Colour Help Needed Please

I see the tones of burnt sienna

I tried that but must be dOing it wrong :(

If you need more transparency, transparent red oxide will work, but it's redder than Burnt Sienna.

Ah, you're using oils. Have you tried glazing with your paints as well?

If burnt sienna fails you, try ocher

It looks more orange than red add yellow and red if it needs it. Umberish is that a word? Do you look at a color wheel? I think you might be over thinking color...making it harder to understand than it is. Look at that color wheel...print or buy a good one. Remember there are only 3 colors.... and white and black.

Try Crimson and Yellow Ocher. if you want to make it darker I normally use Viridian no black,

Since this thread is still open,
I would try to incorporate all the colors even in the background. That way painting becomes related & whole. Now that I see the whole picture of this painting. I have better understanding of color choices.
I use under painting for this. Sienna is good it just not that vivrant color. I like to mix colors. no more then 3. I seldom use tube blk. I make my own.

Burnt sienna, try toning it down with a glaze of green.
Its opposite on the color wheel will neutralize it a bit. do not over stir or you will make mud.

EDIT: Perhaps umber added in is green enough to dull the sienna down.

If you have it, start with cadmium orange, and to knock it down test with one or more of burnt umber, burnt sienna, raw sienna. Add white, as appropriate.

Yellow ochre and burnt sienna, I agree with Janine on using the complimentary color to tone it down when needed.

Well there is quite a range of colors in that image... which one are you trying to match? And what the h*ll is that? LOL

Bob, It's this

Thank you... I have those and will have a go

I wondered what it was too :)

That is so sweet!

Ahh... well there really is a wide range of colors there.... I see light tan to a dark brown with some red tones here and there.

I think I may go back to drawing .. Brain hurt

Val :). I went to a horse show with our stables where I ride, this is one of the girls from there who did dressage. She doesn't know I'm doing this. Good job coz I may not yet lol

i think it is between burnt orange and burnt umber.

Thank you!

I don't paint really but was going to suggest a touch of (warm) white mixed in the lighter areas and a touch of black mixed in to the darker areas, particularly if the color should be correct but the tone is seemingly off.

Stay with earth tones as the base for animals on the whole. With this I would go for yellow ochre - raw sienna and burnt umber plus some cad orange to lighten, but very very little cad orange - can be tamed down with Naples yellow.

Remember - keep shadows cool and other areas warm.

And no, don't move away from painting. You're excellent at it as you've already shown - all of us go through these rotten times. I did on a recent painting until I could have thrown it out the window, but I persisted and it ended up an abstract realism wave. I don't think I like it, but someone might.

Thank you :)

I have not had time to paint as my site has had some problems this evening and I am stuck there at 2:30am >:(

Thank you all very, very much. I will be in my studio tomorrow having another go

All the ideas above sound great, but this is what I see: I see raw umber and brown for the shadows at the top. Moving downward where the sunlight hits the horse, I see burnt umber and blending downward to a terra cotta color with a lot of white. I don't see sienna or ochre in this, but those would be some beautiful colors to mix in. If you don't have ready made colors, I would put a lot of brown, and bit of white, a smidgen of red and yellow. Mix until you find the right color. Good luck to you. Your paintings are beautiful! Thanks for sharing...color is very difficult for every painter.