Have you ever taken a workshop or a series of classes in which the focus was color? What are the primaries? Secondaries? Intermediates or tertiaries? What is a complementary pair?
1. COLOR WHEEL 2. THE COLOR STAR
How do you decide which colors are in a split complementary? Are you able to see or visualize the various types of tetrads?
I cannot see the trees because of the forest.
When I find one tree that is isolated or different,
I can see it. A color wheel can be like the forest.
We are looking at the whole picture and we cannot see
the individual parts.
I use color samples to help me to understand the color wheel and to be able to see color relationships. Some of the samples are from the paint shop, and some of the samples I have painted myself.
I cut the samples into various sizes to help with my problem solving, determining what quantity of a color would work in a particular image. I, also, use white and gray and black pastel papers as grounds for viewing a specific color. This helps me to see the values of the color in different situations. From there, I can decide the value for a background.
white gray black
Start collecting color swatches to help with your understanding of color theory. After all, we are working in a visual medium and visual aids seem like a natural fit.
