Paints That Look Different In The Tube And On The Canvas

Does it look different on the canvas when looking at it in person, or does it only look different in the photo of the canvas? I have always had a hard time getting accurate photos of any work that has red in it, and most warm colors actually. It always gets brighter or almost over exposed looking. Even if I take a picture of a pretty sunset that is mostly orange and pink, in the photos they go more towards yellow. I just have a point and shoot so that is probably why. It may have more to do with your camera than it does the paint. If it looks fine on the canvas in person, then I would say it's the photograph itself.

Trying to get reference photos of a red poinsettia for me is a nightmare for the same reasons I mentioned above. My camera, no matter what setting it's on just does not do red, at least not without the red overpowering things and it losing detail because of it.

If you Google Naples Yellow Red images you will see that each line of color has its own lean in the tint.
Some are pinkish as you described, some warm golden - a few bright yellow.

Perhaps the white of the canvas is affecting its tone - the photographing is affected by your camera, monitor or photo editing.

Shana, mine doesn't do red either.....so I just take the pix and play with the color in a program.

For those whose cameras don't 'do' red, the culprit might be its Automatic White Balance. Digital cameras in general, and AWB in particular, always try to balance a picture toward neutral gray. When they do this, they often subdue dominant colors and enhance those which don't dominate. A far better solution would be to use the camera's custom white balance function, which is built into most cameras nowadays. Check with your manual.

It looks more yellow in the photo, but is a bit yellow on the canvas, yet pink in the tube and on the palette.