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After 30 years of teaching college level painting classes I still have the same advice for all levels of painters- if you are a beginner of any age- if you are a more experienced painter of any age! Please, Please remember this advice- only buy the best label paints-watercolor, oils, acrylics. Look at art magazines, study their ads, ask the staff at your art supply shop, ask any artist or teacher you can find. NEVER buy cheap paints! Remember- you only need 4-5 tubes to mix all your colors. Cheap paints will never mix into real colors. Spend that money on 5 tubes of glorious paints made with respect and you will never look back! You need- ready? -white, Cadmium Red, Crimson Red. (For mixing violets) , Cadmium Yellow medium, Colbalt Blue and either Prussian or Pthalo Blue. That’s all ! Mix blue and a bit of yellow = green. Mix red and a bit of blue = violet. Red and a bit of yellow= orange. Mix your own darks together = black Never throw away your money on cheap low- pigment paints made in Chinese factories and jammed into cheap plastic tubes.