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:

브렌다 스웬슨 discusses the value of triads in her work.

가브리엘 스톡턴 swatches some of his favorite triads.

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

조반니 발자라니 swatched John’s six triads.