Color wheel chart mixing theory painting tutorial

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[Barit0nist]

Did you mention brown or how to mix it? if not explain where that falls on the C. wheel?

[PaintBasket]

brown is just a fancy word for Orange's shadow colour ;-)

[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]

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 :-)

[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]

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 ;-)

[jojhabib]

Thannk you for such beautiful tutorial.

[prendergastc83]

Wonderful! Thank u for the clear explanation!

[marysart1]

I love your way of explaining..very nice :)

[9redsun]

After many years I understand it clearly! Thanks.

[patzplaze]

Thank you for this clear and simple explanation. I found it immensely helpful.

[bish0p2004]

Thank you for this tutorial. Very informative!

[AndrevwZA]

Awesome video. Thank you.

[cusanusnicolas]

Very good explanation, plus good comeback over the red/magenta issue. My brain is now calibrated, so look out, art.