What are your favorite three colors to combine or contrast? Triads come together for a variety of reasons, depending on each artist’s style. Many triads feature some version of the three primary colors – red, blue and yellow – in order to mix a variety of secondary and tertiary tones. But it’s really fun to play with lots of different combinations to discover new favorites! Here are six triads that John swatched out in a recent live Zoom presentation:

Brenda Swenson discusses the value of triads in her work.

Gabriel Stockton swatches some of his favorite triads.

Sabine Dreher played with Transparent Brown Oxide, Sap Green and Iridescent Bronze to create the soft abstract painting featured at the top of this post.

Giovanni Balzarani swatched John’s six triads.