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Personally, I think it’s a good idea for beginners to start practising at home with atleast these five colors: red, blue, yellow, black and white. From these colors, you can create every color under the rainbow. eg. If you mix blue and yellow you’ll get green, mix white and red and you’ll get pink etc
There is a small beginners Diamond FX 6 Color Palette (left) that has all these colors plus green which is not bad for someone just painting for fun/family.
If however you’re looking at doing more than one event, start to make money from face painting OR you just want to make it easier on yourself then I definitely think you should step it up and get atleast 12 colors.
Having this many colors will save you a heap of time when you’re out in the field working because you don’t have to create colors by mixing them, you’ll already have them ready to go.
Here is a list of popular colors to begin with: Black, White, Brown, Orange, Red, Light blue, Dark blue, Light Green, Dark Green, Pink, Yellow, Violet
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But remember, experimentation is the key! So go have fun experimenting and finding which colors you need the most, which colors make your face painting easier and which colors you like the best!
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