Colour Wheels for Triad Reference
Colour Triads Organised by Yellows
This year I set my watercolour palette with a consistent set of colours so I could experiment with a finite set of colour combinations and triads. Below is my triad reference page for all the colour wheels I’ve created using:
- Hansa Yellow Light
- Hansa Yellow Medium
- New Gamboge
- Quin Gold
The list isn’t exhaustive – there are still plenty of triads I could create, but the ones on this page are ones I thought would get the most use.
Colour Triads with Hansa Yellow Light





Colour Triads with Hansa Yellow Medium




Colour Triads with New Gamboge


Colour Triads with Quin Gold



My Watercolour Palette
Here’s the colours in my palette:
New Gamboge
Quin Gold
Pyrrol Scarlet
French Ultra Marine
Burnt Sienna Light
Buff Titanium
Potter’s Pink
Natural Sienna (MANS)
Indian Red
Manganese Blue Hue
Mixed Green
Raw Umber
Neutral Tint
Hansa Yellow Medium
Quin Rose
Phthalo Blue GS
Cobalt Blue
Cobalt Turquoise Light
Opera Pink
Hansa Yellow Light
All colour are Daniel Smith, except for Cobalt Turquoise Light, which is Winsor and Newton.



