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Old 12-11-2002, 11:05 AM   #8
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I too am loathe to get into this discussion because of my current time constraints, but I will say this.

I don't believe it matters what colors you use in flesh as long as your values are correct. Warm and cool variations add a complexity to flesh that makes it look more real, but how you accomplish those warm/cool relationships is up to individual taste.

I personally see a lot of green in flesh because that cool gray green is actually there in people. Look at your hand and study it a bit. You will see the color of flesh, the color of blood that pools in the fingers and knuckles, and, you will see the veins that sit right under the skin - they are a cool gray-green. So I see all of these colors in flesh, but again, I think that whether you add them in with ultramarine blue mixed with your flesh tone, or adding a cool gray-green to your flesh tone, or with just a complete neutral gray, is, as others have said - semantics and a bit of personal taste.
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