{"id":49,"date":"2006-11-29T01:52:01","date_gmt":"2006-11-29T01:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2020-02-02T19:38:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T03:38:44","slug":"smashing-color-theory-blog-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/workshops\/tutorials\/smashing-color-theory-blog-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Smashing Color Theory Blog Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most traditional color theories are designed to simplify a complex topic. This oversimplification leads to assumptions about color that are misleading and often just plain wrong. Contrary to traditional theory . . . .<\/p>\n

\"number1.jpg\"Color Families are NOT the Same Size<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Tutorial on Hue Families<\/a><\/p>\n

Conclusions: Colors fall into six different sized families. Orange and Yellow are small families. Purple and Blue are middle size families. Red is a large family you can think of as divided into two sides of the family: Magenta Reds and Scarlet Reds. Green is a huge family you can think of as divided into the Emerald Greens and the Lime Greens.<\/p>\n

\"number-2.jpg\"<\/a>Color is NOT 2D<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tutorial on the Three Properites of Color<\/a><\/p>\n

Conclusions: Color has three properties: Hue=color family, Value=amount of light reflected, Saturation=proportion of pure hue. In addition to the six(plus two) hue families, colors fall into three value families; lights, mediums and darks, and four saturation families; rainbows, earths, rainbow pastels and earth pastels.<\/p>\n

The properties are interconnected. When you change one property of a color it causes a shift in one or both of the other properties. When you have three properties you need a model that is 3D.<\/p>\n

\"number3.jpg\"Red is NOT a Primary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tutorial on Primaries.<\/a><\/p>\n

Conclusions: Red is a psychological primary color; but not a mixing primary color.<\/p>\n

Magenta is the primary mixing red of pigments. Reds are secondary mixes of Magentas and Yellows.<\/p>\n

\"number-4.jpg\"Perfect Primaries are NOT Possible<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tutorial on Picking Primaries<\/a><\/p>\n

Conclusions: Pure primaries are possible with Light, but not with Pigments. Pigments are manufactured to be as close as possible to pure primaries but every color has a bias; leaning to one side or the other of the theoretical pure color. This bias means that all primary colors have a little bit of another primary color in their makeup. A triangle is better than a circle to show bias.<\/p>\n

There are many color systems for mixing pigments that are based on using just three primaries. One popular system is Red, Yellow, and Blue. These primaries will make a color that is close to black but will not make clear secondaries. Another popular system is Cyan, Magenta and Yellow.<\/p>\n

These primaries will never make black but will make clearer secondaries. There are no three primaries that will make all colors.<\/p>\n

\"number52.jpg\"<\/a><\/strong>Black is NOT in the Middle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tutorial on Color Systems<\/a><\/p>\n

Conclusions: Mud is in the middle.<\/p>\n

\"number6.jpg\"Half and Half is NOT Halfway<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tutorial on Tinctoral Strength<\/a><\/p>\n

Conclusions: Not all colors have the same strength. The amount and type of pigments used in their makeup will determine which colors are “bullies” and which are “wimps.”<\/p>\n

You cannot tell a color’s strength by looking at it. Some dark colors are weaker than lighter colors. Reds are usually bully colors.<\/p>\n

\"number7.jpg\"Mixing Complements will NOT Make Neutrals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tutorial on Neutrals<\/a><\/p>\n

Conclusions: If neutrals are defined as the center of the color wheel, and the center is where all three primaries are present in equal amounts, then the theoretical formula for neutrals is 1:1:1. A primary and complementary mixed in equal amounts will have the formula 2:1:1. The primary color is 2 parts of the mix and the secondary adds one part of each of the other primaries to the mix.<\/p>\n

The half and half mix will be a muddy color that is closer to the primary than the secondary. Blues mixed with oranges will make blue muds: teals, slates, indigos and grays. Reds mixed with greens will make red muds: russets, wines, bricks and maroons. Yellows mixed with violets will make yellow muds: golds, bronzes, caramels, and umbers. Intermediaries mixed with a complement in equal amounts will come closer to a 1:1:1 mix.<\/p>\n

The theoretical formula for mixing a neutral from a primary and complement is 1:2 – 1 part primary to 2 parts complement – but the tinctoral power and makeup of each color will determine the actual proportions needed to get to a neutral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most traditional color theories are designed to simplify a complex topic. This oversimplification leads to assumptions about color that are misleading and often just plain wrong. Contrary to traditional theory . . . . Color Families are NOT the Same Size A Tutorial on Hue Families Conclusions: Colors fall into six different sized families. Orange […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6986,"parent":1706,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}