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Orange China Paint.

Everyone knows that yellow, orange, and red suggest ideas of joy and plenty. I can paint you the skin of Venus with mud, provided you let me surround it as I will."----Eugene Delacroix, 1798-1863

When I created a witch shoe for a fall painting session, one of the designs needed the color orange. Before painting the final artwork, I decided to experiment with orange mixed from paint already on the pallet and also purchased ready made orange china paint powder from a supplier.

I am sharing the results of these experiments so that others who want to experiment with orange china paint can use the results as part of their research on mixing and firing color.

I used a 6" x 8" tile from the local hardware store as the first experimental painting surface. Some porcelain artists and/or china painters feel that the glaze on porcelain tiles from the hardware store differs substantially from the glaze on porcelain blanks and often use a porcelain blank plate to experiment with their color instead of a tile. Usually when testing a new color, the first surface I use is a porcelain tile from the hardware store and then the color is tested on a practice painting using an inexpensive white porcelain blank and finally it is used on more complex paintings. To date, in these numerous color experiments, I have not found any significant difference in color variations between using the tile from a hardware store vs. a "real porcelain blank".

The China Paint Orange Color Experiment

Are you ready for the Orange China Paint results? Use the photograph of the tile above to compare to the information below.

Read about the "Metallic China Paint Experiment"

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