Paint Colors for Fruit
093007 Artist Kenneth John KEN
when i paint fruit, i use these colors, not all the time, but these will give you an idea. titanium or zinc white plus:
pears - cadium yellow pale(or cadium yellow light), cadium yellow deep(or yellow ochre), dioxazine purple. some pears still have a green hue to them, touch these yellow colors with any blue or green.
apples - cadium red, alizarin crimson, cadium yellow pale and sap green (or viridian green).
oranges - cadium orange, cobalt blue, cadium yellow deep, cadium yellow pale.
plums - alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, cadium red
bananas - same as pears, except use yellow ochre
watermelon - sap green, alizarin crimson, cadium red, cadium yellow pale
peaches - cadium yellow deep, cadium red
this set of paintings, the backgrounds were made with chromium oxide green and cobalt blue.