Project: Understanding Colour
Research Point: Chevreul's Colour Theories
Exercise: Mixing greys - anachromatic scale
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I started by mixing the scale on paper, adding progressively more black to white. I ended up with a longer scale that I would have liked - I then made a graduating scale (rather than with defined lines) in the same way. I was not satisfied with either of these scales, and so began again.
In my second attempt, I mixed the colours in a palate, laying out five sections of white and four of black, and putting progressively more black - and then progressively less white - into the sections until I had a relatively even spread. So, my schema is nine parts. I am kind of surprised that the mid-point is as dark as it is. I'm not sure why but I thought it would be lighter.
Once the paint dried - and this is reflected in the photograph above - the +3 grey looks almost indistinguishable from the +4 (straight black).
In my second attempt, I mixed the colours in a palate, laying out five sections of white and four of black, and putting progressively more black - and then progressively less white - into the sections until I had a relatively even spread. So, my schema is nine parts. I am kind of surprised that the mid-point is as dark as it is. I'm not sure why but I thought it would be lighter.
Once the paint dried - and this is reflected in the photograph above - the +3 grey looks almost indistinguishable from the +4 (straight black).
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