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basic color building

 

identify a hue by placing your value viewer over your photo reference, then asking yourself these four questions:

  • what basic color do you see? red?
  • where on the color wheel is it? is it a red on the warm side? (orangish) or the cool side (purplish)
  • what is the intensity of the red? is it bright (high intensity - no gray) or dull (low intensity - lots of gray)?
  • what is the value? is it a light red (when compared to the white of the value viewer) or a dark red?
 

with the hue identified, begin with the lightest value color you see, applying lightly.

add layers by value, starting with the lightest and gradually increasing to darker values.

building a light grayish-greenish blue like this might go like this:

 

10% french grey
cloud blue (pale blue)
20% french grey
light cerulean blue (pale, grayish blue)
celadon green (pale, grayish green)
light cerulean blue again

 
 

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