The Colour With No Name 5 of 7

Me: ‘ No, that’s right, all I want is the colour, but the real thing that makes a Neptunian colour Neptunian, is that they carry their own atmospheres with them – individually they are the colours without a name if you like … and very different from that other useful descriptive phrase ‘Autumn colours.’
I’ll show you some Neptunes in a couple of paintings when you come to the studio next … You'd spot them now anyway. I ought to spend time doing a whole series using just those colours sometime – but they can be a bit scary .’
Laughs.
I went up to the counter to get two more teas.
Dr Franklyn: ‘ Thank you – Ok, let me try a verbal description of one of those colours see if I can get close … A deep and dark Crimson under painting, scumbled over with Yellow Ochre ?
Me: ‘Could be useful – I like it, try one from the greens.’
Dr Franklyn: A Chrome Green scumbled with Cobalt blue and Violet… laughing… it’s a new kind of word game isn’t it – like wine tasting. A full bodied red with a smoky aftertaste and a hint of liquorice.’
Me: It’s a game I played a lot as a student – still do – I look at a colour I see on a bus or somewhere like here and think – now how would I mix that? You start with the most obvious mixes, but if you know your hots and colds – and hot and cold colours tend to cancel each other in a mix, but things can get very interesting if you experiment - anyway - you can come up with some surprisingly odd and viable solutions…’