I have listed the first 3 posts in this series the bottom of this post in case you are joining a tad later :)
OK- so in the last thread we talked about the color wheel and you might think, great…so what am I supposed to do with this round thing of colors? Well well…don’t forget, I am a Kraut…so this is an organized series- LOL. First things first.
Now…sometimes when you have a paint media – things get a bit confusing – like when you buy PanPastels:
OK- so Phthalo Green – and then the same color in a tint and a shade- but what the dillio- what does it mean?
Here is a simple explanation: A tint is any mixture of a bright “pure” color with white. A shade is any mixture of a “pure” color (also referred to as a hue) with black. A tone is a mixture of gray (white + black) and the “pure” color. (source Wikipedia)
So that actually means if you would just buy PanPastels in the colors Phthalo Green, White and Black- you could actually mix four other colors with those colors:
And because I am a lazy girl- I buy sometimes often the Shades and the Tints too. But if you are totally into mixing or you are on a budget….this is quite good to know, isn’t it?
So now…if you take into account the last post on Colors Are You Friends:
When my students for the PanPastel Class ask me, which colors they should buy for the class – what do you think my answer might be?
Exactly – I tell them to get for the beginning five colors: Yellow, Blue, Red, White and Black. Because…they cannot only mix all the Secondary Colors and the Tertiary Colors with those colors- no no….they can also mix all the Shades and Tints and Tones with those colors. That leaves them with how many possibilities?
Exactly- LOL- I have no clue- but it is a lot ;)
BTW – if you are interested in my Über*Media PanPastel Online Class- you can find it here.
Now that we have talked about the attitudes of our friends, their relationship on the color wheel and their tones and shades behind us- we can really turn our mind to more fun things – and try to answer the question:
But hey- this post today and yesterday was a lot to take in, wasn’t it? Tell you what, I give you a little break and come back next week, singing for you ;)
Have an amazing day with lot’s of tints and shades :)
Nat
RELATED ARTICLES
- Colors Are Your Friends or let’s talk a bit of “my” Color Theory I
- Colors Are Your Friends or let’s talk a bit of “my” Color Theory II
- Colors Are Your Friends or let’s talk a bit of “my” Color Theory III
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Marsha.
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Aha! Thanks Nat, this is a great lesson!
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Antje
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I love your thoughts on color…. Please keep going… ;-)
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Nancy Sapp
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I’ve been painting, sketching & playing with color ever since I was a little girl & I never knew this! I’ve learned SO MUCH in these “Color Friend” blogs.
Many Thanks!
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Denise Morrison
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thank you for your awesome post Nat!
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Lisa Flaherty
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Truly helpful, Nat! Can’t wait for the next post!
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Sue Clarke
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New information for me…thanks Nat.
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Riikka
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I love this series – I always share the link in my blog’s Facebook page as a good source of color theory :)
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france papillon
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Awesome post (just like all your color-theory-posts) !!! off to add a new link of the day on my page ;)
bereknuffel :)
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