"Thoughts on the Color Wheel " Topic
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| PygmaelionAgain | 29 Jun 2012 7:38 a.m. PST |
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^ an article not of my own making. I read this yesterday, and found it to be an interesting line of reasoning. It certainly makes sense to me to think of colors as opposed polarities instead of a circular spectrum. If you have trouble picking color combinations, this might clear up your thinking on the matter. |
Schogun  | 29 Jun 2012 7:53 a.m. PST |
Good article. Thanks. Not sure how it affects my painting, but interesting. |
| Timmo uk | 29 Jun 2012 8:05 a.m. PST |
There are some basic factual errors in it, eg: yellow is not chromatically opposed to blue. Nor is pure cyan a greenish blue. I always think that if you have trouble with colour the theory actually confuses the issue even more. It's far easier to be practical and dogmatic about colour and just find something you like be it another figure or your own clothes or something else and aim to duplicate that especially when deciding which hues and tones work well together. |
| CPBelt | 29 Jun 2012 11:48 a.m. PST |
A few days ago at my blog,I posted an article linking to some color theory videos and pages that have helped me understand it all. I now know how to make shadow and highlights for any color, for example. Folks might want to take a look. link |
| Terrement | 29 Jun 2012 12:41 p.m. PST |
Are we talkin' about US system colors, or are these metric system colours? CPBelt – Thanks!! |
timlillig  | 29 Jun 2012 2:30 p.m. PST |
That article has some big problems in the inaccuracies presented. Right from the beginning where he claims artists all really like the color wheel theory, he starts getting facts wrong and that continues basically to the end. The interaction of physical pigments and light is much more important. |
| PygmaelionAgain | 02 Jul 2012 6:31 a.m. PST |
Timmo and timlillig,
You should put your thoughts together and email the fellow that wrote the article. I'm sure that he'd not only discuss it with you, he'd benefit from the realization that he's got some faulty basic premises. CPBelt, I'm perusing this, and it looks very good. Thanks! |
 Rogzombie | 03 Jul 2012 5:00 a.m. PST |
A basic artists color wheel can be helpful to beginners or to remind you of good color combinations. Mega artists dont need this nor do they have to follow it. Its a good principle to practice but there are other ways that are good, too. I would say contrast from on section to another is far more important. You can still sit at one end of the color spectrum and have a cool, well contrasted model. This looks good occasionally.
For you to develop your own style you need to develop your own techniques and after a while, slavery to the color wheel becomes a detriment more than help. |
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