The fear of waste

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I don't like wasting things, which is why my watercolor paint palette looks like this :






I really want to rearrange things because it has been around 7 years now since I first squeezed those paints in there.  I have other colors to add and some that I don't really use and, therefore, don't want to give space to.  See that huge blob of green in the center row, second from the right?  That's Rembrandt Chromium Oxide Green, and I bought it about 17 years ago.  It is in a wee tube, but I have never used it all up because it is very opaque and imparts a murkiness to things.

 

Some of the color and brand names on the cover are illegible now and need to be cleaned up. The overall messiness of it makes me unhappy when I look at it.  So it is high time I redo it.

 

But...all that paint that has yet to be used up before I can rethink the color layout...! 

 

I will just have to bite the bullet, salvage what I can, and try not to shudder too much as I watch the rainbow-waste-water going down the drain.

And while I am at it, I should also see to washing up the half-dozen or so saucers* and such that I have conscripted into paint-mixing service.  I always grab something clean because I--you guessed it--can't stand wasting all those lovely colors off, colors that could be used later, just not for the project at hand.  ::facepalm::

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* Not things we put food on, obviously