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ARCHIVE
2010

apr days
• color
concept &
theory widgets and apps

mar days
• red:
a portrait of a artist rothko

feb days
• talking
heads as figure/ground

jan days
• tanja's
black light dance party

ARCHIVE
2009

dec days
• tootsie roll pop wrappers colors & flavors

nov days
• stephen vitiello's four color sound

oct days
• atmospheric perspective

sept days
• a rainbow
of antioxidants
colors


aug days
• floor stain colorants

jul days
• minimal colors

jun days
• wildflowers cataloged by color

may days
• tennis court colors

apr days
• morandi's neutral colors

mar days
• grid colorists

feb days
• black as
film noir

jan days
• flood of toxic minerals used in paints

ARCHIVE
2008

dec days
• comple-mentary
colors

nov days
• kettle korn
packaging color change

oct days
• green fluorescent protein

sept days
• red palms - not green

aug days
• blue tunes

jul days
blue - textile museum

jun days
• “fiesta- ware”
colorants

may days
• “blue alchemy” hive gallery

apr days
• “sennelier” selecting
watercolours for travel

 

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The above charts on the left of the painting illustrate the mixtures of complementary colors using the pigments: Red, Yellow & Blue. These are the primary colors in the solid pigment subtractive color mode.

Cyan, Magenta and Yellow pigments are also colors of the subtractive color mode. In this case, the pigments are transparent (inks and dyes) colors. Watch for a link to illustrate this difference.

To create complements using these solid pigment subtractive mode, select one of the 3 primary colors and mix the 2 remaining primary colors. This mixture is the complement. The complement of any color cancels the full saturation of the color - thus neutralizing the pure color. Complement mixtures are referred to as neutrals.

RED + (YELLOW & BLUE) = GREEN . . . mix RED & GREEN = NEUTRAL TONES
YELLOW + (RED & BLUE) = VIOLET. . .mix YELLOW & VIOLET= NEUTRAL TONES
BLUE + (YELLOW & RED) = ORANGE. . .mix BLUE & ORANGE = NEUTRAL TONES
NEUTRAL TONES range from WARM to COOL

In effect, you are actually mixing all three primary colors. However, since all colors are not absolute, as you can see in the charts above, all 3 sets of complements have a very different range of neutral colors.

Below is a Hibiscus (RED flower with GREEN leaves). Both the pot and fence are neutral color, i.e., complementary color mixtures, as are almost all the other colors in the photo including the, pot, fence, potting soil and background.

hibiscus
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