Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Color Ey?

In the past ive done various color wheels, with pencils, markers, crayons and found objects- But really this is the first time ive done it with paint. The results were actually quite interesting. The Purple didnt come out quite purple but a rougeish-blue color not your typical purple. Also, my color wheel was quite divided in half by a dark and light side.
When ive done color wheels with pencils, you have the premade colors done by that manufacturer and you dont have to worry about, you know what color you're going to get. Paint is unpredictable. Because its so maluable you need to have a steady hand and a good eye for mixing. I also noticed that between colored pencils and paints, each company and each lot of colors has a slight variant. It depends on the what chemicals and the mixes that they do in that lot. In comparison to colored pencils, most brands their colors stay the same through time and productions. There isn't too much that varies between them. But the only issue is theres less color customization with colored pencils than with paint. Theres hundreds of color hues you can get with paint than with the pencils. You have a harder time mixing the waxy base versus a liquid base.

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