Tomato #167

Cadmium Lemon, Quinacridone Red, Prussian Blue and Permalba White

This tomato took an unexpected turn to purple and green. I wanted to emphasize the Prussian without it being as blue as #163 so it makes sense that it would result in a green tomato. I did not plan on using so much purple but it seemed to work in shading and they are complementary colors so I headed in that direction. The yellow is what made it interesting even though you really don't see it. Yellow produced the green and white cooled it. Prussian and Cad. Lemon make a very intense green-almost like a Permanenet Green, so the red and white softened the effect. The actual painting is very dramatic and the light intense. This time I was able to cover the Cad. Red Lt. ground with the Permalba White.