About Lightfastness
Lightfastness, when referring to colors, means a particular color’s ability to resist change when exposed to light. All colors are affected to some degree by sunlight. Some change dramatically with exposure, while others can…
Category: Theory
Aerial perspective
Aerial perspective is the term used to describe the phenomenon whereby a landscape appears lighter, bluer, and less distinct at a great distance. The effect occurs when the air is filled with moisture and…
Color mixing in theory
A color wheel is a theoretical construction in which you have taken the spectrum of white light, from red to warm blue, bent this into a circle and filled in the colors that are…
Use the color wheel as a guide for mixtures
Many people understand the color wheel as a theoretical construction that explains how the different colors are connected in a system. But few use it as a template for mixes. I intend to explain…
Pure color mixtures, How?
Try to mix Cobalt blue and cadmium red to a purple color, it is not possible, although blue and red should become purple in theory. Then try French ultramarine and Alizarin, the mixture is…
The color wheel – An introduction
A “palette” is the colors that a watercolor painter has at his disposal. There are as many palettes as there are watercolor painters. Some want a large number of colors (perhaps to avoid mixing)…
