Prismacolor Color Wheel

Here is some of the information that I could find regarding color theory that may be helpful especially for beginners like myself. Definitions: Primary Colors: Red, yellow and blue – cannot be mixed from any other colors.Secondary Colors: Two primary colors mixed together resulting in orange, green and violet.Tertiary (Intermediate) Colors: One primary and one secondary mixed together.Aggressive (Warm) Colors: Reds, oranges and yellows.Receding (Cool) Colors: Greens, blues and violets.Hue: Another name for color.Tint: Color + WhiteTone: Color + GrayShade: Color + BlackKey Color: Dominant color in a color scheme or mixture.Neutral Grey: Combination of black and white.Intensity or Chroma: The brightness or dullness of a color. Quoted from Pocket Color Wheel Refer to the Color Wheel for color combination ideas and to see which colors complement each other. Quoted from Realistic Pet Portraits by Anne deMille Flood Color and light: subdued evening and candlelight create a distortion of color.

Prismacolor Color Wheel - Page 3 Spritzer, I'll have to put the color theory stuff aside for a while. I'm working on a piece of my cat Gizmo and have not touched in a while and was doing the wheel for the white project which I hardly started. Midge, I understand no problem. Here is a list of the colors and their corresponding categories. Yellow – Cream, Ginger Root, Canary Yellow, Deco Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Yellow Chartreuse, Sunburst Yellow, Limepeel, Marine Green, Kelp Green, Olive Green Yellow- Green – Pale Sage, Chartreuse, Spring Green, Apple Green, Dark Green Green – Caledon Green, True Green, Peacock Green Blue-Green – Sky Blue Light, Jade Green, Light Green, Light Aqua, Muted Turquoise, Electric Blue, Non-Photo Blue, Parrot Green, Aquamarine, Grass Green, Peacock Blue Blue – Powder Blue, Blue Slate, Periwinkle, Light Cerulean Blue, True Blue, Slate Grey, Mediterranean Blue, Copenhagen Blue Blue-Violet – Cloud Blue, Blue Violet Lake, Imperial Violet, Indigo Blue, Violet Blue, Ultramarine

lour Comparisons Contents HOME These are the main Sections of the Site These are the other Topics within this section All these charts were prepared on the same paper ( Fabriano Accademia 200gm ) Scanned on the same scanner ( Hewlett Packard G4010 ) and adjusted to the same settings. Any variation in colour between one shown on the chart and one done by yourself with the same brand and colour, will show an identical variation through all the charts. If you have a problem printing, and getting an accurate colour image Email me at And I will see if there is a possible cure Charts have not been prepared for the following brands Daler Rowney Aquarelles, Derwent Tinted Charcoal Caran d’Ache Supracolor aquarelles ** and Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer aquarelles ** Faber-Castell and Caran’d’Ache aquarelles have the same colour range as the dry point colour pencils in each brand. If I do further Aquarelle charts, It is my intention to show any difference between dry colour and wet colour for all aquarelles. - and BE AWARE