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Douglas Drenkow · 03-20-2002, 03:12 PM

I believe you've seized the core issue, Juan: The difference between color in theory and color in application (the former offering us guidance for the latter).

Here is a wonderful site exploring both, from a painter's perspective...

http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/color10.html

And don't miss the link on that page to the wonderful "Artist's Color Wheel" (although the site is written for watercolorists, the pigments used are the same as those in oils etc.)...

http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/wheel.html

You'll note the author's contention that value is more important than hue (both, as well as chroma, are all necessary components of color), in which he refers to the grayscale of Denman Ross.

By the way, you can find one of Mr. Ross's books at...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...strokeofgenius

As for me, I must get back to my palette -- my masstones are confusing my glazetones (This color business is deeper than meets the eye)!

03-20-2002, 03:12 PM	#39
Douglas Drenkow Associate Member FT Pro/Open Dir. Editor Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Arcadia (a suburb of Los Angeles), CA Posts: 47	"Hurray for Artifice!" (but keep it natural) I believe you've seized the core issue, Juan: The difference between color in theory and color in application (the former offering us guidance for the latter). Here is a wonderful site exploring both, from a painter's perspective... http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/color10.html And don't miss the link on that page to the wonderful "Artist's Color Wheel" (although the site is written for watercolorists, the pigments used are the same as those in oils etc.)... http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/wheel.html You'll note the author's contention that value is more important than hue (both, as well as chroma, are all necessary components of color), in which he refers to the grayscale of Denman Ross. By the way, you can find one of Mr. Ross's books at... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...strokeofgenius As for me, I must get back to my palette -- my masstones are confusing my glazetones (This color business is deeper than meets the eye)! __________________ Doug Drenkow www.DouglasDrenkow.com