Value color

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(B) Chromatic value scale. A spectrum of dark and light exists within colors as well. (C) Creating volume through value. The illusion of depth can be ...

Compatibility with color systems and names as from Munsell with color brightness, color temperature, color clarity or saturation.

Value study

by Christopher Hutchinson “Postcolonial Thoughts: Thoughts on Pedagogy of the Visual Artist Continued (Color)” is a followup to “Postcolonial Thoughts: Thoughts on Pedagogy of the…

To continue our journey to discover the colors, with the year 7 classes, we painted landscapes in tempera tonal gradation. The forms that become more clear to the horizon can give a sense of distan…

Color Explained ™TMColor theory is about so much more than the color wheel.

When it comes to creativity, artists can often search for new ways to solve old problems by "thinking inside the box".

In Chapter 5 of Interaction of Color, Albers notes that when students were shown two colors of similar value and asked which one was lighter the results were consistently 60% wrong. 60%! And these were art students at Yale! Why is it so hard to see value? I think part of the challenge has to …

The Value Scale is the basis for all painting. This is an easy guide to get you started!