I’ve got a set of 12 Cotman paints in a small paint box. I’m going to systematically learn how to mix colours with these 12 paints. There are only three mixing areas in the paint box and the’re likely to get dirty quickly, so I’m going to mix the colours on paper. I don’t want to mix more than two colours, though, otherwise I will lose the luminosity of the paint. Here are the 12 colours: