Primary and secondary colour mixing

To figure out which colours I would be using for this test, I firstly did some individual colour testing with yellows (fluorescent yellow, lemon yellow, primary yellow, cadmium yellow hue, yellow orche and raw sienna), Reds (cadmium red, primary red and vermillion) Blues (Ultramarine, Cerulean blue and primary blue)

I then created a graded sequence between yellow and red

I did not add white to this mix but can see the the 4 middle colours are transparent could have benefited with a more opaque structure.

I next worked on the yellow to blue graded sequence.

This my scale created allowing me to see how yellow and blue make green tones. I added titanium white to the darker green tones and blues at the end of the sequence to match the tonal values represented on the page.

Blue to red tonal sequence

This tonal sequence is very dark and hard to distinguish to tonal difference. I also noticed that violet was not very prominent in the red to blue mix so I wanted to approach this again using some white and focusing on the violet tone.

I created a red to violet scale to see how red blends with violet.

I then tested blue to violet

This blue to violet scale allows me to see the small shifts of colour when add different levels of colour

I have created a digital image of red to blue using violet

This tests allowed me to make a scale that represents the colour mixing sequence.

Conclusion and findings for this exercise

How thickly the paint is applied will affect the transparency and tone, some colours needed to have multiple coats to look their colour.

I am aware of how colours mix and understand when I need to adjust a colour.

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