Colour Schemes

 from Artist Network       Maria Woodie   How to choose the right colour schemes.

Colour your world Boldly    Patti Mollica  Book  " How to Paint Fast Loose and Bold"

Use each colours extended range ie Tint / Tone Hue and Shade.

Do colour sketches of your proposed work

ANALOGOUS colour scheme  3 or more colours beside each other on CW.

                                                            Red and Oranges.

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Triadic colour scheme    3 colours that are evenly spaced

Purple    Green    Orange

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Complementary Colours    Opposite each other 

Red   and  Green 

Split complementaries   A root colour + 2 colours on either side of the complementary colour.

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                                   Martin Kinnear     November   17   after Sam Peploe 

Martins canvas  36x48in

RO and YO mix for the flesh colour  sit either side of Yellow and Orange

Mix those colours warm and cool with Black or Turqoise for lovely flesh tones

Jacket  mix of Raw Sienna and Burnt Sienna   -   mix with various blues UMB or Turqouise 

to desaturate  (Complement)  

Background is Grey not white         >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>