What Colors Should I use in my Painting?
Color Theory is all about choosing a successful pallet of colors that will work well in your painting. There are several highly acclaimed theories that are difficult to understand. We
all know Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Complimentary and Analogous color
schemes but harmonic color is not all that easily defined. Betty Edwards book, Color, a course in mastering the art of mixing color is the easiest to understand. Also, for fun you might try this website which offers a color computer for your phone and desktop. http://www.colorschemer.com/ Here is a slide show of some of these colors.
Harmonic Color are colors that have the same intensity, saturation and tone according to Edwards. Here is one harmonic opposite guide according to the Robert Burridge color wheel system.
Harmonic Color are colors that have the same intensity, saturation and tone according to Edwards. Here is one harmonic opposite guide according to the Robert Burridge color wheel system.
Compare that to the harmonic 20 color wheel next to it. It is basically the same with less colors. The following set of 10 harmonic colors are those shown below to create harmonic grays.
Finally here is a chart with all the colors including the harmonic grays.