Lesson 3: Bob Ross Colors

Alizarian Crimson
This is a very versatile color in the Landscape range. When mixed, it creates purple and lavender shades and is also used for underpainting in dark mountain mixtures.

Light Red
This powerful color is also the color Bob used to sign all his paintings. When mixed with yellows, it can add highlights often found in the foreground bushes in Bob’s paintings.

Cadmium Yellow
Cadmium Yellow is the brightest of the three yellows in the range. It is used for the brilliant sunlight in the sky and to highlight green areas when mixed with Sap Green.

Dark Sienna
Of the two browns in the Landscape range, this is the lighter. Bob often uses it mixed in a marbled mixture with Titanium white to create highlights on the cabins and the trees.

Indian Yellow
Another of the three yellows in the Landscape range, Indian yellow, is often used to paint the sun in the sky. It can also vary the color of the highlights on trees, bushes, and grass.

Midnight Black
It can be used alone as a base colour for simple shapes of trees and bushes. It can also be mixed with Titanium white in different ratios to create a selection of different greys.

Mountain Mixture
As the name suggests, it is not only used for mountains but also to under-paint other objects such as trees, bushes, and ground areas.

Phthalo Blue
A strong blue color is most often used for skies and water but is also excellent for snowy highlights.

Phthalo Green
This green is almost a fluorescent color. Because of its transparency, it can be used on top of black gesso, creating beautiful effects, such as those found in Bob’s Northern Lights paintings.

Prussian Blue
Darker than the Phthalo blue, it is often used in the cold winter skies in Bob’s paintings. It can also be used to darken the corners of a Phthalo Blue sky to create a vignette effect.

Sap Green
The main color used for all foliage. When mixed with the yellows and bright red, it can also be used for wonderful highlights on all things green.

Titanium White
Use alone for highlights, clouds, snow, or mixed with other colors to create a variety of shades.

Van Dyke Brown
This is the darker of the two browns in the Bob Ross Landscape range. It is used for underpainting large trees and cabins and is a' go-to’ colour for all dark base coats.

Yellow Ochre
It is the darkest of the three yellows in the Landscape range. It is a beautiful, soft hue, just right for making highlights on foliage. Mixed with the sap green or one of the other yellows, it can add interest to the foliage.