Colour Recipe for parchment

[Gremlin]

I\'m having trouble finding a good recipe for parchment, scrolls, etc. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

I have a tube of artist paint called parchment. It\'s basically a cream - vanilla shade of white. You could try to mix white, just a touch of yellow and brown and mabey just a touch of black.

 

[Broke n English]

Hi...

...Welcome to the forums! I use GW colours for parchment,bestial brown (regular brown,mid-shade) with white added for the highlights,or snakebite leather (tan) with white added.The bestial brown will give a more aged parchment look whilst the snakebite leather,depending on how light you mix it can give a much cleaner look.Hope that helps fella...

 

[Gremlin]

Thanks very much. I will see what I can come up with. And thanks for the welcome.

BTW there really should be an article with colour recipes so if anyone has the time...

 

[freakinacage]

as above really but if you want really new looking stuff try grey/bluey grey, highlighted up to white

 

[Legacy Account]

Leather - Bronzed Flesh - Bone - White.

 

[FredrickvonCarstein]

It depends on the feeling you want to give the painting.

(All Paints GW)
Darker, more brooding and muted: Graveyard Earth blended up into bleached bone. Then highlight with 50/50 BB and Skull White Mix.

Brighter, cartoonish and vibrant: Snakebite Leather to BB. 50/50 mix of BB and SW highlight.

You can fiddle around with other borns but genreally the rule of thumb is brown blended up to BB, then a 50/50 BB, SW highlight in my books.