Art Journal Freedom: How to Journal Creatively With Color & Composition by Wakley Dina

Author:Wakley, Dina [Wakley, Dina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781599636214
Publisher: North Light Books
Published: 2013-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

The seven pure hues

Colors with the same value

Tints

Colors with different values

Shades

Color wheel: There are many systems for explaining and displaying color, but the most common is the 12-color color wheel. I find a color wheel an indispensable studio tool. I have one right over my work desk. You could print out a color wheel and hang it in your workspace. Or buy a fancy-dancy commercial color wheel from the art store. What’s great about commercial color wheels is they’re printed with additional information to help you make color decisions.

Primary colors: Pure hues that cannot be obtained by mixing other colors. The primary colors are red, yellow and blue.

Secondary colors: Colors you get when you mix primary colors. Secondary colors are orange (red + yellow), green (yellow + blue) and purple (red + blue).

Tertiary colors: Colors you get when you mix a primary color and a secondary color. Tertiary colors include yellow-orange and blue-green.

Warm and cool: Colors are considered either warm or cool. Warm colors include red, yellow and orange. Warm colors have energy and excitement. They also tend to advance toward the eye in a piece of art; in other words, they are more forward in the composition, and the eye notices them first. Cool colors include blue, green and purple. Cool colors are calm and serene. They tend to recede from the eye in a piece of art; in other words, they seem to be more in the background and farther away.

What gets confusing about warm and cool colors is that some colors can be either. For example, red that has a lot of orange in it is considered a warm red. Red that has a lot of blue in it is considered a cool red. A light, icy yellow is cool. A golden yellow is warm.

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