Color wheel chart mixing theory painting tutorial

[xCraftyHD]

Good video i watched this in my K12 class for art GOOD JOB!!!

[benriv16]

...how did i get here...

[archemis07]

Brilliant video. Very clear and effective teaching. Thank you for sharing! :-)

[bartoxha]

Finally I understood.Thank you!

[pintoraficionado]

Excellent explanation.

[Maria201204]

Thank you Nolan, your mixing colors tutorial is the one that finally made me understand the color values and tones. You make it look so simple, 3D at last!

Maria Canino - Delray Beach FLorida

[PurpleFlowerNicole]

That was nice. Great job on the tutorial!

[SuperLiz3000]

So basic and yet so instructive and absolutely important. I liked the section when you talked about highlights and shadows. Thank you so much. Liz, an emerging artist.

[Barnes466]

2nd time back to understand color theory - thanks a lot for this tutorial, very helpful for a new painter :) Cheers from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

[daveavalon]

Just watched one of your webinars, and I loved it. I cant thank you enough. Keep it up!

[vStreetStruckv]

I've learned so much, its as if a course was downloaded into my head like in the Matrix....

except the course is a 9min video, my head is youtube, and the plug is my attention span...

[freekristy]

This is the first time I've been able to really understand colour mixing. Thanks it was great!

[ceridwengwyon]

great video! i loved the graphics! :)

[deblovetrains]

Wow this is great! Thank you!

[miniwargamereric]

Im really trying to understand color theory, but you say to shadow a color with the opposite on the wheel, red/green for example. but the opposite of purple is yellow....how can I shadow purple with yellow!? it will get brighter not darker...so are their rule loop holes? same with blue...I cant see how to shadow blue with orange

[PaintBasket]

@miniwargamereric No it's not a loop hole :-) Each colour absorbs light, so by adding the opposite you are causing the mix to absorb more of the light reflected by the base colour. On our channel is a colour mixing webinar where I demo this practically. Maybe have a look out for that :-)



[Alynzl]

@miniwargamereric you mix the two complimentaries together to make the shadow colour

[KatStapic]

Such a fantastic video! I learn so much better through visual! I plan on watching this video once or twice, then on the third watch I will take down notes and paint along with the lesson so this is all ingrained in my memory!

[Quiltingresource]

Please get your facts right. The three primaries are Magenta, blue and yellow. Red is a secondary colour as it is made from yellow and magenta. If you try to create purple from red and blue you cant do it as the red conains yellow.

[PaintBasket]

@Quiltingresource there is more than one "correct" colour mixing method. Red Yellow and Blue being the most common. Magenta, Cyan and Yellow being another. Mixing red from magenta and yellow will give you a secondary colour according to the CMY system. This red can also not be used in the RYB system. You need to use a pure red. None of the various systems is better or correct. All are just different ways to accomplish the same end goal - mixing the correct colour ;-)

[ThePainRemover]

@Quiltingresource Ouch. :) That's got to be embarrassing for you. I hope your knowledge of quilting is a little better than your understanding of primary colour models.

[ratchetman4]

@Quiltingresource um the real Primary colors are Red,Blue and Green. Green isnt made of blue and yellow, its cyan and yellow; Blue and yellow makes no sence since there opposites, think, Magenta is the opposite of green but blue and yellow make green? opposite of blue and yellow is yellow and blue, but yellow and blue dont make magenta. so magenta,blue and yellow cant be the primary colors, even though red is made of yellow and magenta, yellow is made of red and green so yellow is secondary to.

[scottnaismith]

@ratchetman4 You have a lot to learn.

The key is in the first 2 words of the tutorial, "in painting".

Try looking into the differences between subtractive and additive colour systems. Its seems your knowledge of colour is limited to digital additive colour.

[ratchetman4]

@scottnaismith well I see what you mean with the prims being yellow, blue and Magenta but your contradicting yourself, see, you said yellow+Magenta=red but that only applies in computers, mix those 2 and you get DarkRed, this is because red+blue=Purple and blue + yellow in computers equal nutral, which only leaves red in the equation, red+nutral=DarkRed, so red is not made, its by itself. the RBG is true, there only appear darker in paint, Green+Blue=Teal(DarkCyan), Blue+Red=Purple(DarkMagenta).

[scottnaismith]

@ratchetman4 The true primaries for subtractive colour are yellow, cyan and magenta. As cyan and magenta aren't widely used in vocabulary other than printing people have commonly called the primaries 'blue' and 'red'. However this means red can be made from magenta and a touch of orange (or yellow). Blue + Red does not make Magenta. Magenta and purple are 2 different hues. This discussion has inspired me to work on a new video about the true additive primaries.

[nisalourvanij]

excellent! Thankyou very much in reminding us the basics and foundation of mixing colours.

[MrChrisxig]

Okay...sweet,Thank You.



[MrChrisxig]

Thank you for this great help,very useful in my screen printing class. If you don't mind me asking, what is it, you are saying at 7:25? This is the time you are talking about 3 denominational colors. I didn't quite get what you where talking about on the second purple object.

Thank You.

[PaintBasket]

@MrChrisxig i said "You need a highlight, base colour and a shadow colour"

[colormagnet]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! <3

[beanfromex1]

Sincere thanks from southern mexico on your wonderful explanations .

Your tutorial is concise and very well presented.

[123ObbYzz]

are you from soouth africa? i can hear your accent :P

[PaintBasket]

@123ObbYzz I am an ex-Saffer living in New Zealand

[artistsgalore]

I am so glad I came across your tuturial. It is explained in such clear way and has inspired me to get on with mixing and painting. Thank you so much

[oo00xAnathemax00oo]

Great Videos, Thanks a lot.

[biebslovinjanhvi]

Really nice !

[jojhabib]

Thannk you for such beautiful tutorial.

[PaintBasket]

@jojhabib pleasure :-)

[ourearthculture]

This is a excellent uncluttered tutorial. Beautifully explained and illustrated. Thanks.

[PaintBasket]

@ourearthculture glad you found it helpful

[DRACOABC]

thanks so much, very well done explanation.

[Sarandib22]

Does this assume that your light source is natural (sunshine = yellow)? What if your light source is neon green??? I'm trying to do a painting with a supernatural light source and I *cannot* figure out how to mix the colors! x_x

[PaintBasket]

@Sarandib22 yes it presumes you have a natural "white" light source. If you have a light source that is tinted, the tint colour - in your case neon green - would affect each colour (mid, highlight & shadow. You would mix your paints as though a natural light source is lighting the subject, then either:

Paint the scene with those colours and add a colour wash over the painting using the tint of the actual light source or:

add some of the tint colour to each mix before you start painting.

[Sarandib22]

@PaintBasket Thanks! :D

[AmandaLC2011]

Thank your v ery much! I learned a lot !

[JadenandQuinnlolz]

oh...well i made red yesterday. lol its like a dark purpilish pink and orange

[PaintBasket]

@JadenandQuinnlolz lol, which paints did u use?

[JadenandQuinnlolz]

Do you know how to make red?

[PaintBasket]

@JadenandQuinnlolz unfortunately you can't make red as it is one of the primary colours, you can however make derivatives of red. Lets say for example you are looking for a bright red (like a tomato or fire engine), you could use magenta and yellow to mix it. If you wanted a brighter red, you would add the next colour up, plus white (if necessary)

[Th3AngryGam3r]

Thank you for explaining this! I may have to watch a few times to truly understand some of it but it helps a lot.

[cheasea]

simple, scientific, fun. Thank you so much for this lesson.

[mitzi369]

I have to do my last project for school and this helped me allot...!!! Thanks ;)

[mahonney]

You helped me so much you have no idea!!

Thank you!

[wheelyumdee]

I AM A TATTOO ARTIST AND IS WHEEL COLOR MIXING WAS AWESOME..THANK YOU

[PaintBasket]

@wheelyumdee glad it was helpful wheelyumdee.

[hilarion244]

this is beautifull mate !!!

[edwin11373]

I'm an artist and i must say this is one of the best color theory tutorial I have seen so far in YouTube.

[KillaMinis]

OMG..I love you!! This made sense to me in a way that I can never forget. The reference of Yellow always pointing up is a perfect memory tool to understand shading and highlights. Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou.

[PaintBasket]

@KillaMinis glad you enjoyed the colour mixinglesson KillaMinis

[equilibrium1963]

Thank you for this information. I am new to painting and so it will really be helpful to me in the coming months. I will be sure to check out all your other information. Thanks again!

[PaintBasket]

@equilibrium1963 glad you enjoyed the colour mixing tutorial and thanks for the subscribe.

[PaintBasket]

Violet is not a secondary colour, but a tertiary colour - it's definition is "blueish purple" according to the dictionary., whereas purple is defined as the "color between blue and red".

The correct term for the secondary color between red and blue is purple.

Another common misused term for this secondary color is Mauve. Mauve is Purple with white added. for more info on this you can visit wikipedia or any dictionary

[dabickford]

WHS - Art Students - Please call violet violet in my room and not purple. When You answer questions on the exams in here you need to call it violet. Thanks. Ms. B.

[bluespector43]

outstanding!! very informative and practical.

[GeorgiaVirtualGuides]

Excellent...

[phan2m862]

Thank You for this detailed tutorial, it help us a lot, especially to those who start to take on painting lesson. God Speed!

[58keshiaify]

very much to yhe point! thank you so much

[Necromni]

best...tutorial....EVER!!!!!

thanks

[JUANCHOBORI]

THIS VIDEO HAS ANSWERED IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES WHAT HUNDREDS OF BOOKS THAT I HAVE BOUGHT NEVER ANSWERED!!!!!!

[goodeye2007]

Two words describe this video: precious and brilliant! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you

[heppareppana]

good stuff! more length and depth than others equals better!

[brittanibublegum]

best color mixing explanation i have seen so far

[FlippinGood]

Very handy colour mixingg tutorial, thank you

[PaintBasket]

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[mustang7845]

@PaintBasket excellent tutorial just what i was looking for to be explained to me i am a novice artist and thanks for the info

[PaintBasket]

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