kim Metzger
: And the noun?
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It's a verb as well as a noun: http://www.wordsmyth.net/cgi-bin/search.cgi?matchent=fading&...
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colour shift (US); color shift (US)
Implicit in answer. Please see reference!
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Uschi (Ursula) Walke
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distribution, course, run
I'm not sure about the proper word.
I paint mainly in water colours, where colours bond, blend, run into each other. (that sounds what you have been told).
It doesn't work with oil paints. I just tried. I put two stripes (red and green) on a piece of paper, dropped some linseed oil on it, but the paint won't bond, blend or run.
This might be about being able to put a bit of pink, white and red on a green background (thinking of flower petals) , keeping some transluciency, by using diluted paints? Without a built-up?
Good Luck,
HTH
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Correction !!!!
Another experiment: oil paints do run with the help of distilled turpentine or any turps, I guess.
So,
Merging of colours, Colours merging might be the answer. My test-paper was good enough to be framed, now you should see it. Sorry :OX)
I paint mainly in water colours, where colours bond, blend, run into each other. (that sounds what you have been told).
It doesn't work with oil paints. I just tried. I put two stripes (red and green) on a piece of paper, dropped some linseed oil on it, but the paint won't bond, blend or run.
This might be about being able to put a bit of pink, white and red on a green background (thinking of flower petals) , keeping some transluciency, by using diluted paints? Without a built-up?
Good Luck,
HTH
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Note added at 2002-04-13 06:51:26 (GMT)
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Correction !!!!
Another experiment: oil paints do run with the help of distilled turpentine or any turps, I guess.
So,
Merging of colours, Colours merging might be the answer. My test-paper was good enough to be framed, now you should see it. Sorry :OX)
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Endre Both
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colour gradients
Might not fit you context, however.
Refs:
"easy to draw with pastels because colour gradients are easier to achieve"
"All the colour gradients were achieved through wet-into-wet painting in gouache"
Refs:
"easy to draw with pastels because colour gradients are easier to achieve"
"All the colour gradients were achieved through wet-into-wet painting in gouache"
Reference:
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Uschi (Ursula) Walke
: gouache is painting with water colours mixed with resin, bringing us to acrylics rather than oil. Still believe this has to do with the running of colours, not the paint.
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Caro Maucher
: this term is also used in some grafic design software. No idea if it's used in this context.
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"Color-blends"
"One works with many layers of thin oil paint, and can model the painting by slowly maneuvering it to where one wants it to be; rather than dumping the proper color with one stroke of the brush. Naturally, will colors then blend totally surprising."
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