I LOVE these DecoArt tube paints! They are not the same as the DecoArt Americana bottle paint, they are marketed as artist tube paint. Liquitex BASICS to DecoArt Americana Premium (tube paint not the bottles) Light Green Permanent – Emerald Green or Light Green.Unbleached Titanium – Unbleached Titanium.Cadmium Yellow Light Hue – Lemon Yellow.I find the quality of this paint to be not as great as the Liquitex but I do love using their big tube of Titanium White because that color gets used up a lot. Many times these tubes are a few dollars cheaper than the BASICS & many use the same color names as the BASICS. Phthalo Blue or Ultramarine Blue – Bright BlueĪrtist loft is another brand of paint you can get at Michael’s.Cerulean Blue or Brilliant Blue – Island Blue.Cadmium Yellow Light Hue – Light Yellow.Cadmium Red Light Hue or Vivid Red Orange – Dark Orange.Light Pink (used to be called light portrait pink) – Coral.Quinacridone Magenta – Pink Blast or Bright Pink.Liquitex BASICS to Craftsmart (24 piece on Michael’s)Ĭraftsmart is an economical brand of acrylic craft paint you can find at Michaels. If you need to convert different colors, I recommend looking at their online chart. Note: these are just the conversion to the 18 piece set that you can get on Amazon. Dark Green Permanent or Hooker’s Green Hue – Holly Branch.Dioxazine Purple – Purple Iris (much lighter).Cadmium Yellow Light Hue – Yellow Flame.(Remember these are NOT 100% exact conversions but are more like a substitution) Liquitex BASICS to Apple Barrel Craft ( 18 piece set on Amazon) That is fine and works often! For example: “Dioxazine Purple” can be any shade of that purple you may have on hand whether that be a craft paint of purple or a tube paint labeled with a similar but different name.

What many people do is take the color chart (like the one pictured below) that I provide on my tutorials and try to find a close color to it.

However, you can get a close impression of that color (or a substitution). It is important to know that paint brands won’t convert 100% exact match because of the way the paints are mixed in those tubes for that brand. If that means you use a tube of craft paint for one color, a tube of Liquitex BASICS for another – that is fine! A common question I get is what if I want to use craft paint but the tutorial calls for the tube paint? Can I convert colors? The short answer is yes you can! If you are okay with it not being a 100% match.Īlso, is it okay to mix acrylic paint brands in a painting? Yes it is absolutely okay! I am all about using whatever materials you have on hand.

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