Complementary Color Intensity

by Judy // May 8, 2017 // No Comments

 Changing Color Intensity using Complemetary colors When complementary colors are mixed in unequal parts , you can take advantage of them for creating a variety of darker colors of the dominant one without using black. The perfect example is when... Continue reading →

Analagous Colors

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What are Analogous Colors? These are three colors that are directly adjacent to each other on the color wheel. They relate to each other because they each contain one common color. They are frequently used for a special feel in... Continue reading →

Tertiary Colors

by Judy // May 7, 2017 // No Comments

What are Tertiary Colors? These are the colors on the color wheel that fall between the Primary Color and the Secondary Color. In this picture, you can see that the blue-green and the yellow-green would be the Tertiary colors. In... Continue reading →

Secondary Colors

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The Secondary Colors are: GREEN. VIOLET and ORANGE They are the result of mixing two Primary Colors together in equal parts. You can find these colors in different brands under different names. In Golden Acrylics, they would be called Permanent... Continue reading →

Primary Colors

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Colors, or Hue which is actually the term used to name colors, are broken down into several categories. The very first ones you want to start with, are the Primary Colors. There are three of them: RED, BLUE, and YELLOW... Continue reading →

Changing the Hue

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Alter the Hue of the Secondary Colors By varying the amount of each primary color you use, you can alter the Hue of the secondary color. On this color wheel, which I strongly suggest you get, you can see that... Continue reading →

Hue, Value, Intensity

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Hue, Value, Intensity: Naming Colors Now that you have an understanding of the outer ring of the color wheel, it is time to go into more specifics.  Every color has three attributes: Hue, Value and Intensity. Once you can identify... Continue reading →

Harmonious Colors

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What are Harmonious Colors? Four or five colors that are close to each other on the color wheel are harmonious. On this color wheel we have chosen four colors that are harmonious: blue, blue-green, green and yellow-green. They all have... Continue reading →

Complementary Colors

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Mixing Complementary Colors What are complementary colors? If you look at the color wheel again, any color that is directly across from another color, is the complementary color. Another words, Red and Green are complementary. 3:1 ratio cadimium red to... Continue reading →

Changing Color Value with Black and White

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Change the Color Value. Make your Colors Darker or Lighter If you look on the back side of a color wheel, you will see how black and white added to the colors darken and lighten them. When you do this,... Continue reading →