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ARCHIVE
2010
apr days
• color
concept &
theory widgets and apps
mar days
• red:
a portrait of a artist rothko
feb days
• talking
heads as figure/ground
jan days
• tanja's
black light dance party
dec days
• tootsie roll pop wrappers colors & flavors
nov days
• stephen vitiello's four color sound
oct days
• atmospheric perspective
sept days
• a rainbow
of antioxidants
colors
aug days
• floor stain colorants
jul days
• minimal colors
jun days
• wildflowers cataloged by color
may days
• tennis court colors
apr days
• morandi's neutral colors
mar days
• grid colorists
feb days
• black as
film noir
jan days
• flood of toxic minerals used in paints
ARCHIVE
2008
dec days
• comple-mentary
colors
nov days
• kettle korn
packaging color change
oct days
• green fluorescent protein
sept days
• red palms - not green
aug days
• blue tunes
jul days
• “blue” - textile museum
jun days
• “fiesta- ware”
colorants
may days
• “blue alchemy” hive gallery
The above charts on the left of the painting illustrate the mixtures of complementary colors using the pigments: Red, Yellow & Blue. These are the primary colors in the solid pigment subtractive color mode.
Cyan, Magenta and Yellow pigments are also colors of the subtractive color mode. In this case, the pigments are transparent (inks and dyes) colors. Watch for a link to illustrate this difference.
To create complements using these solid pigment subtractive mode, select one of the 3 primary colors and mix the 2 remaining primary colors. This mixture is the complement. The complement of any color cancels the full saturation of the color - thus neutralizing the pure color. Complement mixtures are referred to as neutrals.
RED + (YELLOW & BLUE) = GREEN . . . mix RED & GREEN = NEUTRAL TONES
YELLOW + (RED & BLUE) = VIOLET. . .mix YELLOW & VIOLET= NEUTRAL TONES
BLUE + (YELLOW & RED) = ORANGE. . .mix BLUE & ORANGE = NEUTRAL TONES
NEUTRAL TONES range from WARM to COOL
In effect, you are actually mixing all three primary colors. However, since all colors are not absolute, as you can see in the charts above, all 3 sets of complements have a very different range of neutral colors.
Below is a Hibiscus (RED flower with GREEN leaves). Both the pot and fence are neutral color, i.e., complementary color mixtures, as are almost all the other colors in the photo including the, pot, fence, potting soil and background.
