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Heres how it works
Use a warm and a cool of each primary hue (a warm red and a cool
red; a warmyellow and a cool yellow; a warm blue and a cool blue)
to mix bright, high-inten-sity secondary ca ed a Mixe Primary Hue.
T e secret is in using t e rig t sp itprimary colors and not
crossing over the lines into another section!
Split Mixed
Warm RedPyrrol Oran
Cool RedQuinacrido
Rose
To mix t e oranges, mix t e red and ye owwithin the lines to the
left of the circle. First mixorange, and t en add more ye ow or ye
ow-or-ange and more red or red-orange.
To mix the greens, mix the blue and yellowwit in t e ines to t e
rig t o t e circ e. Firstmix green (2 oclock), and then add more
yellowfor yellow-green (1 oclock) and more blue for
ue-green (3 oc oc ).
To mix the purples or violets, mix the pink orrose with the blue
within the lines at the bottomo t e circ e. First mix purp e (6 oc
oc ), andthen add more blue for blue-violet (5 oclock)and red for
red-violet (7 oclock).
Now eres t e ru e t at ma es t is wor : W enmixing two colors on
the wheel to achieve high-intensity color, dont cross over the
linestay ineac section. Just imagine, no more muddy co ors!
Crossing over the lines and mixing the colors
on either side of the line causes the mixtures toecome ess
intense and s ig t y grayer. Cross twolines and even more graying
occurs. This graying iscalled neutralizing. It is the result of a
slight toucho t at t ird co or eing added to t e mix. To mixeart co
ors, you simp y cross over t e ines or adda warm neutral to your
mixtures.
T ats w ere Quinacridone Burnt Oranget e sevent co or o our
essentia 7 asicsentersthe sceneits a versatile warm neutral.
Split Mixed
Warm YellNew
Gamboge
Cool YelloHansa Yello
Medium
Split ixed
Warm BluFrench
Ultramarin
Cool BluePhthalo Blu
(GS)
Mixed
WB
CB
CB
CB
WB
P
WB BP
RP
Primaries
Secondaries
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Essential 7 Basic Color Chart-Mixed Hues
To create your own color mixing chart using the Essential 7Basic
Colors of the Split Primary Palette, use a pencil to draweig t rows
and co umns as s own a ove. To s ow ow transparentor opaque each
pigment is, make a black line using a permanent
marker before you apply the colors.Eac ROWis a out t e co or/ ue
in t at row and w at t e ot er
colors in the palette do when mixed with the dominant row
color.Each COLUMNcontains the same colors placed in the same
order as in t e rows. Mix ess o t e co umn co or and more o t
erow co or or t e est resu ts.
OTE: Eac co or wi e mixed wit itse during t is process.
T is c art s ows t e secondary and tertiary co or com
inationshat are possible by mixing only two tube colors. Its
possible to
create many more neutral hues by combining three or more tubeco
ors in t e asic sp it primary pa ette.
Color Basics in a Nutshell
Definitions of terms as they relate to watercolor
HueThe name of a color, such as red, blue, yellow, green,orange,
etc.
Intensity The strength, brightness, or purity of a color;
itschroma.
Saturation-T e measure o ri iance or purity o a co or. Va ueT e
ig tness or dar ness o a co or; pure co ors wi
vary greatly in value. TemperatureT e warmt or coo ness o a co
or; a so re ative
erms in comparison to ot er co ors in context. Primary Colors
are those hues that cannot be mixed from any
other colors-- red, yellow, and blue. From these primaries,
mostother colors can be mixed.
Secon ary Co orsare t e resu ting ues o mixing two primries in
equal amounts. (R+Y =Orange, Y+B=Green, B+R=Purple
Intermediate Colorsare products of mixing one primary and
secondary. (R+O=Red-Orange, Y+O=Ye ow-Orange, etc.) Tertiary Co
ors are products o mixing two secondary co ors
(O+G, O+P, G+P, etc) Comp ementary Co orsare two ues direct y
opposite eac
ot er on t e co or w ee . Comp ement to a primary co or is t
ecombination of other two primaries. Complement to Red is Gre(Y+B),
to Yellow is Purple (R+B), to Blue is Orange (R+Y).
Neutra Huesare t e resu ts o com ining a t ree primariesvarious
amounts, thus neutralizing the intensity and saturation ohue.
Combining a primary with its complement results in a neut
ue.
Temperature
The warmth or coolness of a color; also relative terms in
comparison to other colors in context.Bot red and ye ow are common
y considered warm, w i e
is unquestiona y coo . More speci ca y, warm and coo co orsare
relative to where a color falls on the color wheel. The warmesco or
is red-orange and t e coo est co or is ue-green. Everyt in
etween t ose two points as a s ig t y warmer co or on one sideof
it and a slightly cooler one on the other. Its neighbor is
eitherwarmer or coo er depending on t e direction you go around t
eco or w ee . Using a sp it primary pa ette, you wi e wor ing wa
warm and a cool of each primary color. All secondary hues aremixed
from these carefully selected primary colors.
Essential 7
CY
WB
CB
QuinBurn
WY WR CR WB CBQuinacridoneBurnt Orange
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