Flesh Tones / Portrait Set
	Shortly after I started The Mount Vision Pastel Company I got a call from an artist asking if it would be possible to match a color that had been discontinued by another manufacturer. I told them to scribble some out of a piece of paper and send it to me and I would see what I could do. Thus began my adventure in making several "flesh" tones.
	190-194:The color looked for was what would be commonly called a flesh color. It was close to a burnt sienna but it had a warmer undertone. After several tries I came up with this color, the 190-194 group, it is a fabulous base color for figure and portrait work of a certain complextion. I started with burnt sienna added a strong orange iron oxide and a bit of a bright yellow for warmth. However, it turned out to be to warm and garish so I use a little violet to hold it back and give it a nice softness.
	500-502:While working on the above colors I also started working on other colors that would be helpful for figurative work. This is a good warmish neutral made by softening an earthy orange with some ultramarine blue. By using a complement to tone down a color it will soften without becoming a grey.
	480-483: This color is a wonderful pigment discovery I made while I was experimenting making all of these colors. It is similiar to a raw sienna but it has a much oranger tone but still a nice warmth.
	470-473: A nice warm neutral color that fits between the two color groups above.
	490-492: What I would call a ruddy color. A neutral earthish red with a warmer tone in the tints than a Mars Red.
	311-314: The four middle colors are used in the Flesh Tone Set. This is a clean earthy orange oxide pigment that makes a nice orangish skin tone.
	321-323: The three middle colors are used in the Flesh Tone Set. A mars red pigment that makes very cool blue shade tints that are useful for shadows and a cool underlayer.