Well it took me quite a while to picture if the trout should have green or a golden yellow green on its back that had transparent color so that you could see the black dots through it. that would be ideal to do,but being new at this i went with other colors thinking man maybe i could do that when i get better at painting and mixing. Like muskysnax I use Autoair colors. On my Trout I do use white everywhere then black (sealer dark) on the back. these are considered the seal coats. My first color for entire body is matallic sparklescent white. Then on the sides a very light coat of Transparent Grey over a plastic mesh for scales. Another coat of matallic white. A Transparent light coat of Magenta. Then there is a color called Hot Rod Sparkle White. Man you want this lure to bling sparkle this does it. use a resperator for this color though. micro flakes fly everwhere. After all that fun stuff i paint the top with Matallic Fastback Green. Make random dots everywhere you think they should be then clear coat, all these colors are waterbase so they are safe and easy to clean up. like snax mentioned to add colors together try also the green with gold matallic you"ll get so awesome colors down to a chartruse if you mix more gold. the magenta can be used to make other colors also.remember the rainbows of mixing colors and you wont need all them trippy colors out there. Createx colors are great the same.grab some colors and mix custom colors and you'll find out that is more satisfying than basic colors. just like the lures made on tu.all custom!