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Color Composition Quickie

Color blending is both a thrilling and often challenging aspect of painting. There are so many premixed colors available, the mind becomes overwhelmed with choices and bogged into thinking color experience is unnecessary. But, if you understand a couple simple concepts, blending becomes a joy rather than a fearful experience.
A quick basic overview of color composition is pretty easy to grasp. Primary colors, those not combined with others, are those that stand as the basis for the "color wheel." They include a clear red, clear blue and clear yellow. Analogous colors are those colors next to one another on the color wheel, and they are closely related in hue. Colors that occupy opposite positions on the color wheel are called complementary colors. They are the colors most often used to enrich, tone and strengthen one another.For instance, red and green are complements. If you have a "hot" red that you wish to tone slightly to take the edge off its brightness, yet not obliterate the tone, use its complement, green, to tone it down. Use the complements sparingly, as their strength can overtake the original tone. This complementary relationship and application holds true with all colors on the color wheel. Each color has a complement that can tone or enhance.

One of the most sought after tones is that of human skin. Creating flesh tones, because of their variety from subject to subject, without even taking into consideration the fact that facial tone changes from place to place on a single subject, can be daunting. One successful combination is cadmium red light and cadmium green light mixed in even proportions. This combination yields a rich brown that, when mixed with white, can produce most natural skin tones. Increasing the red in the mix gives a rosier tone, while increasing green gives an olive tone. Some yellow can be added very carefully to replicate a sallow tone. Always consider using deeper shades of the basic tone for shading and detail.
Landscape painters often want to create original tones,really jazzy, personal "statement" tones. One such color can be the greens created by mixing cadmium yellow with black (lamp, jet, almost any will create a fabulous tone). By mixing greens, or any tones, you are able to create the precise look you desire, while establishing a look that may become your signature.
One of the best ways to understand color relationships is to accept the challenge of creating a color wheel using only primary colors. The time is a good investment. You will learn much about how colors interact and perform and will be able to control the tone of your work. Some artists mix all of their tones. Maybe that could be your ultimate goal!

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