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PostSubject: Artists RYB color wheel and terms   Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:48 pm

First a few definitions for beginners.

Primary Colors: Red, yellow and blue – cannot be mixed from any other colors.
Secondary Colors: Two primary colors mixed together resulting in orange, green and violet.
Tertiary (Intermediate) Colors: One primary and one secondary mixed together.
Aggressive (Warm) Colors: Reds, oranges and yellows.
Receding (Cool) Colors: Greens, blues and violets.
Hue: Another name for color.
Tint: Color + White
Tone: Color + Gray
Shade: Color + Black
Key Color: Dominant color in a color scheme or mixture.
Neutral Grey: Combination of black and white.
Intensity or Chroma: The brightness or dullness of a color.
Value: The lightness or darkness of a color.
Mono-chromatic: Using any shade, tint, or tones of one color.
Analogous: Using any shades, tints, or tones of colors that lie adjacent to each other on the wheel.
Achromatic: A colorless scheme using, blacks, whites and grays.
Complementary Colors: Combing a shade, tint or tone of one color and the color opposite on the wheel. Example blue and orange.
Split Complementary: Choosing one color and using the color on each side of the complement on the color wheel.
Diad: Using two colors that are two colors apart on the color wheel. Example red and orange.
Triad: Color scheme in which three colors equally spaced from each other. Example the three primary colors – red blue and yellow.
Tetrad: A contrast of four or more colors on the wheel.

Quoted from Pocket Color Wheel

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PostSubject: Re: Artists RYB color wheel and terms   Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:51 pm

The Artistic Color wheel is based on the primary colors Red, Yellow and Blue.


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PostSubject: Re: Artists RYB color wheel and terms   Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:08 pm

Here's some visuals for every color category. The numbers on the left are the values and at the bottom is the chroma/saturation. One reason I find these images helpful is being able to see the value of a color at full saturation. For example yellow has a very high value and makes a good color to lighten other colors rather then using just white. These charts also make it clear what the difference is between value and chroma/saturation.

Yellow


Yellow-Green


Green


Blue-Green


Blue


Blue-Violet


Violet


Red-Violet


Red


Red-Orange


Orange


Yellow-Orange

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PostSubject: Re: Artists RYB color wheel and terms   Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:12 pm

Wow! What a great reference to be able to pull up as needed. Thanks Janet.
Judy

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PostSubject: Re: Artists RYB color wheel and terms   Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:27 am

Judy, I'm glad you like it! The RYB color wheel is what I started with and studied many different color wheels after but ended up doing a full circle and coming back to this one.

Please disregard the color designations 2Y etc at the botton of the sheets as they're from a Munsell programme. Munsell differs greatly from RYB color wheel. The colors I slected for each color category on these are the ones that match the RYB color wheel. Smile

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