Ramon:
May I suggest that you do some color exercises that will really help you understand color theory?
I use a system of color developed by the Alfred Munsell company way back. Here is some additional info on Munsell color theory:
http://library.thinkquest.org/50065/...=1&tqtime=0612
Munsell wrote a book back in the 20s(?) called "A Grammar of Color". It was published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. Actually, here are all of the book references to Munsell that I could find:
[Mun05] A. H. Munsell. A Color Notation. Munsell Color Company, Boston, MA, 1905.
[Mun69] A. H. Munsell. A Grammar of Color. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York: NY, l969.
[Mun76] Munsell Color Company. The Munsell Book of Color. Munsell Color Company, 2441 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, 1976. Under continuous update.
You can do a series of exercises to develop your color sense. I did these and they were very helpful. I began by developing my own Munsell Color Wheel:
http://www.fineportraitsinoil.com/Pics/Wheel.jpg
You can then create a series of charts using each hue on the color wheel. I did mine with each hue in ten value ranges - the hue from dark to light in the first row, the hue mixed with 25% gray for the second row, and the hue mixed with 50% gray for the third row. The first row gives you the pure hue, the second and third show you the hue in decreased intensity or chroma.
Once you create these charts, you will realize that there is no color in nature that you cannot mix. Further, it gives you (as Munsell says) a grammar of how to perceive color and talk about it.
Hope that helps!
