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Highlighting and Shading with Delta Ceramcoat Acrylics

Many decorative painting techniques use a basecoat or main color with shading and highlighting colors to create the depth and dimension that characterizes decorative painting.

While shading and highlighting is a simple concept, choosing the correct shading and highlighting colors can be confusing.

We've created this chart which specifies the shading and highlighting colors used most often for each of the creamy Delta Ceramcoat Acrylic Paints.

  • BASECOAT–the medium value between highlight and shading
  • SHADING–a darker value than the basecoat
  • HIGHLIGHTING–a lighter value than the basecoat
There is often more than one shade or highlight color that can be used with a particular medium value color (basecoat). Where possible we have listed the alternatives. Use this chart as a guide, but don't be afraid to try different combinations. Don't forget Delta Ceramcoat Metallic Gleams™ for accentuating and embellishing.

mix equal parts.

 

* denotes small portion of paint
(D) denotes Discontinued Color

To download the Shades of Color Chart please click here.

Chart Guide:
  • Colors listed with a slash (/) between them denotes that either color may be used (Dusty Plum/Napa Wine).
  • Two colors listed with a plus (+) denotes the mixing of those two colors (Cinnamon + Black).
  • When mixing two colors, an asterisk (*) before the color denotes use only a small amount of color when mixing (Cinnamon + *Black).
  • When mixing two colors, 1:1 denotes mix equal parts (Cinnamon + Black (1:1)).


Medium Value

Highlight

Shade
Ac Flesh 2085

Antique White 2001

Trail Tan 2435 / Spice Tan 2063
Adobe Red 2046

Coral 2044

Red Iron Oxide 2020
Adriatic Blue 2438

Dolphin Grey 2457

Black 2506
Alpine Green 2439

Cactus Green 2463

Deep River Green 2419
Amethyst 2591

Deep Lilac 2577

Royal Plum 2560
Antique Gold 2002
Ivory 2036

Raw Sienna 2411

Antique Rose 2469

Pink Frosting 2461

Burgundy Rose 2123
Antique White 2001

White 2505

Ivory 2036
Apple Green 2065

Pineapple Yellow 2101

Seminole Green 2009

Autumn Brown 2055

Lt. Chocolate 2022

Brown Iron Oxide 2023

Avalon Blue 2417
Salem Blue 2121

Prussian Blue 2413

Avocado 2006

Antique Gold 2002

Gamal Green 2120

Azure Blue 2483

Blue Danube 2013

Manganese Blue 2124

Bahama Purple 2518
White 2505

Purple Dusk 2522

Bambi Brown 2424

Dunes Beige 2466

Brown Velvet 2109
   /Brown Iron Oxide 2023

Barn Red 2490

Deep Coral 2479

Sonoma Wine 2446

Berry Red 2056

Hydrangea Pink 2449

Black Cherry 2484

Bittersweet Orange 2041

Yellow 2504

Burnt Sienna 2030
   /Terra Cotta 2071

Blueberry 2513

Wedgwood Blue 2069

Payne's Grey 2512

Black Cherry 2484
Berry Red 2056

Candy Bar Brn 2407

Black Green 2116

Blue Haze 2122

None
Blue Bayou 2588

Manganese Blue 2124

Periwinkle Blue 2478

Blue Danube 2013

Blue Mist 2400

Copen Blue 2051

Blue Haze 2122

Blue Wisp 2455

Norsk Blue 2111

Blue Heaven 2037

Blue Mist 2400

Copen Blue 2051

Blue Lagoon 2528

Periwinkle Blue 2478

Pthalo Blue 2502

Blue Jay 2059

Blue Mist 2400

Manganese Blue 2124

Blue Mist 2400
White 2505

Blue Danube 2013

Blue Spruce 2115

Rain Forest Green 2462

Black Green 2116

Blue Storm 2545
Williamsburg Blue 2524

Black 2506

Blue Velvet 2562

Cadet Blue 2547

Black 2506
Blue Wisp 2455

White 2505
Blue Wisp 2455

Blue Haze 2122

Bonnie Blue 2106

Blue Mist 2400

Midnight Blue 2114

Boston Fern 2110

Antique Gold 2002

Gamal Green 2120

Bouquet Pink 2132

Rose Cloud 2450

Sonoma Wine 2446

Bridgeport Grey 2440

Drizzle Grey 2452

Charcoal 2436

Bright Red 2503

Tangerine 2043

Black Cherry 2484

Bright Yellow 2027

Pale Yellow 2005

Empire Gold 2412

Brown Iron Oxide 2023

Toffee 2086

Walnut 2024

Brown Velvet 2109

Toffee 2086

Walnut 2024

Bungalow Blue 2575

Coastline Blue 2574

Blue Velvet 2562

Burgundy Rose 2123

Antique Rose 2469

Chocolate Cherry 2538

Burnt Sienna 2030

Georgia Clay 2097

Brn Iron Oxide 2023
   /Candy Bar Brown 2407

Burnt Umber 2025

Lt. Chocolate 2022

Black 2506
Butter Cream 2523
White 2505

Sandstone 2402

Butter Yellow 2102

Mello Yellow 2553

Pigskin 2093
   /Golden Brown 2054

Cactus Green 2463
White 2505

Salem Green 2099

Cadet Blue 2547

Tide Pool Blue 2465

Blue Velvet 2562

Cadet Grey 2426

Soft Grey 2515

Hippo Grey 2090

Calypso Orange 2516

Butter Cream 2523

Dark Goldenrod 2519

Candy Bar Brown 2407

Gypsy Rose 2129

Black 2506
Candlelight 2580
White 2505

Crocus Yellow 2459

Cape Cod Blue 2133

Lavender Lace 2016

Nightfall Blue 2131

Cardinal Red 2077

Tangerine 2043

Black Cherry 2484

Caribbean Blue 2530

White 2505 +
   Caribbean Blue 2530

Laguna Blue 2418

Caucasian Flesh 2029

Fleshtone 2019

Bittersweet Orange 2041
   /Red Iron Oxide 2020

Cayenne 2428

Fleshtone 2019

Brown Iron Oxide 2023

Chambray Blue 2514
White 2505

Cape Cod Blue 2133

Chamomile 2567

Antique White 2001

Cloudberry Tan 2112

Charcoal 2436
Bridgeport Grey 2440

Black 2506

Chocolate Cherry 2538
Napa Wine 2443

Black 2506 +
      /Choc. Cherry 2538 (1:1)

Christmas Green 2068

Kelly Green 2052

Hunter Green 2471

Chrome Green Lt. 2011
Green Sea 2445

Dark Forest Green 2096

Cinnamon 2495
Santa Fe Rose 2496

Dark Burnt Umber 2527

Cloudberry Tan 2112

Olive Yellow 2493

Boston Fern 2110

Coastline Blue 2574
White 2505

Bungalow Blue 2575

Colonial Blue 2058

Caribbean Blue 2530

Avalon Blue 2417

Copen Blue 2051

Blue Danube 2013

Opaque Blue 2508

Cornsilk Yellow 2544
White 2505

Mello Yellow 2553

Cricket 2585

Cornsilk Yellow 2544

Apple Green 2065

Crimson 2076

Hydrangea Pink 2449

Mendocino Red 2406

Crocus Yellow 2459
Ivory 2036

Antique Gold 2002

Custard 2448

Cornsilk Yellow 2544

Butter Yellow 2102

Dark Brown 2053

Toffee Brown 2086

Dark Chocolate 2021

Dark Burnt Umber 2527

Brown Iron Oxide 2023

Black 2506
Dark Chocolate 2021
Territorial Beige 2425

Black 2506

Dark Flesh 2127

Rosetta Pink 2430

Sonoma Wine 2446
Dk. Foliage Green 2535

Med. Foliage Green 2536

Black Green 2116

Dark Forest Grn 2096

Seminole Green 2009

Black Green 2116

Dark Goldenrod 2519
Calypso Orange 2516

Autumn Brown 2055

Dark Jungle Grn 2420

Leaf Green 2067

Gamal Green 2120

Dark Night Blue 2414

Dolphin Grey 2457

Black 2506
Dark Victorian Teal 2573

Med. Victorian Teal 2572

Blue Spruce 2115

Deep Coral 2479

Hydrangea Pink 2449

Burgundy Rose 2123
Deep Lilac 2577
Lilac 2060

Vintage Wine 2434

Deep River Green 2419

Cactus Green 2463

Black Green 2116

Denim Blue 2477

Blue Mist 2400

Navy Blue 2089

Desert Sun Orange 2444

Rosetta Pink 2430

Burnt Sienna 2030

Dolphin Grey 2457

Soft Grey 2515

Adriatic Blue 2438

Dresden Flesh 2033

Putty 2460

Bambi Brown 2424

Drizzle Grey 2452

Soft Grey 2515

Bridgeport Grey 2440
Dunes Beige 2466

Santa's Flesh 2472

Dark Flesh 2127

Dusty Mauve 2405

Rose Cloud 2450

Sonoma Wine 2446
Dusty Plum 2456
White 2505

Napa Wine 2443

Dusty Purple 2128
Dusty Plum 2456

Royal Plum 2560

Eggplant 2486

Wisteria 2467

Eggplant 2486 +
  *Black 2506

Eggshell White 2539
None

Raw Linen 2546

Emerald Green 2482

Tropic Bay Blue 2451

Phthalo Green 2501

Empire Gold 2412

Crocus Yellow 2459

Raw Sienna 2411
  /Mocha Brown 2050

English Yew Green 2095

Stonewedge Green 2442

Black Green 2116

Espresso 2583

Autumn Brown 2055

Walnut 2024

Eucalyptus 2569

Eucalyptus +
  White 2569+2505

Forest Green 2010
Fiesta Pink 2045

Pink Angel 2061

Rouge 2404
Fire Red 2083

Pumpkin 2042

Mendocino Red 2406

Fjord Blue 2104

Tide Pool Blue 2465

Black 2506
Flesh Tan 2035

Lt. Ivory 2401

Spice Tan 2063

Fleshtone 2019

Santa's Flesh 2472

Desert Sun Orange 2444

Forest Green 2010

Leprechaun 2422

Dark Forest Green 2096

Fuchsia 2481

Hydrangea Pink 2449

Mendocino Red 2406

Gamal Green 2120

Seminole Green 2009

Black Green 2116

Georgia Clay 2097

Bittersweet Orange 2041

Red Iron Oxide 2020

Golden Brown 2054
Straw 2078

Raw Sienna 2411

Gp Purple 2091

Ice Storm Violet 2468

Purple 2015

Grape 2048

Lilac Dusk 2403

Vintage Wine 2434

Green Isle 2008

Kelly Green 2052

Hunter Green 2471

Green Sea 2445

Village Green 2447

Chrome Green Light 2011

Green Tea 2584

Cricket 2585

Forest Green 2010
Gypsy Rose 2129

Pink Frosting 2461

Burgundy Rose 2123
Hammered Iron 2094

Lichen Grey 2118

Black Green 2116

Heritage Blue 2415

Tide Pool Blue 2465

Charcoal 2436

Hippo Grey 2090

Cadet Grey 2426

Charcoal 2436

Hunter Green 2471

Village Green 2447

Black Green 2116

Hydrangea Pink 2449

Pink Frosting 2461

Raspberry 2520

Indiana Rose 2018

Pink Frosting 2461

Antique Rose 2469
  /Gypsy Rose 2129

Island Coral 2433
Putty 2460

Desert Sun Orange 2444

Ivory 2036

Light Ivory 2401

Old Parchment 2092

Jade Green 2475

White 2505 +
  Jade Green 2475 (1:1)

Phthalo Green 2501

Jubilee Green 2421

Apple Green 2065

Christmas Green 2068

Kelly Green 2052

Apple Green 2065

Christmas Green 2068

Latte 2582

Western Sunset Yellow 2454

Latte 2582 & Espresso 2583 (1:1)

Laguna Blue 2418

Tropic Bay Blue 2451

Phthalo Green 2501

Lavender 2047

Pale Lilac 2576

Vintage Wine 2434

Lavender Lace 2016
White 2505

Heritage Blue 2415

Leaf Green 2067

Apple Green 2065

Seminole Green 2009

Lime Sorbet 2586

Lime Sorbet 2586 + White 2505 (1:2)

Lime Green 2489

Paint Décor Lemon Grass 2568

Antique White 2001

Lt. Timberline Green 2531

Leprechaun 2422

Village Green 2447

Christmas Green 2068

Liberty Blue 2416

Lavender Lace 2016

Nightfall Blue 2131

Lichen Grey 2118

Sandstone 2402

Hammered Iron 2094

Light Chocolate 2022

Ac Flesh 2085

Brown Velvet 2109
  /Brown Iron Oxide 2023

Lt. Foliage Green 2537

Apple Green 2065

Med. Foliage Grn 2536

Lilac 2060

Pale Lilac 2576

Wisteria 2467

Lilac Dusk 2403

Rose Petal Pink 2521

Grape 2048

Lima Green 2072

Pineapple Yellow 2101

Leaf Green 2067

Lime Green 2489

Lime Sorbet 2586

Jubilee Green 2421

Lisa Pink 2084

Pink Frosting 2461

Mendocino Red 2406

Light Ivory 2401
White 2505

Ivory 2036

Light Timberline Green 2531

Butter Cream 2523

Timberline Green 2533

Light Victorian Teal 2571

Light Victorian Teal 2571 +
  White 2505 (1:1)

Med. Victorian Teal 2572

Luscious Lemon 2004

Pale Yellow 2005

Yellow 2504

Magenta 2559

Lilac Dusk 2403

Grape 2048
Magnolia White 2487
None

Fleshtone Base 2082

Manganese Blue 2124

Wedgwood Blue 2069

Blue Velvet 2562

Maple Sugar Tan 2062
Ivory 2036

Raw Sienna 2411

Maroon 2075

Adobe Red 2046

Candy Bar Brown 2407

Mediterranean 2589

Blue Jay 2059

Navy Blue 2089

Medium Flesh 2126

Santa's Flesh 2472

Cayenne 2428
Med. Foliage Grn. 2536

Lt. Foliage Green 2537

Dk. Foliage Grn. 2535

Med. Victorian Teal 2572

Light Victorian Teal 2571

Dark Victorian Teal 2573

Mello Yellow 2553

Cornsilk Yellow 2544

Antq. Gold 2002 +
  Mello Yellow 2553 (1:1)

Mendocino Red 2406

Pink Quartz 2474

Sonoma Wine 2446
Midnight Blue 2114

Bonnie Blue 2106

Black 2506
Misty Mauve 2441

Pink Frosting 2461

Rose Mist 2437

Mocha Brown 2050

Maple Sugar Tan 2062

Brown Iron Oxide 2023

Moroccan Red 2552

Adobe Red 2046

Candy Bar Brown 2407

Moss Green 2570

Antique White 2001

Eucalyptus 2569

Mudstone 2488

Sandstone 2402

Hammered Iron 2094

Mulberry 2511

Raspberry 2520

Chocolate Cherry 2538

Napa Wine 2443

Dusty Plum 2456

Vintage Wine 2434

Naphthol Crimson 2408

Tangerine 2043

Black Cherry 2484

Naphthol Red Light 2409

Tangerine 2043

Black Cherry 2484

Navy Blue 2089

Blue Jay 2059

Midnight Blue 2114

Nightfall Blue 2131

Tide Pool Blue 2465

Payne's Grey 2512

Normandy Rose 2432

Normandy Rose 2432 +
 White 2505

Sonoma Wine 2446
Norsk Blue 2111

Blue Wisp 2455

Blue Spruce 2115

Oasis Green 2550
White 2505

Salem Green 2099

Ocean Reef Blue 2074

Blue Danube 2013

Navy Blue 2089

Old Parchment 2092

Light Ivory 2401

Spice Tan 2063

Olive Yellow 2493

*White 2505 +
  Olive Yellow 2493

Avocado 2006

Opaque Blue 2508

Blue Jay 2059

Payne's Grey 2512

Opaque Red 2507

Tangerine 2043

Black Cherry 2484

Opaque Yellow 2509

Pale Yellow 2005

Antique Gold 2002

Orange 2026

Bittersweet Orange 2041

Tomato Spice 2098

Oyster White 2492
None

Trail Tan 2435

Pale Lilac 2576
White 2505

Lilac 2060

Pale Yellow 2005
White 2505

Butter Yellow 2102

Palomino Tan 2108

Old Parchment 2092

Spice Tan 2063

Paradise 2587

Blue Mist 2400

Azure Blue 2483

Passion 2590

GP Purple 2091 + Passion 2590 (1:1)

Purple 2015

Payne's Grey 2512

Adriatic Blue 2438

Black 2506
Peachy Keen 2555

Queen Anne's Lace 2017

Desert Sun Orange 2444

Peony 2579
White 2505

Lisa Pink 2084

Periwinkle Blue 2478

Chambray Blue 2514

Navy Blue 2089

Persimmon 2480

Pink Angel 2061

Rouge 2404
Phthalo Blue 2502

Blue Jay 2059

Midnight Blue 2114

Phthalo Green 2501

Light Jade Green 2476

Black Green 2116

Pigskin 2093

Butter Yellow 2102

Burnt Sienna 2030
  /Autumn Brown 2055

Pine Green 2526
Forest Green 2010

Black 2506

Pineapple Yellow 2101
White 2505

Antique Gold 2002

Pink Angel 2061

Santa's Flesh 2472

Adobe Red 2046

Pink Frosting 2461
White 2505

Hydrangea Pink 2449

Pink Parfait 2525

Hydrangea 2449

Deep Coral 2479

Pink Quartz 2474

Pink Frosting 2461

Black Cherry 2484

Pink Silk 2566
White 2505

Hydrangea 2449

Poppy Orange 2554

Tangerine 2043

Tomato Spice 2098

Pretty Pink 2088

*White 2505 +
  Pretty Pink 2088

Berry Red 2056
Prussian Blue 2413
Salem Blue 2121

Payne's Grey 2512

Pumpkin 2042

Yellow 2504

Georgia Clay 2097

Purple 2015

Gp Purple 2091

Vintage Wine 2434

Purple Dusk 2522
White 2505

Purple Smoke 2548

Purple Smoke 2548
White 2505

Payne's Grey 2512

Putty 2460
White 2505

Dresden Flesh 2033
  /Ac Flesh 2085

Quaker Grey 2057
White 2505

Charcoal 2436

Queen Anne's Lace 2017
White 2505

Rosetta Pink 2430

Rainforest Green 2462

Cactus Green 2463

Blue Spruce 2115

Rain Grey 2543

Drizzle Grey 2452

Storm Grey 2542

Raspberry 2520

Pink Quartz 2474

Mulberry 2511

Raw Linen 2546

Eggshell White 2539

Mudstone 2488

Raw Sienna 2411

Antique Gold 2002

Brown Iron Oxide 2023

Red Iron Oxide 2020
Coral 2044

Candy Bar Brown 2407

Rhythm 'N Blue 2551

Bahama Purple 2518

Purple 2015 +
  Manganese Blue 2124 (1:1)

Roman Stucco 2581

Maple Sugar Tan 2062

Mocha Brown 2050

Rooster Red 2578

Adobe Red 2046

Chocolate Cherry 2538

Rose Cloud 2450

Pink Frosting 2461

Rose Mist 2437

Rose Mist 2437

Sachet Pink 2464

Sonoma Wine 2446
Rose Petal Pink 2521
White 2505

Pink Quartz 2474

Rosetta Pink 2430

Santa's Flesh 2472

Adobe Red 2046

Rouge 2404
Coral 2044

Red Iron Oxide 2020

Royal Fuchsia 2510

Lilac Dusk 2403

Mulberry 2511

Royal Plum 2560

Royal Plum 2560 +
  White 2505 (1:1)

Royal Plum 2560 +
  Black 2506 (1:1)

Sachet Pink 2464

Pink Frosting 2461

Rose Mist 2437

Salem Blue 2121

Blue Mist 2400

Blue Haze 2122

Salem Green 2099

Cactus Green 2463

Woodland Night Green 2100

Sandstone 2402

Antique White 2001

Lichen Grey 2118

Santa Fe Rose 2496

Normandy Rose 2432

Cinnamon 2495

Santa's Flesh 2472
White 2505

Nrmdy Rose 2432
  /Pink Angel 2061
  /Rosta Pnk 2430

Sea Grass 2549

Eggshell White 2539 +
  Sea Grass 2549 (1:1)

Olive Yellow2493 +
  Alpine Green 2439 (1:1)

Seashell White 2541
None

Wild Rice 2453

Seminole Green 2009

Leaf Green 2067

Dark Forest Green 2096

Silver Pine 2534
White 2505

Rainforest Green 2462

Soft Grey 2515
White 2505

Drizzle Grey 2452

Sonoma Wine 2446

Gypsy Rose 2129

Chocolate Cherry 2538

Spice Brown 2049

Light Chocolate 2022

Burnt Umber 2025

Spice Tan 2063

Flesh Tan 2035

Spice Brown 2049

Spring Green 2517

White 2505 +
  Spring Green 2517

Phthalo Green 2501

Stonewedge Green 2442

Oyster White 2492

English Yew Green 2095

Storm Grey 2542

Rain Grey 2543

Black 2506
Straw 2078
Ivory 2036

Pigskin 2093
  /Golden Brown 2054

Sunbright Yellow 2064
White 2505

Butter Yellow 2102

Sweetheart Blush 2130

Fuchsia 2481

Candy Bar Brown 2407

Tangerine 2043

Yellow 2504

Red Iron Oxide 2020

Terra Cotta 2071

Bittersweet Orange 2041

Brown Iron Oxide 2023

Territorial Beige 2425

Trail Tan 2435

Burnt Umber 2025

Tide Pool Blue 2465

Lavender Lace 2016

Heritage Blue 2415

Timberline Green 2533

Light Timberline Green 2531

English Yellow Green 2095

Toffee Brown 2086

Light Chocolate 2022

Brown Iron Oxide 2023

Tomato Spice 2098

Fiesta Pink 2045

Candy Bar Brown 2407

Tompte Red 2107

Hydrangea Pink 2449

Black Cherry 2484

Touch O' Pink 2565

Rose Petal Pink 2521

Lisa Pink 2084

Trail Tan 2435
Putty 2460

Territorial Beige 2425

Tropic Bay Blue 2451
White 2505

Emerald Green 2482

Truly Teal 2558

Truly Teal 2558 +
  White 2505 (1:1)

Truly Teal 2558 +
  Black 2506 (1:1)

Turquoise 2012

White 2505 +
  Turquoise 2012 (1:1)

Emerald Green 2482

Tuscan Red 2564

Persimmon 2480

Cinnamon 2495

Ultra Blue 2038

Blue Mist 2400

Navy Blue 2089

Vibrant Green 2007

Leaf Green 2067

Dark Jungle Green 2420

Village Green 2447
White 2505

Green Sea 2445

Vintage Wine 2434
Lilac 2060

Black 2506

Walnut 2024

Trail Tan 2435

Black 2506
Wedgwood Blue 2069

Blue Mist 2400

Midnight Blue 2114

Wedgwood Green 2070

Village Green 2447

Forest Green 2010
Western Sunset 2454
Putty 2460

Mocha Brown 2050

Wild Rice 2453

Santa's Flesh 2472

Misty Mauve 2441

Williamsburg Blue 2524

Chambray Blue 2514

Blueberry 2513

Wild Rose 2485

Pink Quartz 2474

Dusty Mauve 2405

Wisteria 2467

Lilac Dusk 2403

Napa Wine 2443
Woodland Night Green 2100

Jade Green 2475

Black Green 2116

Yellow 2504

Custard 2448

Pigskin 2093

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