Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Color Wheels, Color theory and all that geeky jazz.

Handprint is really what got me started on color. That eventually led me to Jane Blundell. But if you really want to get into it, is is a bottomless pit of scientific footnotes and trivia. You can get lost in the Munsell color system.

From the wheel which is really more of a ball to the primaries that are more of a quartet than a triad.

Just a warning about getting deep into color theory. If you can't visualize 3D you may have some problems with it. That is why generally color wheels are presented in 2D. It's also why there are so many of them and none of them quite do the job. Just so you know, flat color wheels are not quite scientifically accurate but good enough for grasping the concepts.

Plus there are plenty of opinions.

Why red is not a primary color.




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