PRIMARY COLORS

Primary colors do not require mixing.

Just fill in the 3 circles for:

Red, Yellow, and Blue.

There are 4 sections for each color in your color wheel:

• Outer section – color shade (hue + Black)
• Circle – hue (pure color)
• Mid-section – color tones (hue + Grey)
• Inside section – color tint (hue + White)

Fill in the circle section first with pure color.

Mix color with a small amount of BLACK and fill in the Shade section.

Wash and wipe the brush.

Pre-mix some GREY paint.

You will be using it for all colors. Choose a mid-tone value.

Mix your color with some grey paint. Paint the mid-section.

The last one – tint section:

Use WHITE paint and add a small amount of you color. Mix and paint.

Repeat all steps for each PRIMARY color.

SECONDARY COLORS

In plastic cups mix 3 secondary colors:

orange, purple, and green

Always start with the lightest color, then add darker color (a little at a time):

• To mix orange – start with yellow, add a little bit of red.
• To mix purple – add blue into red.
• To mix green – add blue into yellow

Fill in the "hue" sections between the corresponding primary colors.

Then mix shades, tones, and tints.

INTERMEDIATE (TERTIARY) COLORS

In plastic cups mix 6 intermediate colors.

These are the colors that you get by mixing a primary and a secondary colors.

Fill in the hue circles, then shades, tones, and tints for each intermediate color.

red-orange = red + orange

red-violet = red + purple

yellow-orange = yellow + orange

yellow-green = yellow + green

blue-green = blue + green

blue-violet = blue + purple

Color values

Colors have values.

Create 2 value scales:

1. achromatic (or greyscale) scale

2. brown color value scale

GREYSCALE

Start with painting WHITE and BLACK sections.

Mix light values up to mid-value.

Then mix dark values.

Make sure values change gradually.

BROWN VALUE SCALE

To get Brown – you need to mix 2 colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel (complementary color scheme).

In other words, you get Brown when you mix all 3 primary colors together. You just need to mix them in the right proportion.

Paint the middle section with a brown hue.

Then mix brown with WHITE for light values, and mix with BLACK for dark values.